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Apply Now for Funding to Print Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials

Apply for funding to print and disseminate copies of the resources in the OVC Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials series that best meet the needs of the children you support.

These materials were designed to support children and youth during their involvement with the justice system as a victim or witness to a crime. They are available in different languages, for children of different age groups, for children from Tribal communities, for young survivors of human trafficking, and for those navigating criminal and family and dependency courts.

To increase access to the resources in this series, the Center for Justice Innovation is offering the opportunity to print and disseminate up to $10,000 worth of the materials. Special consideration will be given to organizations that work directly with child victims and witnesses in rural or American Indian and Alaska Native communities, and that demonstrate a clear need for this printing opportunity. The Center for Justice Innovation has contracted with a vendor to print and ship the materials to selected applicants.

Apply by: January 31, 2025.

For more information, click here.

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OVC FY24 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant

https://ovc.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ovc-2024-172059

OVC will award each eligible state and territory victim assistance program an annual grant to support eligible crime victim assistance programs that provide support services to crime victims. All states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are eligible to receive an annual VOCA victim assistance formula grant.

Federal FY 2022 Budget Watch

Senate Committee on Appropriations Releases FY22 Bills

Please Note: the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill releases $2.65 billion from the CVF, $635 million more than the fiscal year 2021 enacted level and the same as the President’s budget request.

Chairman Leahy Releases Remaining Nine Senate Appropriations Bills

WASHINGTON (Monday, Oct. 18, 2021) – Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Monday released the remaining nine Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bills.  Monday’s announcement follows months of Leahy calling for bipartisan, bicameral negotiations with the White House on topline spending and the successful, bipartisan passage of the Energy & Water, Military Construction and Veteran’s Affairs, and Agriculture and Rural Development appropriations bills out of the Committee back in August.

The bills comply with the topline spending allocation contained in the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Resolution.  Combined with the three bills reported from the Appropriations Committee in August, the bills provide a 13 percent increase for non-defense discretionary programs and a 5 percent increase for defense programs.  The five percent increase for defense programs is consistent with the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) reported from the Senate Armed Services Committee and passed by the House with bipartisan support last month.  These bills are largely a product of bipartisan work to address both Democratic and Republican funding priorities.

Senator Leahy said:  “These bills make important investments in our nation’s infrastructure, our environment, and the middle class, including historic increases to promote affordable housing, educate our nation’s children, combat climate change, and improve healthcare.  I have previously called for bipartisan, bicameral, negotiations on topline spending for Fiscal Year 2022, and I renew that call today so we can enact all 12 appropriations bills by December 3rd, when the current Continuing Resolution expires.  In the meantime, these bills demonstrate how we can make smart investments on behalf of the American people within the topline approved by Congress, and I hope will help advance the process.  The alternative to completing the appropriations process is a full-year continuing resolution, which does not serve the American people and locks in outdated spending priorities.  As Senators, and Members of Congress, we should do our job, make the hard choices, and complete our work on behalf of the American people.”

A topline summary of all nine bills prepared by the office of Chairman Leahy is available HERE.

Below is the link to the legislative text, explanatory statement, and a summary for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill:

Bill Text

Explanatory Statement

Bill Summary

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at daisy@navaa.org.

2021 Crime Victims Fund Assistance Allocations

From the Fund deposits available for victim assistance grants, each state grantee receives a base amount of $500,000, except for the territories of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, which are eligible to receive a base amount of $200,000. After the victim compensation allocations are determined, the remaining Fund deposits are allocated to victim assistance grants based upon the state’s population in relation to all other states, as determined by current census data.

View the 2021 Assistance Allocations

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Estimated VOCA 2021 Assistance Allocations

February 8, 2021

As many of you are aware, the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 budget includes a cap on the Crime Victims Fund of $2,015,000,000 ($2.015B).   The cap includes the following transfers and set asides:

$435 million transferred to the Office on Violence Against Women;
$10 million for the Inspector General’s Office; and
5 percent set aside ($101 million) for grants to Indian Tribes.

After all obligations and transfers are made, NAVAA is estimating the VOCA Assistance allocation for FFY21 to be approximately $1,091,233,071 ($1.091B). Based on this calculation the estimated decrease for FFY 2021 is a 34.6% decrease from the FFY20 allocations.  Please keep in mind that this is just an estimate based on our own calculations of what is known to be coming out of the appropriation.

Over the last few years there have been many discussions around a decrease in funding levels and states trying to plan for the future.  The impacts are significant and brings a lot of challenges to the work all state adminsitrators are doing and supporting in victim services.  Whether you are a seasoned VOCA Administrator, or new; remember that NAVAA is here to support you.  If you have questions or are looking for ideas on what other states are doing or plan on doing, please reach out to your NAVAA Regional Representative or myself.

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