Deadline: 9 August 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for its 2017 Developing Future Victim Specialists for Indian Country program.
The goal of this project is to begin building a pipeline of victim service professionals that will serve American Indian /Alaska Native victims in locations that are often remote and where positions are often hard to fill. This program will work to identify students in relevant disciplines (e.g., sociology, social work, psychology, etc.) to serve in victim service positions either at BIA or in tribally based victim service programs.
Funding Information
- OVC expects to make up to three awards of up to $450,000 each, with an estimated total amount awarded of up to $1.35 million.
- OVC expects to make awards for a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2017.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education (individually or as a consortium, and including tribal institutions of higher education), federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), and nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) with connections to both tribes and to institutions of higher education that educate students pursuing degrees in fields relevant to victim services (e.g., sociology, social work, psychology).
- Applicants must demonstrate the knowledge and experience necessary to identify and work with college/university students and tribal, local, and/or federal victim service programs, either in or serving Indian Country.
- For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- OVC welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one eligible entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (“subgrantees”).
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.
