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OVC's grant application kits are being replaced with simpler applications
and online forms. Beginning in FY 2003, OVC’s funding plan and grant
applications migrated to the Web. Read more about
this important change. OVC also will post OVC-funded applications that
are available
through other national organizations.
 Instructions
to apply online for funds through OJP's
Grants Management System (GMS). Please
note that you must register to use GMS, and each grant has
its own GMS registration deadline. GMS
Help and FAQs are available
to assist you through this process |
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Current
Discretionary Funding Opportunities
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Application Deadline |
FY 2004 Victims' Rights
Compliance Project Discretionary Grant Application Kit—offers
grants of up to $75,000 for planning, developing, and implementing
statewide programs that facilitate compliance with current
victims' rights laws. Favorable consideration will
be given to agencies in states that have enacted authorizing
legislation related to victims' rights compliance,
but which have not implemented a program due to lack of funding.
PDF (331 kb) or ASCII (48
kb)
GMS registration
deadline: June 29, 2004 |
July 6, 2004 |
Faith-based or Community
Organizations and Victim Services Discretionary Mini-Grant Program—offers
up to 20 grants of $15,000 to faith-based or community organizations
to enhance and expand existing victim assistance efforts to
underserved victims of violent crime living in Weed and Seed
communities and other high-crime areas. This mini-grant is also
intended to promote coalition building between the faith and
victim assistance communities. Note: Only faith-based
organizations with established crime victim assistance efforts
or a nonprofit community organization may apply.
PDF (306 kb)
or ASCII (41
kb)
GMS registration
deadline: June 15, 2004 |
June 22, 2004 |
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Action Partnerships With Membership and Professional
Organizations Cooperative Agreement—offers grants
of up to $50,000 to national professional and membership organizations
for staff training and education that will develop or improve
their capacity to advance victims' rights and improve services.
OVC welcomes applications from organizations with media and/or
faith-based affiliations. Note: The scope of eligibility
is broader than direct victim service providers and extends
to any membership or professional affiliation group that has
the capacity to enhance outreach efforts to all victims of
crime.
PDF (318 kb) or ASCII (45 kb)
GMS registration
deadline: June 1, 2004
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June 10, 2004 |
FY 2004 Faith-Based Counseling for
Crime Victims in Indian Country Discretionary Grant Program—Provides
online registration and application instructions for discretionary
grants of $25,000 to provide counseling services to American Indian/Alaska
Native (AI/AN) communities by linking faith-based organizations and
victim service programs.
PDF (146
kb) or ASCII (19 kb)
GMS registration deadline: May 26, 2004. |
June 10, 2004 |
| Helping
Outreach Programs to Expand—Details the purpose
of the grant program, who can apply, and how to apply for grant
funding. |
Open
(Contingent upon fund availability) |
Antiterrorism and Emergency
Assistance Program (PDF
46 kb or ASCII
26 kb)
See also the Antiterrorism
and Emergency Assistance Program guidelines (appearing in
the Federal
Register, Vol. 67, No. 21, under Victims of Crime). |
Open
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 OVC Publishing
Guidelines Handbook (March 2002)
This handbook (NCJ 193988) describes the criteria grantees must follow when preparing
text for publication. Chapters discuss types of OVC publications, the publication
submission process, word processing and formatting guidelines, and legal and
policy requirements. The guidelines are designed to help grantees work with OVC
to produce a quality product that meets or exceeds professional standards of
excellence.
Children's
Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (June 2003)
This fact sheet (FS 000303) describes an OVC grant program that provides funds
and technical assistance to improve the capacity of existing tribal systems to
handle serious child abuse cases, particularly cases of sexual abuse.
Previous application kits can be found at
FY 2000–04 Grant Archive.
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