OpportunityTitle: OVC FY 2020 Enhancing Community Responses to America&apos;s Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply: 1) States and territories2) Units of local government3) Federally Recognized Indian tribes4) Nonprofit, nongovernmental victim and social service organizations with the capacity to serve young crime victims impacted by the addiction crisis 5) For profit organizations with the capacity to serve young crime victims impacted by the addiction crisis6) Institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) In FYs 2018 and 2019, OVC funded a total of 59 programs, spanning 37 states and 8 tribes, to help youth impacted by the opioids crisis under OVC&#146;s Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims.  (See OVC Grant Award Search for a list of awarded grants). The Department remains committed to supporting young crime victims affected by the nation&#146;s addiction crisis and intends to reach additional communities with grant funding in FY 2020. Grantees who received FY 2018 or FY 2019 awards under OVC&#146;s Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims program may be eligible for this FY 2020 program if their new proposed project serves a different geographic area or justifies an expanded scope or quantity of services to the original population.All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Description: This program will provide funding to support direct services to children and youth who are crime victims as a result of the nation&apos;s addiction crisis (Purpose Area 1); and training and technical assistance for the direct services grantees (Purpose Area 2). Applicants may apply under only one of the purpose areas. OVC anticipates making up to 25 awards under purpose area 1 of up to $700,000 each and 1 award under purpose 2 of up to $1.5 million. OVC expects to make awards for a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2020. OVC will conduct a pre-application webinar on Monday, March 23, 2020, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. e.t. Register at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by May 4, 2020.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center
GrantorContactText: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the 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 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., eastern time on the solicitation closing date. &lt;br/&gt;grants@ncjrs.gov