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This page presents expired funding opportunities from OVC. Use the search filters below to find specific solicitations. Click on a solicitation title to see details about the solicitation along with any resulting awards.
OVC FY 15 Wraparound Legal Assistance Network Invitational Letter
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The Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project supports the development of models for networks that collaboratively provide free, comprehensive, holistic legal assistance to victims to address the range of legal needs that may arise in the wake of victimization.
OVC FY 15 National Joint Training Conference for VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators Competitive Solicitation
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One discretionary grant of $175,000 will be awarded to plan and administer the 2016 National Joint Training Conference for VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators, a 2.5-day conference that will provide training and technical assistance for Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) administrators, staff, and board members; and facilitate a forum for the presentation of state issues and practices.
OVC FY 15 Services for Family Members of Victims of Kidnapping and Hostage Taking and Returned Hostages
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One cooperative agreement of up to $200,000 will be awarded to an eligible applicant to identify the needs of families of overseas hostages, kidnapped victims, and returned hostages; and provide information and referral to available services, assistance, and emotional support as they navigate the complex issues that arise in the aftermath of the kidnapping or hostage-taking.
OVC FY 15 Victim Assistance Professional Development Fellowship Program: Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation
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OVC will make up to one award of up to $150,000 for a fellowship that will focus on the issues of victims of elder abuse and elder financial exploitation. The fellowship recipient will work in the Elder Justice Initiative (EJI) of the Department of Justice Civil Division, in Washington, D.C.
OVC FY 15 VOCA Victim Compensation Formula
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OVC FY 15 Vision 21: Tribal Victim Services Resource Mapping Project
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OVC will make one award of up to $2,000,000 to improve access to services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) victims of crime by cataloguing existing comprehensive services. Through this project, OVC will support the creation of a user-friendly, state-of-the-art resource that empowers victims to seek comprehensive services; support victim service providers in their efforts to expand their outreach on behalf of victims to ensure services provided reflect the myriad needs of AI/AN crime victims; and provide a clear picture of service gaps for private, federal, and state funders.
OVC FY 15 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula
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OVC FY 15 Enhance Law Enforcement Response to Victims Invitational Letter
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The strategy to Enhance Law Enforcement Response to Victims (ELERV) was released in 2009 to provide tools and information to assist law enforcement around the nation to better respond to crime victimsâ needs. The ELERV Technical Assistance Project will formally evaluate the ELERV Strategy released in 2009 so that it can be promoted as an evidence-based practice.
OVC FY 15 Vision 21: Building State Technology Capacity Competitive Solicitation
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OVC will make several awards of up to $60,000 each to state VOCA compensation programs to build new systems, or modify existing systems, for collecting electronic data; increase the accuracy of their administrative reporting; and satisfy the new OVC reporting requirements. This program is specifically for the improvement of data collection efforts to help increase the accuracy of administrative reporting through the OVC Performance Management Tool. OVC anticipates awarding approximately $2,000,000 to an unspecified number of state applicants in awards of up to $60,000 each.
OVC FY 15 Language Access Training and Technical Assistance Program
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OVC will make one award of up to $1,000,000 to a national-scope organization to enhance training, technical assistance, public awareness, and capacity building resources on language access for victim service providers and allied professionals.
OVC FY 15 Victim Services Language Access Fellowship Program
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OVC will make one award of up to $150,000 to an individual (organizations are not eligible to apply) with the desire, knowledge, and ability to successfully execute the development of a strategic initiative to ensure that all OVC-sponsored products, programs, and services are accessible to all victims; and who have prior experience with language access and victim services initiatives, especially for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and/or Limited English Proficiency (LEP) communities. Those applying are urged to begin in advance of the June 24, 2015, deadline.
OVC FY 15 Vision 21 Victim Assistance Professional Development Fellowship Program: Translation and Dissemination of Statistical Data
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OVC estimates that it will make one award of up to $500,000 for a joint fellowship program with BJS focused on the translation and dissemination of statistical data used by the victim service field. The individual awarded funding under this fellowship program will work with both OVC and BJS to improve the synthesis and translation of social science research and statistical findings to inform practice and policies in the victim services field.
OVC FY 15 Supporting Male Survivors of Violence
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OVC will make several awards of up to $1,000,000 each to improve responses to male survivors of violence, particularly boys and young men of color, and their families, and to dedicate technical assistance to support these efforts. Under Program Area 1, OVC will make 8 to 12 awards to fund demonstration sites to establish evidence-based models and practices to provide trauma-informed, comprehensive services for male survivors of violence and their families, and supporting policies.
