Justice system
OVC FY24 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
OVC FY 2023 Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials:
Outreach and Implementation Project
OVC FY 2023 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
OVC FY 2022 Developing Greater Understanding of the Needs of and Resources for Victims of Criminal Justice System-Related Harm
Achieving Justice in Labor Trafficking Cases in the U.S.
May 2021 Featured Resources
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials
Law Enforcement
Learn about OVC efforts to support for programs which help law enforcement officers compassionately and effectively meet the needs of crime victims.
Handbook on Justice for Victims
Multimedia Program to Improve Criminal Justice System Participation and Reduce Distress Among Physically Injured Crime Victims (Spanish Version)
Multimedia Program To Improve Criminal Justice System Participation and Reduce Distress Among Physically Injured Crime Victims
2020 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Message from the OVC Director
Dear Colleague,
Each April, we pause to celebrate the many advances in crime victim support in our nation: victim engagement in the criminal justice system, increasing availability of services, and recognition of rights for all victims and survivors. We also seek to ensure justice for those victims whose voices have yet to be heard.
At the end of March, I was sworn in as the...
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by OVC Director Jessica E. Hart During a Webinar Hosted by the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
Good afternoon! Thank you to the wonderful people at NOVA who worked hard to make today's webinar happen. And a special thanks to Claire Selib for offering me the opportunity to introduce myself to the NOVA community.
I was appointed the Director of OVC in late March, in the midst of the COVID spread, so this has been an unusual time to join OVC. But...
Responding to Victims of Terrorism and Mass Violence Crimes: Coordination and Collaboration Between American Red Cross Workers and Crime Victim Service Providers
May 2020 Featured Resources
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day
On May 5, 2020, we commemorate Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day. This annual commemoration is a time to renew our commitment to ensuring resources are available to solve missing persons cases and providing services to victims and their families.
Learn more about some of the work being undertaken by...
OVC FY 2020 VOCA Victim Compensation
VOCA–Funded Elder Abuse Programs
FY 2020 VOCA Assistance and Compensation Solicitations and Allocation Tables
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has released the FY 2020 VOCA Victim Compensation and Victim Assistance allocation tables:
OVC is accepting applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Assistance and Compensation formula solicitations. Applications for both solicitations are due by Monday, June 1, 2020.
OVC FY 2020 VOCA Victim Assistance
All applicants must register in OJP’s Grants Management System...