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OVC FY 14 Vision 21 Victim Legal Assistance Networks

Closing Date
OVC will make up to four awards to develop comprehensive, collaborative networks to provide holistic legal assistance to crime victims. Up to three awards of up to $500,000 each will be made to implement comprehensive victim legal assistance networks at a statewide, regional, or local level. Eligible applicants are limited to states that administer Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance formula grants. VOCA agencies...

OVC FY 14 Vision 21: Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Technical Assistance Project

Closing Date
OVC will award one cooperative agreement of up to $500,000 to provide training and technical assistance to improve state responses to child and youth victims and their families and caregivers. The award recipient will assist participating state demonstration sites in establishing a network of stakeholders, designing and implementing a gap analysis/needs assessment, and develop a strategy to identify, intervene, and treat child and youth victims...

OVC FY 14 Victim Assistance Professional Development Program-Vision 21 Legal Assistance Fellowship

Closing Date
This competitive solicitation will fund one fellowship of up to $140,000 to undertake activities on issues emanating from the findings and recommendations in the Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services Final Report. The Vision 21 Legal Assistance Fellow will work on a range of issues and efforts to build capacity for the provision of free legal assistance to victims of crime, and will support OVC’s work...

OVC FY 13 2014 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Community Awareness Project

Closing Date
One cooperative agreement of $375,000 will be awarded to support the provision of financial and technical assistance to approximately 60 subgrant recipients of up to $5,000 each to conduct public education and awareness activities on crime victims' rights and services in their jurisdictions during 2014 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW). To learn more about this annual event, visit the NCVRW Web site (http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw/index.html). Depending...

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)

Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SPRC provides technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide.

Family Justice Center Alliance

The Alliance provides training, planning, consulting and technical assistance to Family Justice Centers and family violence professionals throughout the world.

Esperanza United

This organization provides bilingual advocacy and services to Latina victims of intimate partner violence. Their website includes a resource library, training and technical assistance opportunities, and more. Victims of domestic violence may contact the Esperanza United 24-hour bilingual crisis line at 651–772–1611 (Minnesota only).

National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children

This organization's mission is to break the cycle of abuse and neglect by empowering practitioners who work to transform the lives of children and families living in drug environments. The Alliance provides training and technical assistance to state drug endangered children alliances and all those in the community who assist and care for drug endangered children.