The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is offering this grant to establish a national Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center. This grant is for organizations seeking to enhance preparedness and response capabilities for incidents of mass violence and domestic terrorism, ensuring comprehensive support for affected victims and communities. The successful applicant will work collaboratively with OVC to develop a national victim-centric framework, applicable across various jurisdictions. This framework will encompass best practices in planning for and responding to such incidents through crucial training and technical assistance. The initiative aims to identify and create leading practices, significantly expanding expertise in this critical field to better serve federal, state, local, and tribal entities.
Opportunity ID: 295025
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | OVC-2017-12840 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | OVC FY 17 Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center (MV Center) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Income Security and Social Services Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.582 — Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 26, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 09, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 09, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $18,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $18,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations). For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fees. Applicants must demonstrate the knowledge and experience necessary to identify and work collaboratively with key stakeholders at the national, tribal, regional, state, and local levels to develop tools and strategies, engage communities and the nation, and build the capacity to support victims affected by mass violence. This will be accomplished through planning, training and technical assistance (TTA), research, specialized expertise, etc. The applicant must also demonstrate an ability to oversee and manage a large-scale national effort, including the ability to recruit and manage project staff (including consultants, as relevant). All activities will be conducted in collaboration with OVC.
OVC welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (“subgrantees"). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire project. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (“subgrantee”) in more than one application. OVC may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2017 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Office for Victims of Crime |
| Description: | OVC recognizes that federal, state, local, and tribal government and organizations must become better prepared and equipped to appropriately plan for, respond to, and fully support victims and communities affected by mass violence. The goal of this solicitation is to establish a Mass Violence Center. Working collaboratively with OVC, the successful applicant will develop a national victim-centric framework, applicable to various jurisdictions, which addresses best practices in preparing for and responding to incidents of mass violence and domestic terrorism through training and technical assistance, identifying/creating best practices, and expanding expertise in this field |
| Link to Additional Information: | Funding Opportunity |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Eugenia Pedley, Program Manager by email at eugenia.pedley@ojp.usdoj.gov.
eugenia.pedley@ojp.usdoj.gov Email:eugenia.pedley@ojp.usdoj.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Eugenia Pedley, Program Manager by email at eugenia.pedley@ojp.usdoj.gov. eugenia.pedley@ojp.usdoj.gov Email: eugenia.pedley@ojp.usdoj.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.582 | PKG00233439 | Jun 26, 2017 | Aug 09, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
295025 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
295025 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
295025 Project_Abstract_1_2-1.2.pdf
295025 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
295025 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
295025 SF424B-1.1.pdf
295025 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
295025 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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