OpportunityTitle: OVC FY 16 Vision 21: Multidisciplinary Responses to Families and Communities in Complex Homicide Cases
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Purpose Area #1: Eligible applicants for the demonstration project sites are limited to: public agencies; federally recognized tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior); private nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations); faith- and community-based organizations; and colleges or universities (including tribal institutions of higher education) that demonstrate: 1) experience in providing direct services to families after a homicide or violent death and 2) experience in implementing a program or intervention that requires significant coordination between service providers, law enforcement, and other entities that engage with families and communities after a homicide or violent crime. Purpose Area #2: Eligible applicants to provide technical assistance to the demonstration projects are limited to: public agencies; federally recognized tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior); private nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations); faith- and community-based organizations; and colleges and universities (including tribal institutions of higher education). Applicants must have: 1) demonstrated experience providing technical assistance in the areas of victimization and support services described in this solicitation and 2) experience developing online publications and resources for broad dissemination to the victim services field. Eligible applicants may apply for funding as a demonstration site or as a technical assistance provider, but not both. Applicants that apply for both purpose areas will not be considered.
Description: This program will identify promising practices in addressing the needs of families and communities on extremely complex homicide cases. For the purpose of this solicitation, OVC is using the term complex homicide to describe cases that require specialized and coordinated responses on the part of victim service providers and law enforcement. These cases may include, but are not limited to, cases involving intra-familial homicide, murder/suicide, child witnesses, mass violence/multiple victim cases, vehicular homicides, gang involved shootings, and police involved shootings where either a police officer or a suspect are killed. Under Purpose Area #1 of this solicitation, OVC will make up to six awards up to $600,000 each to organizations that demonstrate experience in responding to complex homicide cases and have capacity to implement multi-disciplinary responses to families and communities impacted by these types of crimes. Funding under Purpose Area #1 will also support researcher/practitioner partnerships at each site to conduct program evaluation and identify evidence- based practices that can be used at the local level. Under Purpose Area #2 of this solicitation, OVC will make one award up to $1.5 million to one technical assistance provider who will identify TA needs of direct service sites, convene grantee meetings and compile a compendium of promising practices suitable for publication and dissemination to the field.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For Programmatic Questions
GrantorContactText: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Mary Atlas-Terry, Victim Justice Program Specialist, by telephone at 202&#150;353&#150;8473.&lt;br/&gt;Mary.Atlas-Terry@usdoj.gov&lt;br/&gt;