Opportunity Information: Apply for OVC 2020 18455
The OVC FY 2020 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), designed to support victim services in tribal communities. The funding falls under CFDA 16.841 and is categorized within income security and social services as well as law, justice, and legal services. While the program name references a formula set-aside, the listing identifies the opportunity category as discretionary and signals that eligibility is limited and defined in additional eligibility guidance (not fully included in the excerpt). In practice, this type of OVC tribal set-aside funding is generally intended to strengthen services for victims of crime in tribal jurisdictions and improve access to culturally relevant, trauma-informed support.
Administratively, the solicitation places strong emphasis on the application submission system requirements. All applicants must register in the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Grants Management System (GMS) at https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/ before submitting an application, and this requirement applies even to organizations that have used GMS in the past. For technical support with the submission process, applicants are directed to the GMS Support Hotline at 888-549-9901 (option 3) or to email GMSHelpDesk@usdoj.gov. The service desk operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including federal holidays, which is meant to reduce barriers for applicants working across different time zones and schedules.
The notice also lays out a specific procedure for handling last-minute system problems. If an applicant encounters unforeseen technical issues in GMS that are outside the applicant's control and those issues prevent submission by the deadline, the applicant must contact OVC's National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center within 24 hours after the pre-application or full application deadline. That outreach is required to request permission to submit late due to the technical problem. The solicitation notes that additional instructions on documenting and reporting technical issues can be found in the "How to Apply (GMS)" section of the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide, which applicants should treat as required reading so they understand what counts as an acceptable technical issue and what proof may be required.
Key dates and funding parameters included in the listing are straightforward. The opportunity was created on April 1, 2020, and originally closed on April 30, 2020. The award ceiling is listed as $3,000,000 per award, and OVC anticipated making approximately 255 awards, indicating a program designed to reach a large number of tribal applicants rather than a small number of very large grants. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity number is OVC 2020 18455, which applicants would use to locate the solicitation and ensure they are working from the correct set of instructions and forms.
Overall, the most important takeaways from the posted description are procedural: applicants need to plan ahead for GMS registration, use the official support channels if they run into submission problems, and act quickly (within 24 hours) if technical issues prevent on-time submission. The scale of expected awards and the high listed award ceiling suggest OVC aimed to distribute substantial victim services funding across many tribal communities, with the specific eligibility rules and programmatic requirements referenced as being contained in the full solicitation and its accompanying eligibility clarification text.Apply for OVC 2020 18455
- The Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY 2020 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.841.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 01, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 30, 2020. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 255 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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