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OVC Resources for National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Every January, our nation commemorates National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

This year, OVC celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which established the importance of holding traffickers criminally accountable, protecting victims, and preventing victimization from occurring in the first place. Learn more about some of OVC's work in supporting anti-trafficking professionals over the past 20 years.

Since the Trafficking Victims...

April 2020 Featured Resources

National Crime Victims' Rights Week is April 19–25, 2020

The 2020 National Crime Victims' Rights Week theme—Seek Justice | Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope—commemorates the individuals and groups whose advocacy has propelled the victims' rights movement forward for the past half century, inspiring in victims and their loved ones a feeling of hope for progress, justice, and healing.

The 2020 National Crime...

OVC FY 2020 Tribal Set-Aside Training and Technical Assistance Program Invitation to Apply

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Through the Tribal Set-Aside Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will provide resources and coordination to increase AI/AN tribal communities' ability to provide comprehensive and culturally appropriate services to crime victims, their families, and the community. Using a victim-centered approach designed to foster dignity and spiritual, mental, and physical health in victims, their families, and the community. The...

OVC Tribal Financial Management Center

The Center provides data-informed, culturally humble, victim-centered training and technical assistance (TTA) and resources to support American Indian/Alaska Native communities as they successfully manage the financial aspects of their federal awards.

The Center offers targeted virtual and onsite TTA, a Virtual Support Center, collaborative needs assessments, and more to enhance existing financial management and support grantee award implementation.

The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit

The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.

Funding Opportunity: FY 2019 Using Telehealth to Improve Care, Access and Quality of Sexual Assault Forensic Exams

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Apply for the FY 2019 Using Telehealth to Improve Care, Access and Quality of Sexual Assault Forensic Exams solicitation

This program seeks to develop or enhance statewide or regional telehealth programs to improve the quality of healthcare for sexual assault victims, increase the access and quality of forensic evidence collection, and expand the reach of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) services through telehealth technology for...

Tools and Trainings Available from the National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center

Tools and Trainings Available from the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center

The National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center provides communities with access to evidence-based information and the necessary resources to effectively prepare for and respond to mass violence incidents.

Established in October 2017, the center seeks to improve victim and mental health services through training, technical assistance, and public policy development.

The center offers online...

November 2019 Featured Resources

Getting Ready for National Crime Victims' Rights Week

Every year, OVC leads the nation in the observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW).

OVC is pleased to announce the 2020 NCVRW theme: Seek Justice | Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope. NCVRW, which will be held April 19–25, 2020, brings communities together and educates the public about these rights, protections, and services...