Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) 2020 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program

• Federally recognized Indian tribes ;
• Tribal designees; or
• Tribal consortia consisting of two or more federally recognized Indian tribes.

Designees and consortia may apply only on behalf of a federally recognized Indian tribe (or tribes). Designees and consortia must include documentation that demonstrates (as a legal matter) that designee or consortia has the requisite authorization from the tribe(s) for which they apply. See the Tribal Authorizing Resolution provision of the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.

A tribe may submit only one application under this solicitation. (Political units of tribes may not each submit separate applications – only one application for the tribe will be considered.) An application may cover multiple tribes (e.g., consortia may apply on behalf of their member tribes); however, it is incumbent upon the consortium to ensure that member tribes have not submitted their own individual applications.

Currently funded DOJ grantees are eligible to apply, but must not request duplicative activities and budget items that are already included in previous DOJ awards. (Continuing activities under a currently funded project that is scheduled to end is not duplicative.)

OVC will consider 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. For additional information on subawards, see the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.

All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Applicants must register in the OJP Grants Management System (GMS) at https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/ prior to submitting an application under this solicitation. All applicants must register, even those that previously registered in GMS. 

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants Management System (GMS) Support Hotline at 888-549-9901, option 3, or via email at GMSHelpDesk@usdoj.gov. The GMS Service Desk is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including federal holidays. 

An applicant that experiences unforeseen GMS technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline MUST contact OVC’s National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center (see contact information below) within 24 hours after the pre-application or full application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears in the How to Apply (GMS) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.