OpportunityTitle: OVC FY10 National Training Conference on Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities
Description: A competitive program that will award up to $800,000 to plan, execute, evaluate, and provide scholarships for a national-scope training conference for practitioners who respond to the victimizations of persons with disabilities. The conference must provide state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary training to enhance practitioner responses to victims with disabilities and to further strategic partnerships at the local, state, and national levels to enhance victims&apos; access to the criminal justice system and needed services and support. Applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations that are national in scope and whose mission focuses on crime victimization or disability issues.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For Programmatic Issues
GrantorContactText: Jasmine D&#146;Addario-Fobian &lt;br/&gt;Victim Justice Program Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-305-3332
CloseDateExplanation: REGISTRATION DEADLINE CHANGED TO APRIL 27th    Registration with OJP&#146;s Grants Management System (GMS) is required prior to application submission.  (See &#147;How to Apply&#148; page 11-13)    All applications are due by 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 27, 2010.  (See &#147;Deadlines: Registration and Application&#148;, page 4)    For technical assistance with submitting the application, contact the Grants Management System Support Hotline at 1-888-549-9901, option 3 or via email to GMSHelpDesk@usdoj.gov.      Note: The GMS Support Hotline hours of operation are Monday&#150;Friday from 6:00 a.m. to midnight eastern time, except for Federal holidays.