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Enhance Crime Victim Specialist Program

Award Information

Award #
2020-VO-GX-0215
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Location
Congressional District
Status
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
Total funding (to date)
$259,007

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2020, $259,007)

This grant award made to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PBPN), is made under OVC FY 2020 Law Enforcement-Based Victim Specialist Program, Purpose Area 4: Tribal Agency, which is designed to develop or enhance and sustain crime victim specialist programs within law enforcement agencies and better coordinate services to victims to more quickly and more effectively serve the victim assistance and compensation needs of all crime victims and inform them of their rights as crime victims. The grantee will use funding to enhance the crime victim program within PBPN Tribal Police Department to better support victims through the criminal justice process. The program will assist victims affected by violence and improve the care and services available to victims on the reservation. CA/NCF

Date Created: October 22, 2020