Deadline: 1-Jun-22
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for funding for the Fiscal Year 2022 Alaska Native Crime Victims Center of Excellence Pilot Program.
Goals
The goals of the Alaska Native Crime Victims Center of Excellence Pilot Program are to:
- Engage Tribes and other Alaska-based experts and organizations with expertise in responding to Alaska Native crime victims.
- Assess the availability of crime victim services in each of the 12 Alaska Claims Settlement Act regions.
- Promote the use of the Community-Based Participatory Research approaches that facilitates social change.
- Develop recommendations to OVC to address identified needs.
Objectives
The objectives of the Alaska Native Crime Victims Center of Excellence Pilot Program are to:
- Identify the needs of Alaska Native victims of crime statewide;
- Identify any gaps in the availability, and/or provision, of victim services to Alaska Native crime victims;
- Engage community members in understanding and defining the problem of providing access to appropriate crime victim services to facilitate the translation from research to practice; and
- Determine whether available crime victim services are appropriate to the language, cultural traditions, and values of each region and make corresponding recommendations to OVC.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Others
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339635