WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, today announced discretionary grant awards in the amount of $45 million to enhance services for victims of crime across the United States. The grants will fund training, services and resources that will create and improve the response to all crime victims, including victims in historically marginalized communities.
OVC Director Kristina Rose attended an event today in Buffalo, NY, during which the Erie County Medical Center announced that they are a recipient of a grant awarded as part of the OVC Advancing Hospital-Based Victims Services program.
“Too many Americans suffer the trauma of criminal victimization and then experience a system that is sometimes ill-equipped to properly support them," said OJP Deputy Assistant Attorney General Maureen Henneberg. “The Office of Justice Programs is committed to providing services and assistance to every victim so that they have a voice in our justice system and a pathway for healing."
The grant awards will improve and expand victim services to underserved populations, including victims in majority Black and brown communities, transgender victims, older victims of abuse and exploitation, and children and youth affected by America’s substance use crisis. Funding will also support enhanced technology and crisis hotline services, programs to bring medical and forensic support to sexual assault victims, responses to victims in urgent care settings and legal fellows around the country to provide civil legal services to victims in underserved and historically marginalized communities.
“Every victim takes a different path," said Kristina Rose, Director of OJP’s Office for Victims of Crime. “These awards reflect the unqualified commitment of the Office for Victims of Crime to giving every victim a voice and meeting every survivor where they are."
Below is a list of programs designed to enhance services for victims of crime. Descriptions of individual awards can be found by clinking on the links.
The awards announced above are being made as part of the regular end-of-fiscal year cycle. More information about these and other OJP awards can be found on the OJP Grant Awards Page.
The Office of Justice Programs provides federal leadership, grants, training, technical assistance and other resources to improve the nation’s capacity to prevent and reduce crime, advance racial equity in the administration of justice, assist victims and strengthen the criminal and juvenile justice systems. More information about OJP and its components can be found at www.ojp.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
