The north carolina department of public safetys governors crime commission (GCC) will develop a centralized, trauma-informed, and user-friendly platform to enhance access for victims of crime to…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded the North Carolina Department of Public Safety $500,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to develop a centralized, trauma-informed, user-friendly platform enhancing victim access to services across North Carolina.

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety's Governor's Crime Commission will design and deploy an interactive, searchable service resource database; video-based victim guidance; trauma-informed navigation tools; automated provider updates; and mechanisms for victims to evaluate service quality. The platform will serve victims of crime, co-victims of homicide, victim service organizations, allied organizations, and community stakeholders statewide. It will also facilitate access to systems-based services including protection order processes and family court hearings operations. Development will leverage existing partnerships with the NC Criminal Justice Analysis Center and the NC Government Data Analytics Center, and will include collaboration with state coalitions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. The design incorporates findings from the Governor's Crime Commission's 2021-2023 Statewide Crime Victims Needs Assessment and 2024 Stakeholder Engagement Survey.

The award runs through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Raleigh, North Carolina. The assistance type is a Cooperative Agreement.

The north carolina department of public safetys governors crime commission (GCC) will develop a centralized, trauma-informed, and user-friendly platform to enhance access for victims of crime to services across the state. This platform will utilize current state technology resources to directly address critical service needs identified in gccs 2021-2023 statewide crime victims needs assessment and 2024 stakeholder engagement survey. The platform will provide multi-faceted systems to include interactive and searchable service resource information, video-based victim guidance, trauma-informed navigation, automated provider updates, and mechanisms for victims of crime to evaluate service quality. These systems will also serve CO-victims of homicide, victim service organizations, allied organizations, and community stakeholders across the state of north carolina. GCC will leverage already existing partnerships between the NC criminal justice analysis center (cjac), and the NC government data analytics center (gdac) to develop and design the platform, while collaborating with our state coalitions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. This will include assistance with accessing systems-based services such as protection order processes and family court hearings operations.