ClosedDeadline extended (was Jun 1, 2023)Opportunity O-OVC-2023-171687

OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula

Office for Victims of Crime · Department of Justice

At a glance

OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Office for Victims of Crime (Department of Justice). The application deadline was June 12, 2023. Individual awards are listed as $250K – $1M, with about 263 awards expected and $84M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.841 (VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Mar 30, 2023Posted
Jun 12, 2023Application deadline

Posted: Mar 30, 2023
Close date: Jun 12, 2023
Award floor: $250,000
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Est. total funding: $84,000,000
Original deadline (extended): Jun 1, 2023
Expected awards: 263
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Under this program, OVC allocates funding to participating Tribes through a discretionary administrative formula based on the Population Certifications submitted by federally recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Regional Corporations, and designees. Eligible applicants are entities that submitted Population Certifications by February 17, 2023, and have been notified by OVC of their formula allocation. To confirm your eligibility to apply under this solicitation or to confirm your FY 2023 formula allocation, see the funding table posted at https://ovc.ojp.gov/funding/fy-2023-tvssa-formula-allocations.pdf. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

Federally recognized tribal governments
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)

Matched from the wording above by GrantsJunction — confirm in the full announcement.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

This solicitation supports the provision of services to crime victims in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities through an administrative formula program funded under a set-aside designated by law from the Crime Victims Fund (CVF). The program is not competitive and is open only to federally recognized Indian Tribes (applying individually or as consortia), ANCSA regional corporations, and their authorized designees.

Statutory Authority: Any awards under this solicitation would be made under statutory authority provided by the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023, sec. 510.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Full AnnouncementFull Announcement · O-OVC-2023-171687-OVC FY23 TVSSA-V1_SI-171687 508.pdfPDF · 598 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

16.841VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside ProgramProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 16.841

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$57.1M

FY25

$4M

FY26

$79.7M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.841. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 16.841

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 767 grant awards had funding actions under VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program, with 18 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

UTAH NAVAJO HEALTH SYSTEM INC$1.39M
MUSCOGEE CREEK NATION$892K
CENTRAL COUNCIL TLINGIT AND HAIDA INDIAN TRIBES OF ALASKA$845K
NEZ PERCE TRIBE$766K
KAWERAK, INC.$702K

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Office for Victims of Crime
grants@ncjrs.gov
202-353-2138

Places named in the notice

Alaska

Derived from the notice text. A place being named does not by itself restrict eligibility.

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $250k – $1m, total estimated program funding is $84,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 263 awards.

How do I apply for “OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity O-OVC-2023-171687), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 16.320