OVC FY 25 Services for Victims of Crime | O OVC 2025 172427

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVC 2025 172427

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is offering a discretionary grant opportunity titled "OVC FY 25 Services for Victims of Crime" (Funding Opportunity Number: O-OVC-2025-172427; CFDA/Assistance Listing: 16.582). The overall purpose of the program is to support the development, expansion, and strengthening of victim service programs so more victims of crime across the United States and its territories can access higher-quality, more consistent assistance. The focus is practical service delivery: applicants are expected to increase both the quality and the quantity of services available to victims, with an emphasis on meeting needs that often create barriers to safety, stability, and participation in the justice process.

The funding is organized into three service categories, each with an anticipated award ceiling of $500,000. Category 1 is for Services to Child and Youth Victims, defined as individuals who were 17 or younger at the time the victimization occurred. Projects in this category are meant to strengthen services tailored to children and youth, recognizing that minors often need age-appropriate advocacy, trauma-informed support, and coordination with caregivers, schools, and child-serving systems. Category 2 is for Services to Elder Victims of Abuse, Fraud, and Exploitation, defined here as individuals who were 55 or older at the time of victimization. This category is intended to expand or improve programs that respond to the specific dynamics of elder victimization, including financial fraud and exploitation as well as abuse, and typically involves service models that address safety planning, benefits and financial stabilization, and coordination with adult protective services and other community supports. Category 3 is for Services to Other Crime Victims, which covers victims who do not fall into the child/youth or elder definitions, and it explicitly excludes human trafficking. This third category is broad and supports direct services for a wide range of victimization types, with the goal of filling gaps and improving access for underserved victims.

Across categories, OVC highlights a wide menu of allowable victim services that applicants may propose depending on local need. These services can include emergency assistance, case management, shelter and housing support, medical and dental care, victim advocacy, transportation, childcare, legal services, and employment assistance. The common thread is helping victims address immediate crises and longer-term stabilization needs, reducing practical obstacles that keep people from getting help, and improving overall service capacity in a community. While the specific service mix can vary by project, the intent is that funded programs are positioned to deliver concrete supports that victims can actually use.

Eligible applicants are broad and include many types of public and private entities: state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments; nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status; nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education); and private institutions of higher education. This eligibility design allows traditional victim service providers as well as public agencies, tribes, housing entities, and colleges or universities to apply, as long as the proposed work directly strengthens victim services aligned with one of the three categories.

Key administrative details included in the posting are that the awarding agency is the Office for Victims of Crime, the funding instrument is a grant, the activity area is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the opportunity is listed as discretionary. The notice was created on July 21, 2025, and the original closing date is August 15, 2025. The anticipated award ceiling is $500,000 per award under each category, and applicants should plan proposals with that cap in mind when defining scope, staffing, service levels, partnerships, and projected outputs.

• The Office for Victims of Crime in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY 25 Services for Victims of Crime" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.582.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-07-21.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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