Training and technical assistance

Discretionary grants ranging from $150,000 to $300,000 (depending on the focus area) will be awarded to develop or enhance training, technical assistance, promising practices, models, and programs that are national in scope and that either address gaps in the field in the areas of training and technical assistance or develop promising practices, models, or programs through demonstration projects. Funding will be used to improve the...

One discretionary grant of $150,000 will be awarded to plan and implement the VOCA National Joint Training Conference, a 2 ½-day training conference for approximately 300 VOCA victim assistance and compensation administrators and staff that will be held in 2012. The conference will employ lectures, panels, workshops, and forums to explore ways to improve the delivery of crime victim services; provide an opportunity for VOCA...

One fellowship of up to $135,000 will be awarded to conduct an analysis of existing data regarding services available to underserved crime victims in order to identify trends and explore ways to capture information about services to these victims; and to analyze the overall effectiveness of state Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) programs or construct a framework to analyze state VOCA programs. Applicants must be...

One cooperative agreement of up to $250,000 will be awarded to a nonprofit organization to support three diverse American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AIN) communities in conducting a comprehensive community needs assessment and developing a strategic plan that will enhance and build a sustainable, culturally relevant, victim-centered SANE-SART project; and to support the development and implementation of a National AI/AN SANE-SART Strategy. Applicants must have...