Update VOCA Victim Assistance Administrators' Toolkit and Crime Victim Compensation Manager's Guidebook

Post Date

April 6th 2016

Application Due Date

May 23rd 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

OVC-2016-9289

CFDA Number(s)

16.582

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Income Security and Social Services
Law, Justice and Legal Services

Number of Awards

2

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible applicants are limited to national associations; private nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community-based organizations; colleges and universities; public agencies; and tribal organizations and governments that can demonstrate a deep understanding of VOCA formula and discretionary funding, VOCA State Administrating Agencies (SAA), and VOCA subrecipient requirements, and that possess the staff, resources, and capability to plan and implement this project. OVC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities that will carry out the funded Federal award activities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the other(s) must be proposed as subrecipient(s). The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire project. Only one application per lead applicant will be considered; however, a subrecipient may be part of multiple proposals.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $300000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $150000

Grant Description

Enhance the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance toolkit and Victim Compensation guidebook by using field-generated comments and suggestions to shape these two tools to reflect technological changes in the field since their creation and include new regulations, and performance and grant requirements. These tools are invaluable resources for new state VOCA administrators and managers. Two separate competitive 24-month cooperate agreements will be awarded to eligible entities who demonstrate a deep understanding of the relationship between VOCA formula funding, VOCA State Administrating Agencies and VOCA sub recipients.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Joel Hall, Victim Justice Program Specialist, by telephone at 202п307п3940, or by email at Joel.Hall@usdoj.gov.
  Joel.Hall@usdoj.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  For Programmatic Questions

• Agency Email Address:

  Joel.Hall@usdoj.gov

• Location:

  Office for Victims of Crime

• More Information:

  Funding Opportunity