Help in Your State: Pennsylvania
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Help in Your State: Oregon
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Help in Your State: Oklahoma
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Help in Your State: Ohio
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Help in Your State: Northern Mariana Islands
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Help in Your State: North Dakota
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Help in Your State: Puerto Rico
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Help in Your State: New York
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Help in Your State: New Mexico
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Help in Your State: New Jersey
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Help in Your State: New Hampshire
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Help in Your State: Nevada
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Help in Your State: Montana
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The OVC Center for VOCA Administrators
The OVC Center for VOCA Administrators provides no-cost training and technical assistance to Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators and offers opportunities for expert consultation, peer-to-peer collaboration, problem-solving, training, and innovation. A resource library features toolkits, videos, and other materials to strengthen victim assistance and compensation programs and services. VOCA Administrators can request assistance by contacting their State Victim Resource Division Grant Manager.
OVC Awards Over $1.2 Billion to Support Victims
These OVC awards will provide critical support for victim assistance and victim compensation programs throughout the Nation.
New Center Offers Support to VOCA Administrators
OVC Director Kristina Rose announces the launch of the OVC Center for VOCA Administrators to help build the capacity of VOCA Administrators to manage VOCA formula victim assistance and victim compensation funds.
President Biden Signs the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021
On Thursday, July 22, 2021, Amy L. Solomon, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, and Kristina Rose, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, joined President Biden and Vice President Harris at the signing of the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 in a historic effort to stabilize the Crime Victims Fund.
OVC FY 2021 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant
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OVC FY 2021 Building State Technology Capacity
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Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation
Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation
Older adults are especially vulnerable to violent crime, neglect, and exploitation, including financial fraud. The effects of these crimes can be devastating, and older adults may be targeted at rates that outpace the services available to help the growing number of victims. Not surprisingly, elder abuse results in a wide range of negative health impacts, including the increased likelihood of...
Training & Technical Assistance
Training and Technical Assistance
OVC encourages service providers and allied professionals to strengthen their knowledge, skills, and abilities so that they can provide the best possible services to crime victims throughout the Nation. The OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) leads the agency’s efforts to provide such expertise- and capacity-building activities by offering a variety of instructor-led trainings, both in person and online...
Support for Law Enforcement
Support for Law Enforcement
OVC supports partnerships with law enforcement agencies at the state, tribal, and local levels to combat crime, promote safer neighborhoods, and establish collaborations between police and the communities they protect. Through discretionary grant programs, OVC grantees help agencies provide effective, trauma-informed law enforcement practices to better serve all victims. OVC also funds national-scope discretionary programs to provide comprehensive services to victims...
Capacity-Building Overview
Capacity-Building Overview
OVC programming in FYs 2019 and 2020 focused on building capacity in a number of key areas. OVC supported many programs to combat human trafficking and help survivors of this terrible crime; and to plan for, respond to, and serve victims of acts of terrorism and mass violence. OVC also strengthened its support for a wide range of law enforcement organizations and their...
Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve
Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve
Following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Congress amended VOCA to authorize OVC to allocate up to $50 million per year from the Crime Victims Fund to establish the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve (Reserve). The Reserve provides help primarily through funding for immediate and direct services for victims of terrorism and criminal mass violence within the United States and abroad, supplemental funding provided directly...