Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
Competitive Discretionary Grant Programs for 2002

Each of the programs described in Section I. is assigned to an OVC Program Specialist or other staff person who has carefully researched and developed the solicitation. For specific questions about a particular program, please contact the appropriate staff member whose name and telephone number are listed at the end of the solicitation. For general administrative questions regarding application submissions, please call Yvonne Jones at 202-616-3566.

If you or your organization plan to publicize this kit or any of the programs in a publication of your own, such as a journal, periodical, newsletter, on the Internet, or in any other form, please contact the OVC staff person responsible for that program to discuss any necessary modifications to the program announcement required to meet your publication's format. In prior years, incorrect and misleading information published about the goals of OVC's discretionary programs resulted in submissions of grant applications that were unresponsive to the solicitation and could not be considered. OVC wishes to avoid this kind of miscommunication in the future.

To request additional application kits or forms, call the OVC Resource Center at 1-800-627-6872, the OVC Reply Line at 202-616-1926 (TTY 202-514-7863), or write to the Office for Victims of Crime, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20531-0001. In addition, the application kit may be downloaded from OVC's World Wide Web homepage. Please be advised that mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service may be delayed in reaching OVC due to increased security measures. If an application is delayed in the mail and does not reach OVC in time for the peer review process, it may not be considered for funding, regardless of the postmark date.