Discretionary Grant Applications, FY 2009 (OVC)

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Discretionary Grant
Applications, FY 2009

Funding Alert: On February 17, 2009, the President signed into law, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. More than $2.76 billion of the bill will go to the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to develop the Nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. Learn more by visiting—

Summary of Recovery Act Funding for OVC.
OJP’s Recovery Act page for an overview of the Office of Justice Programs plan for recovery funding.
Recovery.Gov for a Federal overview of recovery funding.

Instructions to apply online through Grants.gov. Please note that you must set up your organization’s profile with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) to apply through Grants.gov.

Current Discretionary Funding Opportunities	Application Deadline
Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (PDF 158 kb) See also the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program guidelines (appearing in the Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 21, under Victims of Crime).	Open (Case by case basis.)
Helping Outreach Programs to Expand—Details the purpose of the grant program, who can apply, and how to apply for grant funding.	CLOSED

OVC Publishing Guidelines for Print and Multimedia (Second Edition, revised September 2008)
This OVC guide (NCJ 223646) describes the criteria grantees must follow when preparing products for publication. The guidelines, which were originally published in 2004, now include a section on producing OVC-funded videos (e.g., VHS tapes, DVDs) and an expanded copyright discussion. Other topics include requirements for writing Web-based publications, the types of OVC publications, the publication submission process, word processing and formatting guidelines, and legal and policy requirements. The guidelines are designed to help grantees work with OVC to produce a quality product that exceeds professional standards of excellence.

Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities 2008 (June 2008)
Since 1989, OVC’s Children’s Justice Act grant program has provided funds and technical assistance to help AI/AN communities to better handle serious child abuse cases from disclosure and investigation through prosecution and case resolution. This updated fact sheet (FS 000314) discusses activities funded through CJA, eligibility, and supportive training and technical assistance for grantees.

Previous application kits can be found at FY 2000–09 Grant Archive.

This document was last updated on October 28, 2009