Best practices
New Tool Available To Measure Victim Service Outcomes
Use a new tool to measure victim service quality and outcomes, from the perspective of those receiving the services.
iMPRoVE (Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences)
This easy-to-use tool can help organizations serving crime victims and survivors to measure service quality and outcomes. Use this free platform to collect, understand, and analyze the ways your program affects those you serve. RTI International and its partners manage the iMPRoVE project with support from OVC, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office on Violence Against Women.
Hope and resilience community/police engagement project
15POVC-21-GK-00655-NONF
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2021
$750,000
Fostering Resilience and Hope in Stanislaus County, CA: Bridging the Gap Between Law Enforcement and the Community
15POVC-21-GK-00656-NONF
Declined
Funding First Awarded
2021
$750,000
Best Practices for Training Frontline Violence Intervention Workers
Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
The Opioid Crisis and the Nation's Youth: Strategies and Solutions To Serve Our Youngest Victims
Date Published
October 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description,
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Conference Material
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored,
OVC-Sponsored
Building Victim Assistance Networks With Faith Communities: Lessons Learned by the Vermont Victim Services 2000 Project
Date Published
April 2007
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OVC
Expanding Services To Reach Victims of Identity Theft and Financial Fraud
Date Published
October 2010
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
OVC
Crime Victim Compensation Program Initiative Fact Sheet
Date Published
July 2016
Series
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Program Description (Model),
Grants and Funding,
Factsheet
Agencies
OVC
Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assault in Indian Country
Date Published
December 2016
Series
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Presentation (Multimedia),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC
2015 OVC Report to the Nation, Fiscal Years 2013-2014: Building Capacity Through Research, Innovation, Technology, and Training
Date Published
August 2015
Series
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OVC
Providing Services to Victims Viewing a Trial at Multiple Locations
Date Published
September 2006
Publication Type
Handbook
Agencies
OVC
Making Restitution Real: Five Case Studies on Improving Restitution Collection
Date Published
2011
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Responding to People Who Have Been Victimized by Individuals with Mental Illnesses
Date Published
June 2008
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
A Guide to the Role of Crime Victims in Mental Health Courts
Date Published
June 2008
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services and Technical Assistance Program (LEV Program)
2018-V3-GX-K049
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$2,250,000
Enhancing Law Enforcement Human Trafficking Task Force Operations
2015-VT-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$800,000
Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance 2011 Edition (Revised May 2012)
Date Published
May 2012
Publication Type
Policy/Procedure Handbook/Manual
Agencies
OVC
AMBER Alert Best Practices Guide, Second Edition
Date Published
April 2019
Agencies
OJJDP
Preparing for After: How to Help Victims of Mass Violence
Date Published
2014
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored