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OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 State Victim Liaison Project solicitation.
The State Victim Liaison Project will place one or more experienced crime victim liaison(s) within selected Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) State Administrating Agencies to help states enhance services to:
Every April, OVC leads the nation in its observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW). This year's theme—Seek Justice | Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope—will guide communities as they promote victims' rights and services from April 19–25.
Use these 2020 NCVRW resources to help plan your events and raise awareness:
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OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Law Enforcement-Based Victim Specialist Program solicitation.
The goal of this program is to assist state, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in developing or enhancing victim specialist programs that connect victims and families to much-needed services.
Apply under four purpose areas based on the size or type of law enforcement agency (small, mid-size, large, or Tribal)...
OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Crime Victim Compensation Program Assessment solicitation.
During this three-phase project, successful applicants will seek to increase awareness of victim compensation programs and interest in seeking victim compensation.
Phase 1: Conduct an assessment of the state's current compensation program, policies, and procedures regarding victims' access to compensation, which should include an analysis of applicable rules, regulations...
OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Crime Victims' Rights Legal Clinics solicitation.
This initiative is intended to support or expand federal, state, local, and Tribal efforts to enforce crime victims' rights. Applicants may apply under the following purpose areas—
OVC is seeking applicants for OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM) solicitation.
The goal of this program is to deliver programming to address and help stop the practice of FGM by—
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Enhancing Services for Older Victims of Abuse and Financial Exploitation solicitation.
OVC is seeking applications to implement projects intended to improve outcomes, minimize additional trauma, and restore safety and security to older adult victims of abuse and financial exploitation.
Priority will be given to applicants that—
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Expanding SANE Services to Victims of Sexual Assault on Campus solicitation.
OVC is seeking applications to establish or expand Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs that will offer medical forensic care, advocacy, and other victim services to sexual assault survivors on college campuses.
To the extent possible, campuses should collaborate with victim service providers in the community in which...
OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Enhancing Community Responses to America’s Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims solicitation.
Applicants may apply under only one of the following purpose areas—
OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Enhancing Community Responses to America’s Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims solicitation.
Applicants may apply under only one of the following purpose areas—
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Training for Law Enforcement to Improve Identification of and Response to Elder Fraud Victims solicitation.
The goal of this program is to provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies to more effectively identify elder fraud victims, allowing law enforcement both to bring the fraudsters to justice and to connect those victims with available services. This program will...
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime solicitation.
Through this solicitation, OVC seeks to provide funding to organizations that demonstrate innovative strategies to create, expand, or enhance the use of technology on a national scale (or regional projects that can be replicated nationally) to improve responses, services, and access for victims of crime.
OVC anticipates making...
Apply for the OJP FY 2020 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking solicitation.
OVC and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) are seeking applications to develop or support multidisciplinary task forces to combat human trafficking. This program has two purpose areas:
Purpose Area 1: Development of Human Trafficking Task Forces: will support human trafficking task forces that have recently formed and are...
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking solicitation.
OVC is seeking applications for states or Tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. The overall goal of the program is to improve responses for child and youth victims of trafficking with...
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Specialized Training and Technical Assistance on Housing for Victims of Human Trafficking solicitation.
The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking by supporting the delivery of specialized training and technical assistance to victim service-providing agencies and organizations to enhance their ability to provide appropriate housing for victims of...
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Services for Minor Victims of Labor Trafficking solicitation.
The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for minor victims of labor trafficking, whose victimization occurred when they were under the age of 18.
Organizations funded under this program will provide (directly and through partnerships) services that minor victims of labor trafficking often require...
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking solicitation.
The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking.
Applicants are invited to apply under the following three purpose areas.
Purpose Area 1: Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims
Under Purpose Area 1, up to 10 awards of up to $350,000...
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 VOCA Victim Compensation Fellow solicitation.
This program will support one fellow at OVC housed within the State Compensation and Assistance Division (SCAD).
The individual awarded funding under this program will enhance the efforts of OVC to meet the needs of the crime victim services field by advising OVC on the development and oversight of programs for crime victims, specifically...
OVC is seeking applications for funding for the OVC FY 2020 Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime solicitation.
This program will develop a workforce of direct victim service providers to American Indian and Alaska Native victims in hard-to-staff positions and locations.
By identifying and training prospective victim service professionals in, or from, the communities to be served, Tribal and...
OVC is seeking applications for funding for the OVC FY 2020 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program solicitation.
The primary goal of this program is to support shelter and transitional housing services to victims of domestic violence and their companion animals. Under this program, companion animals means pets, service animals, emotional support animals, and horses.
The objectives of this solicitation are...
The 2020 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide is now available online. This year, NCVRW will be commemorated April 19–25.
The 2020 NCVRW Resource Guide provides a wealth of materials, in both English and Spanish, to educate the public about victims' rights, protections, and services during NCVRW and throughout the year. The online guide includes—
Tribal applicants whose OVC FY 2020 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program pre-application was accepted have been notified via email to the applicant primary points of contact and authorized representatives. Applicants should refer to the FY 2020 TVSSA solicitation for instructions on how to submit their full application by 8:00 p.m. (eastern time) on June 15, 2020. Applicants can also join OVC's upcoming webinar on...
Every April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. During this month, communities are encouraged to raise awareness and promote strategies that address the risk factors surrounding child abuse.
As part of our commemoration of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, OVC and the Office on Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are hosting four virtual listening sessions about child trafficking...
OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Services for Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking solicitation.
This program is designed to develop, expand, and strengthen assistance programs for minor victims of sex trafficking.
The objective in providing these services is to achieve increased safety, self-sufficiency, and well-being for minor victims of sex trafficking.
Objectives include:
