OVC FY26 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance - Winder, GA Assistance
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVC-2026-172596
- Agency
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Victims of Crime
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $4,584,657
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
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime is soliciting applications through the OVC FY26 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) to support victims of mass violence and terrorism in Winder, Georgia. This opportunity provides supplemental crime victim compensation and assistance through four complementary grant mechanisms: crisis response services, consequence management support, criminal justice assistance, and crime victim compensation reimbursements. Eligible applicants must be entities that can demonstrate that the incident is sufficiently large in scope for the jurisdiction and that existing resources are inadequate to provide comprehensive victim services in a timely manner. Selection criteria emphasize incidents involving unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broadly targeted victimization, with evaluation based on eligibility, responsiveness, merit, programmatic considerations, and budget viability. The application deadline is May 1, 2026, with a submission window of only two days from the posting date of April 29, 2026.
Recent awards under this program have ranged from approximately $183,000 to $8.9 million, with performance periods typically extending from 9 to 36 months. Funded activities commonly include victim resiliency centers, mental and behavioral health counseling services, victim advocacy and navigation support, and direct financial compensation for crime-related expenses. Performance will take place within the affected jurisdiction in Winder, Georgia, with funds distributed on an as-needed basis through the Electronic Transfer System. Unspent funds remaining after three fiscal years following the award year will revert to the Crime Victims Fund or Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve, and all records must be retained for three years from the final expenditure report submission date.
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY 2026 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance. This opportunity 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 consultation services, there are four types of grants that may be combined into one application or awarded separately to entities OVC invites to apply for funding: crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. The overall goal of AEAP is to provide supplemental support to criminal mass violence and terrorism victims. The overall objective is to increase access to programs designed to improve services, assistance (including victim compensation), and outcomes for victims of mass violence and terrorism. 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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