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Victim Rights and Services

OVC FY 2023 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

Closing Date
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The goal of this program is to provide services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally relevant, and gender responsive services to ensure their safety, security, and healing and to prevent them from being directed to or involved in the justice system.

OVC FY 2023 Field-Generated Solicitation: Increasing Options and Expanding Access for Victims of Crime

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
OVC seeks field-generated proposals that offer innovative solutions that will increase the service options available to crime victims, expand access for underheard and underrepresented communities, or improve the way information is delivered to crime victims. Applicants will be asked to state the problem they are aiming to solve and present an innovative solution that will generate new or promising practices for the field.

OVC FY 2023 Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act State-Run Hate Crime Reporting Hotlines

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
OVC seeks applications (1) to establish state-run hate crime reporting hotlines designed to assist victims who might otherwise be reluctant to report hate crimes; and 2) to enhance the quality of services and referrals for hotline users by providing specialized training and technical assistance to all award recipients under this program.

OVC FY 2023 Transforming America’s Response to Elder Abuse: Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) for Older Victims of Abuse and Financial Exploitation and T&TA

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
OVC seeks to support the development or enhancement of multidisciplinary teams to better identify and respond to cases of abuse of older adults and more comprehensively serve and support older victims of financial exploitation and other forms of elder abuse. The program will also support a National Elder Abuse Training and Technical Assistance Center.

The National Census of Victim Service Providers: Data, Resources, and Implications for Practitioners

March 2023
This webinar provides an overview of the National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVS) and a demonstration of recently released interactive maps analyzing the 2017 data at the county level. Learn the importance of these data to the victim services field, how they can be used to understand the current landscape of victim services across the country, and characteristics of victim service providers.