Cooperative Agreement 2020V3GXK052

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College (NCJTC), with the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) as a sub-awardee. The project will provide basic and advanced training and technical assistance (TTA) for tribal law enforcement officers and agencies responsible for responding to and investigating domestic...

The Adult Advocacy Centers is receiving a $747,917 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants) to develop a Technology for Communication-Accessible Victim Services (TCAVS) project. The project aims to create universal design communication boards and standardized templates for communication devices to improve access to the criminal justice system for individuals with...

The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) was awarded a $1,750,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). The purpose of this 3-year award, spanning from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is for NAVAA to manage the provision of financial and technical assistance to approximately 300 communities to conduct public education and awareness...

The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) received a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). The funding will be used to enhance the infrastructure of ACJC's victim compensation claims management system, addressing challenges with its data warehouse and application portal. Specifically, the ACJC will develop a statewide claims management system...

The American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency will receive $394,521 under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to enhance crime victim services through the Crime Victim Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 16.575) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. As the designated state administering agency, ASCJPA will competitively award VOCA Assistance subgrants to local community organizations providing direct services for...

This $275,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) supports Justice Innovation Inc.'s Domestic Violence Fundamentals Training Project and Institute for Improving Court Education and Approaches on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Over 24 months, the project will provide training and technical assistance to court staff across the United States to improve court...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs awarded a $750,000 cooperative agreement to Healing Justice Project under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to address the lack of post-conviction victim services. The three-year project will develop recommendations, training models, and tools to expand post-conviction victim services for those impacted by conviction and sentence review processes. Healing Justice will conduct an environmental scan and needs...

The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $599,919 Cooperative Agreement grant to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to develop and implement a prototype technology platform that leverages AI and adaptive form-builder tools to improve the victim compensation application process. The platform aims to create an intuitive interface that enables victims to easily complete and submit applications without requiring states to adjust their underlying forms,...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded $9.1 million to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in Georgia under the Crime Victim Compensation Formula Grant program (CFDA 16.576) from October 2021 through September 2025. The grant provides funding to enhance state victim compensation payments to eligible crime victims through the Victims of Crime Act Compensation Funds. These funds provide financial assistance to federal and state victims of crime for...

This $650,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582), will fund an implementation and outcome evaluation of the VictimConnect resource center. VictimConnect, which receives funding from the Office for Victims of Crime, is a national referral helpline for crime victims accessible through softphone, chat, text, and website resources. The Urban Institute...