OVC FY 15 Training and Technical Assistance on Comprehensive Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims
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Note to Applicants: OVC has revised this solicitation to expand the eligibility requirements (see "Eligibility", pg. 1) and eliminate the match requirement (see "Budget Information", page 7.) If you have questions about these changes, please call the point of contact listed on pg. 2 of the solicitation. OVC will make up to 2 awards of up to $500,000 to expand access to comprehensive legal services for victims of human trafficking through training and technical assistance.
OVC FY 15 Vision 21 Innovation Grants: Enhancing and Transforming Services for Victims of Crime
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Through cooperative agreements in up to 8 program areas, OVC will provide funding to enhance and transform services for victims of crime and to reach and serve more crime victims and address gaps in the crime victims’ field.
OVC FY 15 Comprehensive Services for Victims of All Forms of Human Trafficking Competitive Solicitation
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OVC will make up to 10 awards of up to $750,000 to enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist all victims of human trafficking in achieving their goals, which may include increased autonomy and self-sufficiency, and an increased feeling of safety and well-being. The primary objectives of this funding opportunity are to enhance interagency collaboration and the coordinated community response to victims of human trafficking, and to provide high-quality services that address the individualized needs of trafficking victims.
OVC FY 15 2016 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Community Awareness Projects Competitive Solicitation
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OVC will award one cooperative agreement of up to $375,000 to provide technical assistance and financial, programmatic, and administrative support to approximately 60 communities and victim assistance organizations nationwide to conduct public education and awareness activities in their jurisdictions during 2016 National Crime Victims' Rights Week. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations), faith- and community-based organizations, and public agencies. Those applying are urged to begin in advance of the June 15, 2015, deadline.
OVC FY 15 State Victim Assistance Academy Technical Assistance Solicitation
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OVC will make one award of up to $1,000,000 to provide dedicated training and technical assistance (TTA) resources to further develop and sustain the State Victim Assistance Academies (SVAA) framework and assist SVAAs with providing comprehensive, academically based, fundamental education and training for victim service providers and allied professionals.
OVC FY 15 Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Toolkit 2.0 Competitive Solicitation
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One cooperative agreement of $700,000 will be awarded to update the SART Toolkit: Resources for Sexual Assault Response Teams—an online resource for establishing, strengthening, and sustaining sexual assault response teams in a variety of settings—to ensure it contains the latest research, practices, and information to support sexual assault victims, particularly underserved populations.
OVC FY 15 Vision 21: Using Technology to Expand National and International Access to Victim Services Invitational Letter
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The eight applicants under the OVC FY 14 Vision 21: Using Technology to Expand National and International Access to Victim Services will apply for noncompetitive continuation funding to support projects that propose to use technology creatively to provide outreach and direct assistance to victims, particularly those who have never been served or for whom services are not readily available, nationally and/or internationally (for Americans abroad).
OVC FY 15 Vision 21: Victim Services Mobile Application Invitational Letter
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The three grantees awarded under the OVC FY 2014 Vision 21 Victim Services Mobile Application will apply for their second and final year of funding, up to $250,000 each, to enhance public awareness, outreach, and education by continuing to market, refine, evaluate, and update three distinct mobile applications (apps)one with a national focus, another with a specific local jurisdictional focus, and the third with a tribal focus to serve crime victims, their families, victim service providers, and allied professionals.
OVC FY 15 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Victim Reunification Travel Program Invitational Letter
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The Federal Crime Victim Assistance Fund (FCVAF) was established by the Office for Victims of Crime(OVC) under its authority to assist victims of federal crime. (This authority is found in the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), Public Law 98-473, as amended, codified at 42 U.S.C. 10603 (c)(1)(B).) The FCVAF does not create a separate system of services for federal crime victims, but supports services of an immediate nature for federal crime victims when no other resources are available.
OVC FY 15 National Indian Nations Conference: Justice for Victims of Crime
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One cooperative agreement of up to $450,000 will be awarded to plan and conduct, in cooperation with OVC, the 15th National Indian Nations Conference: Justice for Victims of Crime, which will take place in 2016. The goal of the 3-day conference is to provide timely training, best practices, and resources to increase and enhance the capacity of victim service providers, criminal justice professionals, and other allied professionals to improve their response to the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native crime victims.
OVC FY 15 American Indian/Alaska Native Training and Technical Assistance Program Competitive Solicitation
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Two cooperative agreements of up to $1,500,000 each will be awarded to provide resources and coordination to increase the ability of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal communities to provide comprehensive and culturally appropriate services to crime victims, their families, and the community.