The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for
Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for funding for the Fiscal Year
(FY) 2021 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program. This program
furthers the Department’s mission by supporting the provision of victim
services in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
This solicitation supports the provision of services to crime
victims in American Indian/Alaska Native communities through an administrative
formula program funded through a set-aside designated by law from the Crime Victims
Fund. The program is not competitive, and is open only to federally recognized
Indian tribes (applying individually or as consortia), ANSCA regional
corporations, and their designees.
The goal of this program is to provide support
to tribal communities to improve services for victims of crime. This
solicitation supports the provision of services to crime victims in American
Indian/Alaska Native communities through an administrative formula program
funded through a set-aside designated by law from the Crime Victims Fund.
The program is not competitive, and is open only
to federally recognized Indian tribes (applying individually or as consortia),
ANSCA regional corporations, and their designees.
Objectives
The objective of this program is to use an administrative
formula to make grant awards to tribes to support activities such as:
- strategic planning;
- victim service program
development and implementation;
- victim service program
expansion;
- community outreach and
education;
- purchasing or procuring
tangible items related to victim services; and
- other activities needed to
address the needs of a wide variety of crime victims in tribal
communities. (See
- chart at the end of this
document for guidance about allowable and unallowable expenses.)
Funding Information
- Total amount anticipated to be
awarded under solicitation: Estimated $91 million.
Dollar amounts of awards made under this program
will vary, and will be determined by a formula.
Eligibility Criteria
- Under this program, OVC
allocates funding to participating tribes through a discretionary
administrative formula based on the Population Certifications submitted by
Federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
("ANCSA") Regional Corporations, and designees.
- Eligible applicants are
entities that submitted Population Certifications by March 5, 2021 and
have been notified by OVC of their formula allocation. All recipients and
subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any
profit or management fee.
Post Date - 13-Apr-2021