Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVC 2023 171626
The OVC FY 2023 National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center opportunity is a discretionary funding solicitation from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), offered through a cooperative agreement. The goal is to continue operating a national center focused on helping communities, service providers, and victim assistance systems respond effectively to mass violence and domestic terrorism events. The solicitation is rooted in the broader Office of Justice Programs (OJP) priorities of advancing civil rights and racial equity, expanding access to justice, supporting victims and justice-involved individuals, strengthening community safety, addressing evolving threats, and building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
At the core of the project is maintaining a National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (often referred to as the MV Center). The MV Center is expected to identify, refine, and spread evidence-based best practices for meeting the comprehensive needs of victims impacted by mass violence and domestic terrorism. A major emphasis is placed on mental and behavioral health, recognizing that the trauma from these incidents can be acute, long-lasting, and widespread across direct victims, families, first responders, and broader communities. The Center is designed to function as a national hub that collects knowledge from the field, translates it into practical guidance, and provides direct support to improve preparedness and response.
The work described includes several major functions. First, the Center must deliver training and education that supports an integrated mental and behavioral health response to mass violence incidents. This implies bringing together victim services, crisis response, clinical and community-based mental health supports, and coordinated planning so that affected individuals can access help that is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and operationally feasible in the chaotic aftermath of a mass violence event. Second, the Center is expected to analyze mass violence incidents and their impacts on victims, including examining potential associations between mass violence and other crimes. This analytical role is meant to strengthen understanding of victimization patterns and service needs so that future responses can be more effective and better aligned with real-world conditions.
The solicitation also highlights the importance of technology and scalable delivery. The MV Center is expected to leverage technology to develop and provide a range of services and to create products and resources that can be distributed nationally. In practice, this usually means toolkits, templates, checklists, guides, online training modules, webinars, resource libraries, and other materials that can support victim service providers, mental health practitioners, law enforcement partners, emergency managers, and community organizations before, during, and after critical incidents.
A specific required responsibility is overseeing the project titled “Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence or Domestic Terrorism Training and Technical Assistance” (ICP TTA). This component focuses on hands-on training and technical assistance that helps communities build readiness and improve their coordinated response capabilities. In addition, the MV Center must develop and convene a national conference dedicated to responding to victims of mass violence. The conference requirement signals an expectation that the Center will also serve as a convening authority, bringing together multidisciplinary stakeholders to share lessons learned, promote consistent standards, and accelerate the adoption of effective practices nationwide.
Administratively, the opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number O-OVC-2023-171626 and is associated with CFDA 16.321. Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education, including both public and state-controlled universities and private universities. OVC anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $8,900,000, indicating a single, large national center effort rather than multiple smaller grants. The solicitation was posted February 23, 2023, and had an original closing date of April 18, 2023. Because this is a cooperative agreement, the awardee should expect substantial federal involvement, meaning OVC will likely remain actively engaged in guiding priorities, deliverables, coordination, and performance expectations throughout the project period.Apply for O OVC 2023 171626
- The Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY 2023 National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.321.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 23, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 18, 2023. (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 $8,900,000.00 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, Private institutions of higher education.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the OVC FY 2023 National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center opportunity?
This is a discretionary funding solicitation from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), to continue operating a national center focused on helping communities, service providers, and victim assistance systems respond effectively to mass violence and domestic terrorism events.
2) What type of award is this?
The award is offered through a cooperative agreement. This means the selected awardee should expect substantial federal involvement from OVC in guiding priorities, deliverables, coordination, and performance expectations during the project period.
3) What is the MV Center?
The National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (often called the MV Center) is intended to serve as a national hub that gathers knowledge from the field, translates it into practical guidance, and provides direct support to improve preparedness and response to mass violence and domestic terrorism incidents.
4) What is the primary goal of the MV Center?
The core goal is to identify, refine, and spread evidence-based best practices for meeting the comprehensive needs of victims impacted by mass violence and domestic terrorism, with a strong emphasis on mental and behavioral health impacts.
5) What kinds of incidents does the Center focus on?
