To assist potential applicants in developing strong proposals in response to our current funding opportunities, OVC hosts educational webinars for interested stakeholders to learn more about the program objectives and submission requirements. A question and answer session is held before the conclusion of every webinar.
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Upcoming Pre-Application Webinars
OVC FY 2022 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022
Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Preventing Trafficking of Girls Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Preventing Trafficking of Girls solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Field-Generated Solicitation: Increasing Options and Expanding Access for Victims of Crime Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Field-Generated Solicitation: Increasing Options and Expanding Access for Victims of Crime solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 VOCA Victim Compensation Fellow Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Monday, June 6, 2022
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 VOCA Victim Compensation Fellow solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Developing Greater Understanding of the Needs of and Resources for Victims of Criminal Justice System-Related Harm Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Developing Greater Understanding of the Needs of and Resources for Victims of Criminal Justice System-Related Harm solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Measuring the Impact of Victim Services: Implementation, Management, and Sustainment of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences (iMPRoVE) Project Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Measuring the Impact of Victim Services: Implementation, Management, and Sustainment of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences (iMPRoVE) Project solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Enhancing Access to Victim Services Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2022
Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Enhancing Access to Victim Services solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Building State Technology Capacity and Jabara-Heyer No HATE Act State-Run Hate Crime Reporting Hotlines Pre-Application Webinar
During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time
View the OVC FY 2022 Building State Technology Capacity and Jabara-Heyer No HATE Act State-Run Hate Crime Reporting Hotlines solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Invited to Apply Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program
OVC will conduct of series of pre-application webinars during which OVC staff will review the solicitation requirements; provide step-by-step expectations on developing the application and considerations for developing the budget; capture guidance on how to apply; and answer questions.
Each webinar will cover a unique topic to help you prepare your TVSSA Application. You may register for one or all three webinars below. Participation in these webinars is optional, but strongly encouraged. A recording of the webinar will be posted online within 10 business days.
Webinar 1: Preparing Your TVSSA Application
This session will provide an overview the TVSSA Solicitation and guidance on how to create a strong proposal.
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Time: 2:00–4:00 p.m., eastern time
Webinar 2: Completing the Checklist
This session will cover how to complete the TVSSA Application Checklist.
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m., eastern time
Webinar 3: Developing your TVSSA Budget
This session will provide an overview of the Excel Budget Detail Worksheet and identify tools and resources to assist applicants with creating a strong budget and budget narrative.
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022,
Time: 2:00–4:00 p.m., eastern time
Using Your TVSSA Funding to Address Issues Related to MMIP: What You Need to Know Right Now
In conjunction with the Pre-Application Webinar Series, OVC will also host a session on how TVSSA funding can be used to support the family members of victims of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) and generate awareness about their cases.
Presenters will describe how TVSSA funds can be used to support multidisciplinary, inter-jurisdictional collaboration in cases involving MMIP and explain the process for obtaining prior approval from OVC to add MMIP activities to your current TVSSA award.
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Time: 2:00—3:00 pm, eastern time
JustGrants Application Mechanics Sessions Each Wednesday
The JustGrants team facilitates weekly sessions for users to receive topic-specific training, direct technical assistance, and support on JustGrants system functionality. Register for the Application Mechanics: Submitting an Application Training Webinars, held every Wednesday from 2:30-4:00 p.m. eastern time, if you need help with the application submission process.
Recorded Pre-Application Webinars
Planning Your OVC Application Webinar Series
OVC hosted a four-part Pre-Application Webinar Series: Planning Your OVC Application to provide potential applicants with information about OVC funding opportunities and guidance on how to apply.
Each webinar covers a unique topic to help your organization prepare for OVC Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 funding opportunities.
Part 1: Getting Ready to Apply
This session provided an overview of the two-part application process in Grants.gov and JustGrants, including actions potential applicants can take prior to a solicitation’s release.
Part 2: Considerations When Building Your OVC Budget
The discussion covered how to create a strong budget and budget narrative that effectively identifies the resources requested, is clearly connected to your grant application narrative, and complies with DOJ guidelines and requirements.
Part 3: Preparing Your Proposal and What to Expect Next
Receive practical guidance on how to prepare a strong grant application and what happens to applications after submission.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
Part 4: Overview of Upcoming Funding Opportunities in FY 2022
Learn about the primary initiatives that OVC anticipates funding in FY 2022 and acquire key information about the grant application process.
FY 2022 Solicitation Pre-Application Webinars
OVC FY 2022 Safety, Support, and Services for Survivors of Sexual Abuse in Youth Detention Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
View the OVC FY 2022 Safety, Support, and Services for Survivors of Sexual Abuse in Youth Detention solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Project Beacon: Increasing Access to Services for Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Human Trafficking Program Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
View the OVC FY 2022 Project Beacon: Increasing Access to Services for Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Human Trafficking Program solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
View the OVC FY 2022 Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Thursday, April 28, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
View the OVC FY 2022 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
View the OVC FY 2022 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
View the OVC FY 2022 Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Responding to Transgender Victims of Crime Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
View the OVC FY 2022 Responding to Transgender Victims of Crime solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 VOCA Victim Assistance and VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grants Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Friday, May 13, 2022, OVC staff reviewed the solicitation requirements OVC FY 2022 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant and OVC FY 2022 VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant solicitations and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript
- View the OVC FY 2022 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant solicitation.
- View the OVC FY 2022 VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Services for Minor Victims of Labor Trafficking Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Monday, May 16, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript
View the OVC FY 2022 Services for Minor Victims of Labor Trafficking solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Protecting Futures: Building Capacity to Serve Children and Youth Impacted by America's Drug Crisis Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
View the OVC FY 2022 Protecting Futures: Building Capacity to Serve Children and Youth Impacted by America's Drug Crisis solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Field-Generated Strategies to Address the Criminalization of Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
View the OVC FY 2022 Field-Generated Strategies to Address the Criminalization of Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Building Capacity of National Crisis Hotlines Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
View the OVC FY 2022 Building Capacity of National Crisis Hotlines solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services Technical Assistance Program Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Thursday, May 19, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
View the OVC FY 2022 Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services Technical Assistance Program solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Bridging Inequities – Legal Services and Victims’ Rights Enforcement for Underserved Communities Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Thursday, May 19, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
View the OVC FY 2022 Bridging Inequities – Legal Services and Victims’ Rights Enforcement for Underserved Communities solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Transforming America's Response to Older Victims: Developing and Supporting Statewide Elder Justice Coalitions and Training and Technical Assistance Program Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Friday, May 20, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
View the OVC FY 2022 Transforming America's Response to Older Victims: Developing and Supporting Statewide Elder Justice Coalitions and Training and Technical Assistance Program solicitation.
OVC FY 2022 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
- Webinar presentation (forthcoming)
- Webinar recording (forthcoming)
- Webinar transcript (forthcoming)
View the OVC FY 2022 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations solicitation.
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