Deadline: 12-May-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for funding for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program.
This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting the provision of victim services in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
This solicitation supports the provision of services to crime victims in American Indian/Alaska Native communities through an administrative formula program funded through a set-aside designated by law from the Crime Victims Fund.
The program is not competitive, and is open only to federally recognized Indian tribes (applying individually or as consortia), ANSCA regional corporations, and their designees.
The goal of this program is to provide support to tribal communities to improve services for victims of crime.
This solicitation supports the provision of services to crime victims in American Indian/Alaska Native communities through an administrative formula program funded through a set-aside designated by law from the Crime Victims Fund.
The program is not competitive, and is open only to federally recognized Indian tribes (applying individually or as consortia), ANSCA regional corporations, and their designees.
Objectives
The objective of this program is to use an administrative formula to make grant awards to tribes to support activities such as:
- strategic planning;
- victim service program development and implementation;
- victim service program expansion;
- community outreach and education;
- purchasing or procuring tangible items related to victim services; and
- other activities needed to address the needs of a wide variety of crime victims in tribal communities. (See
- chart at the end of this document for guidance about allowable and unallowable expenses.)
Funding Information
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation: Estimated $91 million.
Dollar amounts of awards made under this program will vary, and will be determined by a formula.
Eligibility Criteria
- Under this program, OVC allocates funding to participating tribes through a discretionary administrative formula based on the Population Certifications submitted by Federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (“ANCSA”) Regional Corporations, and designees.
- Eligible applicants are entities that submitted Population Certifications by March 5, 2021 and have been notified by OVC of their formula allocation. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332825