OVC FY25 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and Assistance - Georgia
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVC-2025-172318
- Agency
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Victims of Crime
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,779,000
Opportunity facts
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- Income Security and Social Services
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About this opportunity
The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applicants for the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) grant. This program provides funding to support victims of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism with crisis response efforts, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. Eligible applicants may include state agencies, universities, and non-profit organizations. The key objectives are to provide emergency relief, help victims adapt and cope with the long-term consequences, and facilitate victim participation in judicial proceedings. Applications are due by January 10, 2025.
Recent AEAP grants have ranged from approximately $100,000 to $9 million, with performance periods typically between 1-3 years. The funding is retroactive to the date of the incident and can be used to supplement existing resources in the affected jurisdiction. Awards are typically limited to the specific locations impacted by mass violence incidents, such as Oxford, Michigan; Texas; and Santa Clara, California.
Synopsis
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) supports victims of mass violence and terrorism through the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP). Funding for this program comes from the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve (the Emergency Reserve). Along with non-grant training and technical assistance services, there are four types of grants that may be combined into one application: crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. AEAP grants are a mechanism by which the Director of OVC may award supplemental crime victim compensation and assistance to eligible entities responding to acts of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism. The event must be sufficiently large that the jurisdiction cannot provide needed services to victims of the incident with existing resources, while also supporting victims of other crimes, in a timely and comprehensive manner. OVC generally accesses AEAP funds only in response to incidents that are sufficiently large in scope for the locale, and typically only where there was an unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims, or otherwise unique aspect to the crime. In most cases, OVC expects States and communities to plan for and address victim needs stemming from relatively more predictable instances of gang-related violence, domestic violence, and broader community gun violence, from existing VOCA resources. AEAP funds may be used to provide emergency relief to benefit victims such as crisis response efforts, help victims adapt to and cope with the consequences of the event over the longer-term, and facilitate victim participation in the judicial process. AEAP can also supplement state crime victim compensation administrative agencies that reimburse victims for out-of-pocket expenses related to their victimization. Funding under this program is retroactive to the date of the incident. Justification for all funding must demonstrate that AEAP funds will support victims of the incident and are supplemental to existing resources. OVC may provide a no-cost consultant(s) to help the prospective grantee with the AEAP application process.
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