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The primary purpose of these grants is to supplement state efforts to provide financial compensation to crime victims throughout the Nation for costs resulting from crime, and to encourage victim cooperation and participation in the criminal justice system. The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Department of Justice, administers the Crime Victim Compensation formula grant program. OVC annually awards a grant to each state, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to support state crime victim compensation programs. These programs help pay for some of the expenses resulting from crimes involving violence or abuse. Performance Measure: Amount of Crime Victims Compensation program compensation dollars paid
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing crucial financial assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims each and every year.
Because of increased CVF obligation caps, states have dramatically expanded their support to both new and existing local victim service programs. OVC plays a critical role in enriching the state programs through leadership, training, technical assistance, and performance measurement.
The state of Colorado was about to pay for tangible financial losses incurred by 6,211 victims of crime through funding received through the program.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