The Center focuses on mass violence and domestic terrorism events, particularly the victimization and trauma-related consequences that follow these incidents.
6) Who are the intended beneficiaries of the Center's work?
The Center is designed to help communities, service providers, and victim assistance systems. The solicitation also recognizes impacts that can extend to direct victims, families, first responders, and broader communities.
7) Why is there a major emphasis on mental and behavioral health?
The solicitation highlights that trauma from mass violence and domestic terrorism incidents can be acute, long-lasting, and widespread. As a result, the Center is expected to support an integrated mental and behavioral health response as a central part of effective victim assistance and community recovery.
8) What are the major required functions of the MV Center?
Based on the solicitation description, the Center must:
- Deliver training and education supporting an integrated mental and behavioral health response to mass violence incidents.
- Analyze mass violence incidents and their impacts on victims, including examining potential associations between mass violence and other crimes.
- Leverage technology to develop services, products, and resources that can be distributed nationally.
- Oversee the project titled "Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence or Domestic Terrorism Training and Technical Assistance" (ICP TTA).
- Develop and convene a national conference dedicated to responding to victims of mass violence.
9) What does "training and education" mean in this solicitation?
The training and education component is expected to support an integrated mental and behavioral health response, bringing together victim services, crisis response, clinical and community-based mental health supports, and coordinated planning so services are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and workable in the aftermath of an incident.
10) What does it mean to "analyze mass violence incidents and their impacts on victims"?
The Center is expected to study mass violence incidents and victim impacts to strengthen understanding of victimization patterns and service needs. The solicitation also notes examining potential associations between mass violence and other crimes to better align future responses with real-world conditions.
11) How is technology expected to be used by the MV Center?
The Center is expected to leverage technology to develop and deliver services and to create resources that can be distributed nationally. The solicitation indicates scalable products such as toolkits, templates, checklists, guides, online training modules, webinars, and resource libraries.
12) What is ICP TTA and what is the Center's role?
ICP TTA refers to the project titled "Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence or Domestic Terrorism Training and Technical Assistance." A specific responsibility of the MV Center is to oversee this component, which focuses on hands-on training and technical assistance to help communities build readiness and improve coordinated response capabilities.
13) Is a national conference required under this opportunity?
Yes. The solicitation requires the MV Center to develop and convene a national conference dedicated to responding to victims of mass violence, indicating an expectation that the Center will convene multidisciplinary stakeholders to share lessons learned and promote effective practices nationwide.
14) How does this opportunity align with broader DOJ/OJP priorities?
The solicitation is rooted in Office of Justice Programs (OJP) priorities that include advancing civil rights and racial equity, expanding access to justice, supporting victims and justice-involved individuals, strengthening community safety, addressing evolving threats, and building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
15) What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this solicitation?
The Funding Opportunity Number is O-OVC-2023-171626.
16) What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The solicitation is associated with CFDA 16.321.
17) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education, including both public and state-controlled universities and private universities.
18) How many awards did OVC anticipate making?
OVC anticipated making one award, indicating a single national center effort rather than multiple smaller awards.
19) What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is $8,900,000.
20) When was the solicitation posted and when was it originally due?
The solicitation was posted on February 23, 2023, and had an original closing date of April 18, 2023.
21) What does "discretionary funding solicitation" mean in this context?
It means the opportunity is offered through a competitive solicitation process under OVC's discretionary authority, rather than being a formula-based award distributed automatically by statute.
22) What does it mean that the Center will "collect knowledge from the field"?
The Center is expected to gather lessons learned and effective practices from real incidents and practitioner experience, then translate that information into practical guidance and deliverable resources that can improve preparedness and response nationwide.
23) What kinds of stakeholders are expected to use the Center's resources?
The solicitation indicates resources may support victim service providers, mental health practitioners, law enforcement partners, emergency managers, and community organizations before, during, and after critical incidents.
24) Is this opportunity intended to create multiple local programs?
The description suggests the intent is a single, large national center (one anticipated award) that produces scalable guidance, training, technical assistance, and convenings, rather than distributing many separate local sub-awards.
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