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Performance measures

Victim Assistance Writing an Impactful Annual Report Training Webinar

August 2022
This OVC webinar provides guidance for VOCA Victim Assistance Grantees on how to use the performance measure data entered into the Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) to inform the annual report. During the webinar, members of the OVC’s performance measurement team provide information on the annual reporting questions and explore each question and what responses should entail. The team also highlights how a clear and concise annual report can tell the story of the qualitative data and the grant activities completed grantees and subgrantees.

Transforming Victim Services - Writing Your Semiannual Narrative

June 2022
This recorded webinar helps Office for Victims of Crime grantees develop a common understanding of how collecting performance measure data informs the semiannual narrative report; provides information on the narrative questions and explores each question and what responses should entail; and highlights how a clear and concise semiannual narrative report can tell the story of the qualitative data.

OVC FY 2022 Measuring the Impact of Victim Services: Implementation, Management, and Sustainment of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences (iMPRoVE) Project

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The goal of this solicitation is for the award recipient to implement, manage, and sustain the iMPRoVE project for victim service providers. The iMPRoVE project provides an assessment survey tool for victim service providers to be able to measure outcomes and assess the effectiveness and quality of services provided to their clients.

View Updated Performance Measures Information for OVC Grantees

September 30, 2021

OVC sets program goals and collects performance measures data that capture grantees’ achievements.

We encourage OVC grantees to view recently updated performance measures content for information and recorded webinars covering—

  • reporting requirements and due dates;
  • data collection, tracking, and analysis;
  • the performance measures reporting process; and
  • troubleshooting strategies.

Learn about performance measures

Transforming Victims Services Performance Management: Introduction

September 2021
This recorded webinar provides OVC Transforming Victims Services grantees with information about their performance management responsibilities. Learn about what you need to know before logging into the reporting platform and how the OVC Performance Management Team can assist grantees with collecting, tracking, reporting, and analyzing your data.

How can grantees find support and resources?

Grantee Support and Resources

OVC aims to support all grantees in reporting performance measures data thoroughly and accurately. OVC provides grantees with resources, including performance measures questionnaires, solicitation maps to locate performance measures topic areas, and system user guides.

New to OVC performance reporting?

Start with these resources:

  1. Transforming Victim Services Performance Measurement Welcome Guide
  2. Transforming Victims Services Performance Management: Introduction Webinar
  3. Victim Assistance Performance...

Human Trafficking Grantee Performance Measures

Human Trafficking Grantee Performance Measures

OVC strives to uphold the intent of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations to ensure that all trafficking victims—regardless of immigration status, gender, or form of trafficking—receive justice and support in accessing the services they need.

OVC manages the largest amount of funding across the Federal Government dedicated to providing services to victims of human trafficking. OVC strengthens...

Data Analyses

Data Analyses

Victims of Crime Victim (VOCA) Assistance and Victim Compensation

The VOCA nationwide performance reports display funding information as well as key performance metrics for grantees across the country.

The VOCA Nationwide Data Analysis Reports contain a detailed analysis of grantee performance data as reported in the Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) system.

Prior to the implementation of reporting in the PMT, only basic Performance...