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November 2023 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about National Native American Heritage Month, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Forensic Nurses Week, and the National Census of Victim Service Providers.

June 2023 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about the #HAVhope National Day of Awareness, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month.

November 2022 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about National Native American Heritage Month, Transgender Day of Remembrance, and OVC-funded assistance and compensation programs.

2022 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month Message From the Director


In June 1969, LGBTQI+ individuals and allies protested the Stonewall Inn raid serving as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States. Yet, decades later many Americans are still having to fight. According to an analysis of National Crime Victimization Survey data, in about 1 in 5 violent hate crime victimizations, victims believed the hate crime was motivated by bias against persons...

June 2022 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about the #HAVhope National Day of Awareness, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month.

OVC FY 2022 Responding to Transgender Victims of Crime

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
OVC seeks applications for funding to develop a toolkit for serving transgender victims of crime. The goal of this project is to update and expand upon the previously released 2014 OVC guide, Responding to Transgender Victims of Sexual Assault.