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Access 2024 press releases, speeches, and blogs about victimization and crime victim services from the White House, U.S. Department of Justice, and OVC.
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October 11, 2024: Message From OVC Director Kristina Rose on the 40th Anniversary of VOCA
July 29, 2024: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery From OVC Director Kristina Rose: NOVA’s 50th Annual Training Event
June 14, 2024: Message From the Director: OVC Funding Opportunities
April 24, 2024: Remarks From OVC Director Kristina Rose: 2024 NCVRW Candlelight Vigil
April 22, 2024: Message From the Director: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2024
February 5, 2024: Message From the Director: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking To Enhance the Federal Crime Victim Compensation Program
During the From the Director’s Desk monthly briefing, the OVC Director updated the field about OVC programs and initiatives. View transcripts from the archived briefings.
December 30, 2024: BJS Releases Human Trafficking Incidents Reported by Law Enforcement, 2022 – Statistical Tables
November 22, 2024: Shining a light on the crisis of missing or murdered Black women and girls in the United States
November 12, 2024: Remarks of Acting AAG Brent J. Cohen at Discussion on Missing or Murdered Black Women and Girls
October 11, 2024: A brief history of the Victims of Crime Act
September 30, 2024: Readout of OJP and White House Community Violence Intervention Announcements
September 12, 2024: Violent Victimization Unchanged Year Over Year and at Prepandemic Levels
August 13, 2024: BJS Releases Socio-Emotional Consequences of Violent Crime, 2022
July 29, 2024: Office for Victims of Crime Funding 1st Victim Advocacy Corps
July 26, 2024: Highlighting three years of OJP achievements
July 25, 2024: BJS Releases Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2023
June 26, 2024: Greater than the sum of our parts: Celebrating LGBTQI+ Pride Month
May 29, 2024: Office of Justice Programs Announces the Children’s Justice Project to Identify Children’s Remains
May 22, 2024: Office of Justice Programs Commemorates National Missing Children’s Day
April 30, 2024: Protecting the Youngest Victims of Substance Use
February 13, 2024: Readout of Office of Justice Programs Participation in White House Community Violence Awareness Week
January 30, 2024: United Against Labor Trafficking: Spotlight on Organizations Leading the Charge
December 30, 2024: Justice Department’s 10th Distribution Brings Total Provided to Over $4.3B in Nearly Full Recovery to Over 40,000 Victims in Madoff Ponzi Scheme
November 20, 2024: Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Hosts “15 Years of Progress: Honoring the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act”
November 19, 2024: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks on 15th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
November 12, 2024: Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer Delivers Remarks at the Discussion on Missing or Murdered Black Women and Girls
October 31, 2024: Justice Department Releases Sixth Annual Elder Justice Report
October 4, 2024: Justice Department to Award More Than $84M in Grants to American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes
October 2, 2024: Justice Department Awards $4B to Support Community Safety
September 27, 2024: Readout of Departments of Justice and Interior Roundtable on Media Coverage of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking
September 25, 2024: Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer Delivers Remarks at the 2024 Hate Crimes Grantee Conference
September 25, 2024: Justice Department Awards Nearly $30M to Combat the Rise of Hate and Bias Crimes
September 16, 2024: Justice Department Expands Tribal Access Program to Improve the Exchange of Critical Data with Federally Recognized Tribes
September 13, 2024: Justice Department Commemorates 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
September 13, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
September 13, 2024: Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Delivers Remarks on the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
September 13, 2024: Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer Delivers Remarks on the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
September 13, 2024: Director Rosie Hidalgo Delivers Remarks on the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
September 11, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Justice Department’s September 11 Remembrance Ceremony
September 9, 2024: Justice Department Begins Second Distribution of Forfeited Funds to Compensate Victims of Fraud Scheme Facilitated by Western Union
August 15, 2024: Readout of Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Participation in a Tribal Roundtable with Nine South Dakota Tribal Nations at the Yankton Sioux Nation
July 12, 2024: Departments of Justice and Interior Host 2024 Tribal Justice, Safety and Wellness Summit
June 21, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision in United States v. Rahimi
June 21, 2024: OVW Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling in U.S. vs. Rahimi
June 21, 2024: Justice Department Opens Application Period for Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases
June 14, 2024: Justice Department Announces Anticipated Distribution of at Least $940M to Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism in 2025
June 12, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Elder Justice Coordinating Council
June 12, 2024: Seventeen Federal Agencies Recognize Decade of Federal Progress Addressing Elder Abuse
April 25, 2024: Justice Department Recognizes Crime Victim Services Professionals and Survivors at 2024 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony
April 25, 2024: Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon Delivers Remarks at the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony
April 25, 2024: Director Kristina Rose Delivers Remarks at the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony
April 23, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit
April 23, 2024: Justice Department Dedicates “Faces of Gun Violence” Exhibit at ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit
April 23, 2024: Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Deliver Remarks at ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit
April 19, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the 29th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing
March 23, 2024: Justice Department Launches the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center
February 13, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
February 9, 2024: Department of Justice Recognizes the Conclusion of its National Human Trafficking Prevention Month Observance
February 6, 2024: Justice Department and Federal Partners Recognize Zero Tolerance Day for Female Genital Mutilation
January 18, 2024: Justice Department Releases Report on its Critical Incident Review of the Response to the Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
January 11, 2024: Justice Department Observes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
December 31, 2024: A Proclamation on National Stalking Awareness Month, 2025
December 30, 2024: A Proclamation on National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2025
November 29, 2024: A Proclamation on National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 2024
September 30, 2024: A Proclamation on Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2024
September 30, 2024: A Proclamation on National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, 2024
September 13, 2024: Remarks by President Biden on the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
September 10, 2024: Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, 2024
May 3, 2024: A Proclamation on Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2024
April 19, 2024: A Proclamation on National Crime Victims’ Rights, 2024
March 29, 2024: A Proclamation on National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 2024
March 29, 2024: A Proclamation on National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2024
January 31, 2024: A Proclamation on National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, 2024