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Training and technical assistance

Training and Technical Assistance on Comprehensive Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims Invitation to Apply

Closing Date
OVC will continue to fund 2 providers who will provide training and technical assistance to legal services providers on the range of legal services needs of human trafficking victims. The projects must address the comprehensive legal needs of trafficking victims, including, but not limited to: immigration, family law, employment law, victims' rights, civil actions, criminal restitution, and criminal records expungement/vacatur. The projects should be national...

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

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 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 Vision 21: Training and Resources to Better Respond to Victims of Cyberviolence

Closing Date
OVC will make one award of up to $1,500,000 to carry out a Vision 21 national-scope initiative including an assessment of cyberviolence training currently available to and training needs of judicial professionals, an assessment of the needs of victims of cyberviolence, and the development and dissemination of training and technical assistance to be published and delivered by the grantee and/or project partners. Applicants are urged...

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 Project Beacon Training and Technical Assistance

Closing Date
OVC will award up to $450,000 to one eligible applicant to provide training and technical assistance to award recipients under the FY 2016 Project Beacon: Increasing Services to American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Sex Trafficking (Project Beacon) solicitation. The recipient of this award will provide ongoing education, training, support, and guidance to Project Beacon grantees in order to increase their capacity to provide...

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 American Indian/Alaska Native Training and Technical Assistance Program Invitation to Apply

Closing Date
The OVC AI/AN victim assistance program assists communities with developing comprehensive, culturally appropriate victim-centered services, and includes funding to AI/AN communities through both the DOJ Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS): Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (CJA) Purpose Area 6 and the Comprehensive Tribal Victim Assistance (CTVA) Program Purpose Area 7, and the OVC Vision 21 Community Wellness Centers.