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Funding Opportunity: OVC FY 2020 Enhancing Community Responses to America’s Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims

OVC Funding Opportunity: Apply Now

OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Enhancing Community Responses to America’s Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims solicitation.

Applicants may apply under only one of the following purpose areas—

  • Purpose Area 1: direct services to children and youth who are crime victims as a result of the nation’s addiction crisis, and
  • Purpose Area 2: training and technical assistance for the direct services grantees.

Priority will be given to applicants that—

  • address specific challenges that rural communities face,
  • demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties, or
  • offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).

OVC anticipates making up to 25 awards under purpose area 1 of up to $700,000 each and 1 award under purpose 2 of up to $1.5 million. OVC expects to make awards for a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2020.

View changes to pages 8 and 21 that OVC made after the initial release of the solicitation at www.ovc.gov/grants/pdftxt/fy-2020-enhancing-community-responses-to-drug-crisis-change.pdf.

OVC conducted an optional pre-application webinar on Monday, March 23, 2020, to review requirements and answer questions. View a recording and transcript of this webinar.

Apply by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 4, 2020.

(Updated March 31, 2020)

Date Published: March 5, 2020