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Technical assistance (TA)

Vision 21: Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve: Supporting Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm

Closing Date
OVC will make one award of up to $7 million to support law enforcement agencies, crime victims, and communities by developing, implementing and assessing evidence-based and trauma-informed law enforcement response strategies, protocols, and interventions which promote community engagement and healing prior to and in the wake of police-involved shootings and other high-profile incidents of violence. Strategies include responses to incidents featuring differences in race, gender...

Vision 21 Accomplishments

Date Published
July 2016
Series
OVC Fact Sheets
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding
Agencies
OVC

OVC FY 16 Using Telemedicine Technology to Enhance Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Exams

Closing Date
OVC will make awards under two purpose areas to develop or enhance statewide telemedicine programs to deliver expert Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner guidance and support to medical professionals conducting sexual assault forensic exams in state correctional facilities, institutions of higher education, and rural and tribal communities. OVC will make one award of up to $1.2 million under purpose area one for the demonstration project to...

OVC FY 16 2017 NCVRW Community Awareness Projects Invitation to Apply

Closing Date
2017 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects OVC sought applications from organizations to provide financial and technical assistance to approximately 60 communities nationwide to conduct public education and awareness activities on crime victims’ rights and services in their jurisdictions during the 2017 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW). This solicitation indicates that OVC would provide funding up to $375,000 for a 12-month project...

Purpose Area 2: Rural Networks Training and Technical Assistance

Closing Date
This solicitation shall seek applicants for two distinct purpose areas: (1) Purpose Area 1: four rural organizations that will develop comprehensive, wraparound, pro bono legal assistance networks to meet the range of legal needs of crime victims in rural states or areas; and (2) Purpose Area 2: one organization that will provide intensive technical assistance to the four grantees funded to establish the rural legal...

OVC FY 16 Vision 21: State Civil Legal Services Hotline for Elder Crime Victims

Closing Date
Funding senior legal services programs in five states to provide legal assistance to older victims of crime. Due to the increased number of cases involving older adults, there is a new demand to provide legal assistance to these victims. Many older victims have questions about legal documents they receive in the mail, questions about potential fraud/exploitation committed by family members, caregivers, and even strangers, and/or...

OVC FY 16 Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Demonstration Project

Closing Date
The purpose of this project is to fund three MDT coordinators in three different jurisdictions, one of which is in a tribal jurisdiction, who will each form an MDT team (for a total of three MDT teams) to respond to and work with elder victims of crime. Although multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) have existed in the context of child abuse since the 1980s, the field of...

OVC FY 16 Fellowship Program

Closing Date
OVC seeks fellowship proposals that further the goals of Vision 21 by supporting OVC’s efforts to provide training, technical assistance, capacity building, assessment, or strategic planning. Through these cooperative agreements, OVC will make one award for each of the nine purpose areas of up to $150,000 to individuals to work with OVC on Human Trafficking Task Forces, Human Trafficking Survivor-Informed Services, Mass Violence and Terrorism...

OVC FY 16 A Pathway to Justice, Healing and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center Setting Demonstration Initiative

Closing Date
OVC will make awards under two purpose areas to develop a special polyvictimization initiative within Family Justice Centers (FJC) and other co-located domestic violence and sexual assault service centers. Under Purpose Area #1, OVC will make up to six awards of up to $666,666 each to demonstration sites to create and offer a specialized polyvictimization screening tool for both adults and children receiving services at...

OVC FY 16 Vision 21: Multidisciplinary Responses to Families and Communities in Complex Homicide Cases

Closing Date
OVC will make awards under two purpose areas to identify promising multidisciplinary practices in addressing the needs of families and communities in complex homicide cases. Under Purpose Area #1, OVC will make up to six awards of up to $600,000 each to organizations that demonstrate experience in responding to complex homicide cases and have capacity to implement multidisciplinary responses. Funding under Purpose Area #1 will...

OVC FY 16 Vision 21: National Identity Theft Victims Assistance Network Expansion - NITVAN II

Closing Date
OVC will make up to one award of up to $1,500,000 for a national training, technical assistance and network expansion effort that builds upon the existing National Identity Theft Victims Assistance Network (NITVAN) program. Under the Vision 21 NITVAN II solicitation, a national victim-serving organization will be awarded funding to expand the outreach and capacity of the existing ten, previously-funded, NITVAN coalitions with sub-award funding...

OVC FY 16 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Invitation to Apply

Closing Date
The Supporting Male Survivors of Violence (SMSV) Initiative seeks to improve responses to male survivors of violence, particularly boys and men of color, and their families, and to dedicate technical assistance to support these efforts. This solicitation will be used to provide FY 16 funding to the SMSV technical assistance provider, the Healing Justice Alliance. The additional funding will ensure HJA has the resources necessary...

OVC FY 16 Vision 21: Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Technical Assistance Project Invitation to Apply

Closing Date
This solicitation will provide training and technical assistance resources to support state-level demonstration projects to address the enduring issue of child and youth victimization. Victimization, left unaddressed, can have serious, long-lasting consequences for children's physical and mental health. Research demonstrates that trauma left untreated may manifest into a range of physical, emotional, and behavioral problems. We pay for child and youth victimization in many ways...

OVC FY 16 Services, Support & Justice: A Strategy to Enhance Law Enforcement Response to Victims Invitation to Apply

Closing Date
The goal of OVC's Services, Support & Justice: A Strategy to Enhance Law Enforcement Response to Victims (ELERV) project is to evaluate the ELERV strategy. Additional FY 2016 funding will be awarded to the grantee so they may continue to provide intensive technical assistance to the three competitively selected law enforcement agencies currently implementing the strategy. Implementation of the ELERV strategy will be evaluated to...

OVC FY 16 Self-Help Group for American Indian and Alaska Native Survivors of Homicide Facilitator's Guide Project

Closing Date
OVC will make one award of up to $475,000 for a qualified institution or organization to develop a comprehensive facilitator’s guide for individuals who are interested in starting a self-help support group for American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of homicide; develop and deliver a two-day training curriculum to train peers and mental health professionals on how to use the guide to start and sustain...