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If you are aware of any fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, or whistleblower reprisal relating to a Department of Justice employee, program, contract, or grant, you may report it to the OIG Hotline.
Prior approval is not required for grant award recipients; however, cooperative agreement recipients or contractors may be required to submit a formal conference cost approval.
Please review the Delivering Impact through Effective Grants Compliance and Oversight recorded webinar presented by the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management. The webinar equips OVC anti-trafficking grantees with information about effective grants compliance and oversight to meet grant requirements, including subrecipient monitoring, agency internal controls, and common audit findings. Additional resources include:
The OJP Financial Policies and Procedures Guide Sheets collection, developed by the OVC Tribal Financial Management Center, offers resources on internal controls, and other compliance and oversight topics.
The Subawards and Procurement Contracts under OJP Awards resources help clarify the differences between subawards and procurement contracts under an OJP award and outlines the compliance and reporting requirements for each.
The OJP Subaward and Procurement Toolkit provides guidance designed to help recipients of OJP grants and cooperative agreements understand subawards and procurement contracts and their administrative requirements.
The 2024 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide is now available! It includes information to help you plan your outreach, original artwork, and other tools to help raise awareness about victims’ rights and services.
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Submitting an International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP) application requires substantial supporting documentation. Simply answering the questions on the application is not sufficient and your application will be considered incomplete. Before you submit your application, please be sure to include all the required supporting documentation.
Please contact an ITVERP case manager at 800-363-0441 to assist you in completing the application.
ITVERP was created by Congress as an amendment to the Crime Victims Act of 1984. Since 2006, ITVERP has been providing financial support to victims of international terrorism.
The International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP) operates much like a state crime victim compensation program but is operated by the federal government. It reimburses victims for expenses they have already incurred that are directly linked to the terrorist incident that occurred outside the United States.
Victims must meet certain eligibility requirements, apply to the program, and submit all of their supporting documentation before their application is complete and can be considered for a reimbursement award.
ITVERP is available to victims only after they have exhausted all other sources that could cover their expenses. ITVERP only reimburses individuals for specific out-of-pocket expenses directly related to the international act of terrorism.
For an incident to be considered an international act of terrorism for the purposes of ITVERP, the incident must be designated as such by the National Security Division of the Department of Justice. If the incident you are looking for is not on the list, please contact ITVERP. Review the list of designated international terrorism incidents.
Yes. The only exception is under the mental health care expense category. Each family member is eligible for reimbursement of her/his individual mental health care expenses.