OVC FY26 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance - Evergreen, CO Crisis Response Grant
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVC-2026-172584
- Agency
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Victims of Crime
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,356,892
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, is soliciting applications for the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) Crisis Response Grant specifically designated for Evergreen, Colorado. This invited grant opportunity provides supplemental crime victim compensation and assistance services in response to mass violence or domestic terrorism incidents that overwhelm existing local and state resources. Eligible applicants must demonstrate that the incident in question was sufficiently large in scope, with unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad victim targeting, and that existing community resources are inadequate to address victim needs in a timely and comprehensive manner. The evaluation process includes reviews of eligibility and responsiveness, merit, programmatic and budget considerations, and organizational risk factors. The application deadline is April 21, 2026, providing a limited four-day window for submission.
Based on historical AEAP awards under this program, funding typically ranges from approximately $183,000 to $8.9 million, with recent notable awards including $8.5 million to Maine and $7.8 million to Texas for mass shooting response efforts. Project performance periods generally extend from 9 to 36 months, with funds remaining unspent after three fiscal years reverting to the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve. All services and support activities will be performed in Evergreen, Colorado, with eligible applicants including state attorneys general offices, crime victim compensation programs, county governments, and established community-based mental health and victim service organizations capable of administering comprehensive victim support programs.
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.
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