The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for funding to develop the 2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/29/2022
Size of the Grant: $400,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
This cooperative agreement will support the development of a comprehensive guide for the crime victims’ advocacy field to increase public awareness of crime victim issues nationwide during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) in April 2023, and throughout the year, and begin preparations for the 2024 NCVRW theme narrative.
The goal of this cooperative agreement is to increase public awareness of crime victim issues nationwide during NCVRW in April 2023 and throughout the year.
Objectives
- Objective 1: Conceptualize, develop, and produce a user-friendly Resource Guide for victim service providers, victim advocates, allied professionals, and the general public to use in 2023.
- Objective 2: Develop and submit a theme narrative for 2024
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $400,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 18
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process, to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- OVC may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2022 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and the availability of appropriations.
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