OVC FY 2021 Invited to Apply Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program

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. Statutory Authority: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2021, section 510.

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.

For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF- LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support webpage, or email at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov, 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. - 9.p.m. EST Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and Federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov or JustGrants technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the [OVC] contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact either your assigned OVC grant manager or OVCTribalSetAside@ojp.usdoj.gov if you do not have an assigned OVC grant manager. OVC will conduct one pre-application webinar during which OVC staff will review the solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation is optional. When the webinar has been scheduled, the details and registration information will be available at https://ovc.ojp.gov/funding/funding-webinars. katherine.darke@usdoj.gov