OVC FY24 Trauma Recovery Center Demonstration Project | O OVC 2024 172118

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The OVC FY24 Trauma Recovery Center Demonstration Project is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), designed to expand access to trauma-informed services for people harmed by violence. Under this solicitation, OVC plans to make one cooperative agreement award to a single lead organization for an initial 36-month project period. The lead organization will serve as the central hub for the demonstration by running a competitive subaward process and then issuing funding to local communities that are severely affected by violence so they can establish Trauma Recovery Centers (TRCs). In addition to distributing funds, the lead organization is responsible for providing hands-on technical assistance to help those subaward sites launch, operate, and strengthen their centers over time.

A core focus of the demonstration is improving outcomes for crime victims by building comprehensive, trauma-recovery oriented service models that do more than immediate crisis response. The TRCs funded through subawards are expected to address the broader impacts of victimization and to support practical pathways to stability and healing. This includes helping victims access victim compensation, supporting enforcement of crime victims rights, and delivering trauma recovery services aimed at longer-term healing. The centers are also expected to reach people who often do not engage with traditional victim services, whether because of distrust, cultural and language barriers, prior negative experiences with systems, fear of retaliation, immigration-related concerns, stigma around counseling, lack of transportation or childcare, or other access challenges. In practice, the program is intended to push services into communities and populations that are historically underserved and to design service delivery in ways that actually match how those communities seek help.

Although the award period under this specific solicitation is 3 years, OVC describes the initiative as a 5-year (60-month) demonstration overall. The first 3 years are funded through the initial award, and OVC indicates there may be an option for noncompetitive continuation funding that would extend the project from year 3 through year 5, assuming the project is meeting expectations and funds are available. This structure signals that OVC is looking for an organization that can manage both near-term rollout and multi-year program development, including building infrastructure for subaward administration, performance oversight, training, and continuous improvement.

The opportunity uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which generally means OVC expects substantial involvement during the project rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The single expected award has a ceiling of $5,000,000, and OVC anticipates making one award total. The program is listed under CFDA 16.582 and falls within the funding activity category of Income Security and Social Services, reflecting its emphasis on victim support services and recovery. Eligible applicants include a wide range of entities: public and private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, tribal organizations, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (including small businesses), and other eligible organizational types named in the solicitation.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number O-OVC-2024-172118, an original application closing date of June 24, 2024, and a posting/creation date of May 6, 2024. Overall, this solicitation is best understood as an effort to build and test a coordinated network of trauma recovery centers in high-violence communities, with one national or lead intermediary responsible for selecting local sites through competition, funding them, and providing the technical assistance needed to help them deliver effective, accessible, and equity-focused services to victims who are least likely to be reached by conventional systems.

• The Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY24 Trauma Recovery Center Demonstration Project" 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 2024-05-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-24. (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 $5,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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