OVC FY 2022 Building Capacity of National Crisis Hotlines

The goal of this program is to enhance or expand the capacity of national victim service hotlines to provide crisis intervention support services using trauma-informed approaches that protect the safety and confidentiality of victims.

OVC encourages applications that focus on—

1. addressing online gender-based abuse and harassment;
2. offering services that respond to online-facilitated gender-based violence;
3. training hotline personnel on how to respond to issues of online harassment and abuse, particularly toward women and girls along with LGBTQ and nonbinary people and other marginalized groups; and
4. using technology to make services safe and more accessible, and to reach underserved communities.

OVC anticipates making up to three awards of up to $2 million each for up to a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2022.

Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.

• Webinar presentation
• Webinar recording (forthcoming)
• Webinar transcript