The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications from individuals interested in participating in the OVC Culturally Responsive Victim Services (CRVS) Fellowship.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 06/01/2023
Size of the Grant: 350,000
Duration: 24 months
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by improving the capacity of the victim services field to address the needs of crime victims.
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.
With this solicitation, OVC seeks to support its goal of increasing the capacity of the field to provide culturally responsive, victim-centered, and trauma-informed victim services by identifying a fellow to work with OVC to build and complement OVC’s efforts in this area.
Goals
The goal of this program is to engage a full-time Fellow to provide policy and programmatic contributions that inform and assist OVC’s efforts to increase the capacity of the field to provide culturally responsive, victim-centered, trauma-informed victim services.
Objectives
An applicant should address all the objectives listed below in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
- Develop strategies to support services that meet needs identified by victims and survivors, specifically those from culturally specific communities and communities of color that are often unheard, marginalized, underrepresented, and underserved.
- Institutionalize communication and collaboration innovations that will improve OVC’s relationships with culturally specific victim serving organizations.
- Identify barriers that make it difficult for survivors from culturally specific communities to access services, and those that prevent grassroots organizations from accessing funding.
- Identify barriers and gaps to supporting culturally specific organizations and develop innovative solutions to improve communication and foster relationships with these organizations.
- Collaborate with OVC’s National Center for Culturally Responsive Victim Services to conduct outreach to victim-serving organizations supporting underrepresented, underserved, and unheard communities and build the capacity of these organizations to meet the unmet needs of victims and survivors.
- In collaboration with the Communities of Color Working Group (COCWG), coordinate awareness and learning opportunities to inform OVC about ongoing work to increase the capacity and availability of culturally responsive victim services.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: 350,000
- Period of Performance: 24 months
Eligible Applicants
Individuals
For more information, visit Grants.gov.