U.S. Department of Justice-OVC: Integrated Services for Victims Program

Deadline: 10 August 2017

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for Integrated Services for Victims Program: Increasing Access to Mental Health Services for Victims of Crime.

The program aims to bridge the divide between crime victims, victim services providers, and mental health services providers so that communities are able to create a seamless network of services to assist crime victims to recover, heal, and thrive.

Program Goals

This Program includes three goals that will:

help victim services providers to properly identify crime victims who may be exhibiting signs of suicidality, refer them to appropriate mental health services, and support their access to such services;
increase the capacity of both victim services providers and mental health service providers to provide mental health services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who also have a severe mental illness; and
increase access to mental health services for traditionally underserved victims of crime.

Purpose Areas & Funding Amount

Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training for Crime Victim Advocates: OVC expects to make up one award of up to $500,000 under this purpose area.
Increasing Access to Victim Services for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Who Have a Serious Mental Illness (SMI):
- Funding for Direct Services: OVC expects to make up to three awards of up to $350,000 each, for a total of up to $1,050,000 under this purpose area.
- Training and Technical Assistance (TTA): OVC expects to make one award of up to $400,000 under this purpose area.
Increasing Access to Mental Health Services to Traditionally Underserved Victims of Crime:
- Funding for Direct Services: OVC expects to make up to three awards of up to $450,000, for a total of up to $1,350,000 under this purpose area.
- Training and Technical Assistance (TTA): OVC expects to make one award of up to $450,000 under this purpose area.

Eligibility Criteria

Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training for Crime Victim Advocates: Eligible applicants for this purpose area are limited to: nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations; and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).
Increasing Access to Victim Services for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Who Have an SMI:
- Direct Services: Eligible applicants for this purpose area are limited to:
  - mental health services programs operated by state, local, or by federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior); and
  - nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations) whose primary mission is to provide direct services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
- Training and Technical Assistance: Eligible applicants for this purpose area include institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) and nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations).
Increasing Access to Mental Health Services to Traditionally Underserved Victims of Crime:
- Direct Services: Eligible applicants for this purpose area include:
  - mental health services programs operated by state, local, or by federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior); and
  - nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations) whose primary mission is to provide services to victims of crime.
- Training and Technical Assistance: Eligible applicants for this purpose area include institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) and nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations).