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Crime Victims Fund

From the Director’s Desk

During this monthly briefing, Director Rose will update the field about OVC programs and initiatives and share OVC ideas to advance the field to improve options, access, and information for all survivors.

The VOCA Fix

This Act, signed into law on Thursday, July 22, 2021, is a historic effort to stabilize the Crime Victims Fund.

President Biden Signs the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021

On Thursday, July 22, 2021, Amy L. Solomon, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, and Kristina Rose, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, joined President Biden and Vice President Harris at the signing of the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 in a historic effort to stabilize the Crime Victims Fund.

State Formula Grants

State Formula Grants

OVC administers two formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance, described above—the VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant Program and the VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant Program. Every year, OVC awards each eligible state and territory a VOCA victim compensation formula grant to supplement state funds that reimburse victims for out-of-pocket expenses resulting from crime, such as medical and dental...

Exhibits

Exhibits

table of Crime Victims Fund cash flow, FYs 2019 and 2020 (in $ Millions)

 

graph of Crime Victims Fund deposits and disbursements

 

table of the payment of status of claims submitted to VOCA victim compensation programs, FYs 2019-2020

 

table of state compensation program benefits paid in FYs 2019 and 2020, by type of expense

 

table of victims served by VOCA assistance programs in FYs 2019 and 2020, by type of victimization

 

table of services delivered to victims by VOCA assistance programs in FYs 2019 and 2020, by type of assistance

 

table of VOCA assistance program nationwide performance indicators, FYs 2019 and 2020

 

chart of the growth of OVC's tribal grant programs, FYs 2016-2020

 

table of the population tiers for the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside formula program

 

bar graph of the history of OVC's anti-human trafficking funding

 

pie chart of OVC anti-human trafficking award funding

 

graph of number of clients served by OVC anti-human trafficking grantees, FYs 2016-2020

 

map of law enforcement-based victim services program sites

Training & Technical Assistance

Training and Technical Assistance

OVC encourages service providers and allied professionals to strengthen their knowledge, skills, and abilities so that they can provide the best possible services to crime victims throughout the Nation. The OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) leads the agency’s efforts to provide such expertise- and capacity-building activities by offering a variety of instructor-led trainings, both in person and online...

Combating Human Trafficking

Combating Human Trafficking

With funding appropriated through the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act, OVC administers the largest amount of federal funding dedicated to responding to human trafficking in the United States.

OVC funding supports the delivery of direct services such as case management, housing, legal assistance, and multidisciplinary collaboration and state-level approaches to identifying and serving victims of human trafficking. In addition...