OVC FY 2018 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services

In an effort to expand the use of hospitals and other medical facilities as an entry point to increase support for victims of crime, improve their outcomes, and prevent chances for repeat victimization, this solicitation will fund up to eight demonstration sites to implement or expand hospital-based/affiliated programs to support crime victims using evidence-based models and practices with victim-centered approaches (Purpose Area 1). Additionally, the solicitation will fund one applicant to provide comprehensive technical assistance (TA) to the demonstration sites and develop TA resources and tools to support this effort (Purpose Area 2). OVC conducted a pre-application webinar on June 6, 2018, and a recording of this webinar is available at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by July 2, 2018.