OVC FY 2018 Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services and TA Program

The summary for the OVC FY 2018 Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services and TA Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Office for Victims of Crime, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

OVC FY 2018 Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services and TA Program: OVC is seeking applications in two purpose areas. Purpose Area 1 (PA 1) supports direct victim assistance service grants to state, tribal, and local law enforcement in small, mid-sized, and large jurisdictions, to hire victim service staff to develop new, or enhance existing, law enforcement-based victim service programs and partnerships in high-crime areas to improve rights and services for victims. Purpose Area 2 (PA 2) will support a technical assistance program to help build the capacity of the PA 1 sites to better serve all victims of crime. OVC expects to make up to 40 awards in PA 1 up to a total award amount of $21.51 million. OVC expects to make one estimated total award in PA 2 up to $2.25 million. OVC will conduct a pre-application webinar on June 13, at 3:00 p.m. e.t. Register at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by July 2, 2018.

Federal Grant Title:	OVC FY 2018 Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services and TA Program
Federal Agency Name:	Office for Victims of Crime (USDOJ-OJP-OVC)
Grant Categories:	Income Security and Social Services Law Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	OVC-2018-14540
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	16.582
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	July 2nd, 2018
Original Application Deadline:	July 2nd, 2018
Posted Date:	May 31st, 2018
Creation Date:	May 31st, 2018
Archive Date:	No date given
Total Program Funding:	$23,750,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$2,250,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	41
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	May 31st, 2018

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants for Purpose Area 1 (Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services Program) are limited to public law enforcement agencies or federally recognized Indian tribal governments with arrest powers that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) from small, mid-sized or large jurisdictions. Viable sites within the Public Safety Partnership, Project Safe Neighborhoods and Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims (ELERV) are particularly invited to apply. Eligible applicants for Purpose Area 2 (Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services Technical Assistance Program) are limited to nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations); for-profit organizations; colleges or universities (including tribal institutions of higher education); and tribal governments, or tribal organizations. Applicants must have the staff resources and capability to develop or enhance a model for delivery of these technical assistance services. A nonprofit organization does not need to have 501(c)(3) status to apply for grant funding under this solicitation. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. OVC welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire program. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application. OVC may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2018 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Funding Opportunity
Grant Announcement Contact: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact OVC’s National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll free at 800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email to [email protected]; fax to 301–240–5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., eastern time on the solicitation closing date.

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