Deadline: 06-Jul-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) are seeking applications for funding from individuals interested in participating in the 2021 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Compensation Fellowship Program.
Goal: The goal of this fellowship program is to improve support and resources for state compensation programs to more efficiently and effectively administer their programs and VOCA Victim Compensation Program funding, including increasing access to compensation for victims of color, who have historically had challenges with accessing or receiving compensation in comparison to other eligible victim populations.
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;
- Identify barriers that prevent all victims of crime, including victims of color, from accessing and receiving compensation, and provide recommendations at the national and state levels to overcome those barriers;
- Advance OVC/OJP’s support of compensation programs to promote equity in access to and receipt of compensation funding;
- 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; and
- Make recommendations to OVC about how to institutionalize communication and collaboration innovations that will improve coordination with the Administrators.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $400,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $400,000.00
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 1 week per 6 months throughout a 36-month project period, unless there are unique circumstances that would prevent the grantee Fellow from being onsite. The grantee Fellow will work with OVC to determine unique circumstances and make adjustments, as necessary. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
- To advance Executive Order 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 allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333661