Deadline: 30-Jun-2022
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), Victim Services (VS) Branch, is soliciting applications 2022-23 Victim Witness (VW) Assistance Program.
The purpose of the VW Program is to maintain Victim Witness Assistance Centers (Centers), in each of California’s 58 counties, to provide comprehensive services to victims and witnesses of all types of violent crime.
Funding Information
- The VW Program funding formula provides Los Angeles County with 17.2% of the total available funding and allocates the remaining funds to all other Subrecipients by establishing a $150,000 baseline per Grant Subaward and distributing funding by percentage utilizing 2020 violent crime arrest and 2020 population statistics.
- The Grant Sub award performance period is October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- The only eligible Applicants are the VW Program Subrecipients funded in the prior fiscal year.
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Before the VW Program Grant Subaward performance period begins, Applicants must:
- Have a DUNS number issued by Dun & Bradstreet. Effective April 4, 2022, Applicants will need a Unique Entity Identifier (Unique Entity ID). Applicants registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM) have already been assigned a Unique Entity ID and it can be found by logging into SAM.gov. Applicants who do not currently have a DUNS number will need to register at SAM.gov to obtain a Unique Entity ID. Cal OES will accept either a DUNS number or a Unique Entity ID effective immediately, however beginning April 4, 2022, only a Unique Entity ID will be accepted.
- Must not have an exclusion record in SAM. An exclusion record in the SAM indicates that a contractor (agency) is listed in the (federal) government-wide system for debarment and suspension. An agency that is debarred or suspended is excluded from activities involving federal financial and nonfinancial assistance and benefits.
For more information, visit California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
For more information, visit https://www.caloes.ca.gov/pages/Grant-Details.aspx?itemID=520&ItemTitle=2022-23%20Victim%20Witness%20Assistance%20(VW)%20Program%20RFA