OpportunityTitle: OVC FY 2018 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Purpose Area 1: Eligible applicants for this demonstration project are limited to: state and local agencies; federally recognized tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior); nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations); faith-based and community-based organizations that serve crime victims; and colleges or universities (including tribal institutions of higher education) that demonstrate an understanding of the area of victimization and support services described in this solicitation. Applicants must have the staff resources and capacity to develop or enhance programs proposed to address the area of victimization and/or services described in this solicitation.     Purpose Area 2: Eligible applicants for the technical assistance project are nonprofit organizations (e.g., with 501(c)(3) status), colleges and universities, or public agencies (including tribal nonprofit organizations and tribal institutions of higher education). Applicants must have: (1) demonstrated experience and understanding of the range of crime victims&#146; needs; (2) the ability to forge partnerships to represent that range of assistance; and (3) the staff resources and capacity to provide technical assistance support to a wide range of victim-serving organizations and stakeholders necessary to this project.     Eligible applicants may apply to either the demonstration project OR technical assistance project, but not both. Applicants that apply for both projects will NOT be considered.      Applications in either purpose area that involve two or more entities are acceptable; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others should be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees) . The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding, managing the entire program, and reporting on progress. Only one application per lead applicant will be considered; however, subrecipients may be part of multiple proposals.    All recipients and subrecipients (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: In an effort to expand the use of hospitals and other medical facilities as an entry point to increase support for victims of crime, improve their outcomes, and prevent chances for repeat victimization, this solicitation will fund up to eight demonstration sites to implement or expand hospital-based/affiliated programs to support crime victims using evidence-based models and practices with victim-centered approaches (Purpose Area 1). Additionally, the solicitation will fund one applicant to provide comprehensive technical assistance (TA) to the demonstration sites and develop TA resources and tools to support this effort (Purpose Area 2). OVC will conduct one pre-application webinar on June 6, 2018, from 3:00&#150;4:00 p.m. e.t. Register at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by July 2, 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;grants@ncjrs.govgov &lt;br/&gt;