OpportunityTitle: OVC FY 2018 Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: For both Purpose Area 1 and Purpose Area 2:    Applications in either purpose area that involve two or more entities are welcome; however, one eligible entity must be the lead applicant and the others proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees).  The lead applicant must be the entity with the primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the project, including subrecipient monitoring. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.    All recipients and subrecipients, of both purpose areas (including any for-profit organization), must forgo any profit or management fee.    OVC may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2018 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
Description: OVC is seeking applications to support crime victims and to enhance community-driven responses to the current opioid crisis. Under Purpose Area 1, applicants will develop and execute plans to support children and youth directly at the community or jurisdictional level. Applicants are expected to work with an OVC-designated national training and technical assistance provider to further enhance these efforts and contribute to the growing body of knowledge about these issues and underscore successful practices. Under Purpose Area 2, applicants will develop and activate plans to support the Purpose Area 1 applicants on a national scale, to equip and support the community-based programs as they develop new initiatives or enhance existing efforts. OVC will conduct a pre-application webinar on June 6, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. e.t. Register at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by July 10, 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.&#150;6:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m.&#150;8:00 p.m., eastern time on the solicitation closing date. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;grants@ncjrs.gov&lt;br/&gt;