OVC annually makes funding available for local communities to organize, host, and publicize National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) events.

Community Awareness Projects (CAP) grants are awarded through the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators and can provide financial assistance of up to a designated amount ($5,000 for the 2025 projects).

Generally, the types of activities supported with NCVRW CAP funds fall into one or more of the following categories—

• a public event at which individual members of the general public physically attend in person (e.g., candlelight vigils, information or resource fairs, 5k walk/runs, memorial services),
• mass media advertising (e.g., newspaper, radio, or television ads, billboards, mass transit or movie theatre ads, including social media), and
• the production, publication, and distribution of printed awareness materials (e.g., brochures, posters, victims’ rights cards, resource directories).