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OVC FY 2019 Transforming Family Justice Center Services: Creating New Pathways of Hope and Healing for Polyvictims

Office for Victims of Crime · OVC-2019-15643

Closed

Award Range

$0 – $1.0M

Total Program Funding

$6.1M

Expected Awards

Deadline

July 8, 2019

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

OVC FY 2019 Transforming Family Justice Center Services: Creating New Pathways of Hope and Healing for Polyvictims. Office for Victims of Crime. OVC seeks to expand the work and lessons learned from OVC's FY 2016 demonstration initiative, "A Pathway to Justice, Healing, and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center." Purpose Area 1: OVC expects to fund up to six FJCs or similar co-located service model agencies to:... up to $1,000,000 per award; $6,100,000 total program funding; ~7 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

Other eligible entities

Who Should NOT Apply

Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Purpose Area 1: Family Justice Center Polyvictimization Implementation Sites: Governmental agencies that serve as the lead agency of a Family Justi...
•Deadline: 2019-07-08

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What This Grant Funds

OVC seeks to expand the work and lessons learned from OVC's FY 2016 demonstration initiative, "A Pathway to Justice, Healing, and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center." Purpose Area 1: OVC expects to fund up to six FJCs or similar co-located service model agencies to: implement the validated assessment tool (see Appendix A); increase partnerships with traditional and non-traditional FJC services to serve identified polyvictims more holistically; expand case management services to include a thorough understanding of the specific needs of the survivors; and build capacity within their communities to leverage existing and new resources for crime victims. Purpose Area 2: OVC anticipates funding one organization to provide comprehensive technical assistance to the Purpose Area 1 sites selected under this program. OVC will conduct a pre-application webinar on May 20, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. e.t. Register at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by July 8, 2019.

Attachments

PDF

Full Announcement

FY19-Transforming-FJC-Services-for-Polyvictims-508.pdf

Who Can Apply

Purpose Area 1: Family Justice Center Polyvictimization Implementation Sites: Governmental agencies that serve as the lead agency of a Family Justice Center (FJC); governmental agencies with an FJC established as a separate department or program within a city or county agency (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; however, a determination by the Secretary of the Interior is not required for tribes to which federal recognition was extended by virtue of Public Law 115-121, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.) Also eligible are nonprofit, nongovernmental, community-based domestic violence or sexual assault agencies that serve as the lead agency of an FJC; 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations created expressly for leadership and management of an FJC; and governmental and nonprofit organizations that serve as the lead of a comprehensive co-located service center primarily serving victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, which involves victim services, civil legal services, law enforcement, and prosecution. Purpose Area 2: Polyvictimization Technical Assistance Provider: Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations). All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee

Eligible Applicant Types

Other (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $1.0M
Total Program Funding: $6.1M
Expected Number of Awards: 7
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: cooperative_agreement

Key Dates

Posted: May 9, 2019

Application Deadline: July 8, 2019 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact OVCs National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll free at 8008513420; via TTY at 3012406310 (hearing impaired only); email to grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 3012405830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m.6:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m.8:00 p.m., eastern time on the solicitation closing date. grants@ncjrs.gov

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