[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68296-68297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32885]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office for Victims of Crime
[OJP (OVC) No. 1109]
ZRIN No. 1121-ZA56
Office for Victims of Crime Fiscal Year 1996 Discretionary
Program Plan (Supplement)
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime,
Justice.
ACTION: Public announcement of availability of discretionary funds for
training and technical assistance.
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SUMMARY: The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) publishes this
supplemental notice to announce the availability of discretionary funds
for a competitive program to provide training and technical assistance
to build capacity of victim service agencies nationwide. See 61 F.R.
21294.
DATES: Application kit will be available beginning January 15, 1997.
All applications are due March 14, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Office for Victims of Crime, 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20531.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Ray, 202/616-3572.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
OVC is a component of the Office of Justice Programs within the
U.S. Department of Justice. The Office serves as the Federal focal
point for improving the treatment of crime victims and ensuring that
their rights and interests are met. In addition to its role as a
national victims' advocate, OVC is responsible for administering two
formula grant programs authorized by the Victims of Crime Act, as
amended (the victim assistance and compensation grant programs),
supporting national scope training and technical assistance activities
via discretionary grants, and providing training and technical
assistance for Federal and state law enforcement personnel involved in
investigations, prosecutions, corrections and the provision of direct
services to victims of crime. See 42 U.S.C. 10601-10605.
Application Process
The application kit for OVC's Technical Assistance and Conference
Series will be available beginning January 15, 1997 and will serve as a
request for proposal. It will contain a detailed description of this
competitive program and complete forms and instructions for developing
the application. The Program
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Announcement and Application Kit will describe: The purpose of the
program, background, goal, program strategy, eligibility requirements,
award period, award amount, and application due date. A panel of
qualified Government employees will be established to review and rank
the applications. Applicants may be public or private non-profit or
for-profit organizations (for-profit organizations must waive their
profit in order to be eligible). Awards will be made to an organization
or agency offering the greatest potential for achieving the program's
goals on the basis of information provided in the applicants' proposal
and assessments of past performance on OVC/OJP grants. Funding
decisions will be made by the Director of OVC. The anticipated funding
level of this program for FY97 and future years is not guaranteed but
is contingent upon the amount of funding available in those years for
discretionary purposes. All applications are due March 14, 1997.
Purpose
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide training
and technical assistance to federal, state, tribal, and local agencies,
formula and special emphasis grantees, and other public and private
non-profit organizations involved in activities related to crime
victims. The assistance may be provided in the form of conferences,
workshops, focus groups, training programs, site-specific technical
assistance, development of publications and other materials, or other
forms of assistance which encourage the effective implementation of the
Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended. The cooperative agreement
will provide for on-site training and technical assistance to address
significant operational problems commonly experienced by agencies, as
well as, immediate on-site technical assistance to communities that
have experienced an incident resulting in large numbers of crime
victims. It is intended to encourage states to include the policies,
programs and strategies developed through OVC's promising practices and
other discretionary grants, into their state and local community
services for crime victims.
The OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC) will offer
a centralized access point for information about OVC's training and
technical assistance resources. It will develop and disseminate
training and technical assistance materials on topics of interest to
the field, and mobilize specialized teams to address these topics and
other identified areas of need. The TTAC will also assess and evaluate
the training and technical assistance provided by TTAC components to
ensure that high standards of quality are maintained.
Dated: December 19, 1996.
Aileen Adams,
Director, OVC.
[FR Doc. 96-32885 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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