Description
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for funding under the Fiscal Year 2022 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Compensation Formula Grant Program. The program provides financial assistance to hundreds of thousands of crime victims each year. The goal is to improve the treatment of victims of crime by providing compensation, support, and services necessary to aid their restoration after a violent criminal act. The grants will be awarded to state governments and territories to support their victim compensation programs.
• The primary purpose of these grants is to supplement state efforts to provide financial compensation to crime victims throughout the nation for costs resulting from crime.
• The grants will be awarded based on the amount of state-funded victim compensation payments made during the fiscal year 2 years prior to the present fiscal year.
• The grants will be used to support victim compensation programs that provide awards of compensation benefits to eligible crime victims.
• The applicant must submit the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF-424) and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, and then submit the full application in JustGrants.