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VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program

Program Information

Popular name

VOCA Tribal Set-Aside Program

Program Number

16.841

Program objective

OVC administers the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside to provide support to AI/AN communities to develop victim service projects and provide training and technical assistance services to eligible crime victim’s assistance programs. The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019, provides for five percent of funds made available for obligation from the Crime Victims Fund to be used to support a broad set-aside program for Indian tribes to improve services for victims of crime. The objective of the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside is to improve the capacity of services for victims of crime within AI/AN communities The performance measures for this assistance listing are: 1.Number of victims served through Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside grantees 2.Number of participants that attended or completed training through Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside grantees

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

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.

Additional program information

  1. 2019

    the CVTA Program provided funding to help federally recognized tribes of their designees develop, establish, and operate multidisciplinary trauma informed services for tribal victims of crime, including training and technical assistance. OVC supported 32 awards for a total of $13.2 million. Additionally, eight Purpose Area 6 applications were funded under Purpose Area 7 totaling $2.9 million. This increased the grant total to 40 awards for $16.2 million.

  2. 2020

    Working in consultation with tribal stakeholders, the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside grant program supported a wide range of activities including community planning, outreach, victim service program development and implementation.

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.

See the current fiscal years’ program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. For additional guidance, please reference the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/index.htm) and Post award Instructions (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/index.htm). Applicable administrative requirements and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees can be found in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R.).

  1. This project is authorized by the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law 116-6, sec. 510.