Deadline: 18 May 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications from individuals interested in participating in the OVC Fellowship program.
The OVC Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Compensation Fellow Program supports grantee fellows at OVC. The individual awarded funding under this program will enhance the efforts of OVC to meet the needs of the crime victim services field by advising OVC on the development and oversight of programs for crime victims, specifically the VOCA Victim Compensation Program.
This program will support one fellow at OVC housed within the State Compensation and Assistance Division (SCAD). The SCAD Fellow will work with Compensation Administrators to identify what OVC can do to better support states in the administration of state victim compensation programs.
Goals, Objectives, and Deliverables
The goal of this fellowship program is to assist OVC in meeting the needs of the crime victim services field.
The selected fellow will have demonstrated expertise in working with VOCA Victim Compensation programs and OVC. The fellow’s background will enable the fellow to successfully meet the following objectives:
- assist OVC/OJP work with State Administrators to support compensation programs;
- assess individual state compensation programs, and applicable laws, rules, regulations, polices, and other guidance or programs impacting the operations and execution of state compensation programs; and
- identify model best practices across compensation programs; share these best practices with OVC and other state programs; and develop trainings/public outreach efforts to raise awareness about these practices.
Additionally, the fellow will make recommendations to OVC about how to institutionalize communication and collaboration innovations that will improve coordination with the Administrators on issues such as improving the Victim Compensation Certification form.
Deliverables include:
- a nationwide assessment of state compensation programs.
- a report on recommendations to improve OVC/OJP’s efforts to enhance communication with states regarding compensation programs. This will include recommendations for OVC to institutionalize improved communication and collaboration with State Administrators, including recommendations to improve standard forms such as the Victim Compensation Certification form.
- a report on recommendations to improve OVC/OJP’s support of state compensation systems, policies, and structures.
- trainings, outreach, public awareness efforts, and public resources, which are developed and conducted to raise awareness about OVC’s efforts to increase support to state compensation programs.
- focus groups facilitated with Compensation Administrators and OVC staff to gain a better understanding of the needs of the compensation programs at the state level.
- monthly reports submitted to the Program Manager outlining the activities completed.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $400,000
- Award Ceiling: $400,000
- Period of Performance start date October 1, 2020
- Period of Performance duration 24 months
- Period of Performance ends (no extensions are possible) September 30, 2022
Eligibility Criteria
- The following entities are eligible to apply:
- individuals who have documented experience in the funding, administration, and implementation of compensation programs and the major challenges, developments, and needs in the victim services field.
- The successful candidate must demonstrate substantial knowledge of data and research related to victimization and victim services, and have the skills to communicate orally and in writing with a broad audience of stakeholders. Applicants must be able to be onsite at OVC in Washington, D.C., for a minimum of 2 weeks per month throughout a 24-month project period. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
- All recipients and sub recipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325509