CFAs: Victims of Crime Act Victim Compensation Formula Grant (US)
Section
Donor Agency
Office for Victims of Crime
Grant Size
More than $1 million
The Office for Victims of Crime is inviting applications to support VOCA Victim Compensation programs across the Nation that provide crucial financial assistance to hundreds of thousands of crime victims each year.
Goals
- To supplement state and territory efforts to provide financial compensation to crime victims throughout the Nation for costs resulting from crime. These funds are used to provide crime victims with the compensation, support, and services necessary to aid their restoration after criminal violence, including costs associated with medical fees, lost income, dependent care, funeral expenses, relocation expenses, and other costs.
Objectives
- Objectives of the OVC VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant Program are the following:
- Support state and territory crime victim compensation programs.
- Reimburse crime victims for expenses resulting from criminal violence.
Funding Information
- Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $178,983,000.00.
Ineligible Activities
- The activities listed below are out of the program scope and will not be funded.
- Any program or activity that, directly or indirectly, violates (or promotes or facilitates the violation of) federal immigration law (including 8 U.S.C. § 1373) or impedes or hinders the enforcement of federal immigration law—including by failing to comply with 8 U.S.C. § 1373, give access to DHS agents, or honor DHS requests and provide requested notice to DHS agents.
- Any program or activity that, directly or indirectly, violates (or promotes or facilitates the violation of) any applicable Federal civil rights or nondiscrimination law (e.g., by unlawfully favoring or disfavoring individuals in any race or group on the basis that it is (or is not) a majority or minority (or privileged or unprivileged) race or group in a given area or population or sector), including in any program or activity having any component relating to diversity, equity, or inclusion.
Eligibility Criteria
- The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- State Government Entities: For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Government Entities
