Deadline Extended: Submit a Nomination for the 2025 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards
If you know an individual, organization, or team that you would like to see recognized for their work, submit your nominations for these prestigious awards.
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June 2024 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about the #HAVhope National Day of Awareness, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month.
Resources and Support for the Victims in Akron, Ohio
These resources may be able to help victims, their families, and the community, as well as the professionals and leaders that are assisting them during this difficult time.
May 2024 From the Director’s Desk Briefing Now Available
Listen for updates about OVC funding opportunities, the 18th National Indian Nations Conference, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, the Crime Victims Fund, and more!
May 2024 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, Older Americans Month, and National Police Week.
Apply for Funding To Enhance Services for Victims of Crime
OVC is seeking applicants for FY 2024 funding opportunities.
Remarks From OVC Director Kristina Rose: 2024 NCVRW Candlelight Vigil
Director Rose honors victims, survivors, and those who have made it their your life’s work to improve access, options, and rights for crime victims.
Message From the Director: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2024
Director Rose calls upon us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them.
Meet the 2024 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Recipients
Eight individuals and organizations were honored this year for their extraordinary work in supporting victims of crime.
Watch and Share the 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Videos
Use these videos during your 2024 NCVRW events or share them throughout the year.
April 2024 From the Director’s Desk Briefing Now Available
Listen to a recording of this briefing for updates on National Crime Victims’ Rights Week commemoration events, the Crime Victims Fund, and more!
April 2024 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Release of the FY 2024 VOCA Victim Compensation and Victim Assistance Formula Solicitations
Copy of an email from State Victim Resource Division Director Will Bronson about the release of the FY 2024 VOCA Victim Compensation and Victim Assistance Formula solicitations.
Recursos para las víctimas en Kansas City, Missouri
A continuación enumeramos algunos recursos que podrían ser de ayuda para las víctimas, sus familias y la comunidad durante esta época difícil.
Now Online: 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide
Use the guide to raise awareness in your community about victims’ rights and services prior to and during NCVRW (April 21–27, 2024).
March 2024 From the Director’s Desk Briefing Now Available
Listen to a recording of this briefing for information on the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 and its impact on the Crime Victims Fund and more.
Funding Opportunity: Apply To Become a SANE Regional Center of Excellence
The International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), in collaboration with OVC, invites forensic programs that are vested in preparing current and future Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) and Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners (SAFEs) for clinical practice to apply for funding to establish SANE Regional Centers of Excellence (SANE Regional CoE).
The program’s purpose is to increase the number and quality of the SANE/SAFE workforce and...
Updated Building Partnerships and Collaborations with Workforce and Education Systems Guide Now Available
View an updated guide that provides a roadmap for forming effective partnerships between victim service agencies and workforce development or education programs as they serve survivors of human trafficking.
March 2024 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, National Consumer Protection Week, and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Register for OVC’s 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Events
OVC invites you to attend two events this April as we commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
Apply for Funding To Enhance Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
OVC is seeking applicants for FY 2024 funding opportunities.
Resources and Support for the Victims in Kansas City, Missouri
These resources may be able to help victims, their families, and the community, as well as the professionals and leaders that are assisting them during this difficult time.
Resources and Support for the Victims at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas
These resources may be able to help victims, their families, and the community, as well as the professionals and leaders that are assisting them during this difficult time.
February 2024 From the Director’s Desk Briefing Now Available
Listen to a recording of this briefing for the latest news on OVC programs and initiatives.
February 2024 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, National Black History Month, and the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.