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Department of Justice Application Season is Here! 

Prepare early — any time during the year — to ensure your registration and users are up to date in the systems involved in the application process. Review the DOJ Grant Application Submission Checklist to identify which actions you can take now and what to expect when you start an application. 

When available, OVC funding opportunities will be listed on this page. Subscribe to News From OVC to receive funding announcements.

The Fiscal Year 2024 Department of Justice Grants Program Plan summarizes details about OVC funding opportunities that we expect to release, or have released, this fiscal year. The Program Plan also provides information about funding from other U.S. Department of Justice grant-making Components.

Visit our How to Apply for Funding page for tips and answers to frequently asked questions about applying for OVC funding.

OVC Funding Opportunities

OVC FY 2024 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

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OVC seeks applications from states or Tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. This program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth.

OVC FY 2024 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

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The goal of this program is to provide services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and gender-responsive services to ensure their safety, security, and healing and to prevent them from being directed to or involved in the justice system.

OVC FY 2024 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

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The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking, including those that provide trauma-informed services. Applicants are invited to apply under five purpose areas.

OVC FY24 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking

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The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to better respond to human trafficking. This collaborative approach must include a range of other governmental and nongovernmental partners that work together to provide access to a diverse set of services for trafficking victims and to seek justice on their behalf.

OVC FY24 Preventing Trafficking of Girls

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This program supports prevention and early intervention services for girls who are at risk of, or are victims of, sex and/or labor trafficking. Services may be provided to girls and young women up to and including age 25.

OVC FY24 Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program

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The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, and/or strengthen funded organizations so they can provide housing and associated support services to victims of human trafficking under two purpose areas: Purpose Area 1: Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims and Purpose Area 2: Enhancing Scope of Housing Assistance for Human Trafficking Victims.

OVC FY24 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant

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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. Register for a pre-application webinar on April 17, 2024.

OVC FY24 VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant

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OVC will award each eligible state and territory victim compensation program an annual grant equal to 75 percent of the amount the program awarded in state-funded victim compensation payments during the fiscal year 2 years prior to the present fiscal year, other than amounts awarded for property damage. Register for a pre-application webinar on April 17, 2024.

OVC FY24 Human Trafficking Fellowship Program

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The Fellow awarded under this program will work collaboratively with OVC and the larger victim services field in identifying and promoting culturally responsive service models and activities that can be shared with the anti-trafficking field to enhance services to victims of severe forms of human trafficking. Register for a pre-application webinar on May 7, 2024.

OVC-Sponsored Funding Opportunities

Promote the OVC 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.

In an effort to increase access to these materials, the Center for Justice Innovation, Inc., through funding from OVC, is accepting applications from organizations for subgrants up to $10,000 to print and disseminate these materials. Special consideration will be given to those working with rural, Native American, or other underserved communities.

Apply by: Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

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Peer-to-Peer Support for Survivors of Crime

The National Center for Victims of Crime is now accepting applications for the Peer-to-Peer Support for Survivors of Crime (P2P) grant initiative. This innovative program aims to harness the power of shared experiences and the wisdom and empathy that come from adversity by establishing a national network of peer support for victims and survivors of all crime types.

Apply by: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Friday, May 31, 2024.

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JustGrants: Justice Grants System

Learn about JustGrants, DOJ’s grants management system.