OpportunityTitle: OVC FY 2018 National Joint Training Conference for VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators (2019 - 2021)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants are limited to national associations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit  organizations), faith- and community-based organizations, institutions of higher education  (including tribal institutions of higher education), and public agencies (including federally  recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) that can  demonstrate knowledge and understanding of state-administered VOCA assistance and  compensation programs. Applicants should also possess the staff, resources, and capability to  plan and implement a national training conference for approximately 250 VOCA Administrators  and their staff.  All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organizations) must forgo any profit or  management fee.  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).1 The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for carrying out the  award, including administering the funding and managing the conferences in their entirety. Only  one application per lead applicant will be considered; however, an entity may be proposed as a  subrecipient in multiple proposals.
Description: The successful applicant will support the 2019 and 2021 VOCA National Training Conferences and the 2020 regional training conferences for State VOCA Victim Assistance and Compensation Administrators and their staff. The conferences are intended to provide training and technical assistance and facilitate an opportunity for the presentation of state issues and practices through lectures, panels, workshops, and forums. OVC expects to make one award of up to $600,000 total ($200,000 per year), for a 3-year period of performance, beginning October 1, 2018. Apply by June 26, 2018.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: OVC&#146;s National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center
GrantorContactText: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact OVC&#146;s National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll free at 800&#150;851&#150;3420; via TTY at 301&#150;240&#150;6310 (hearing impaired only); email to grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301&#150;240&#150;5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from &lt;br/&gt;10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., eastern time on the solicitation closing date. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;grants@ncjrs.gov&lt;br/&gt;