Office for Victims of Crime

Description

A competitive program that will award up to $800,000 to plan, execute, evaluate, and provide scholarships for a national-scope training conference for practitioners who respond to the victimizations of persons with disabilities. The conference must provide state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary training to enhance practitioner responses to victims with disabilities and to further strategic partnerships at the local, state, and national levels to enhance victims' access to the criminal justice system and needed services and support. Applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations that are national in scope and whose mission focuses on crime victimization or disability issues.

Who can apply

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education

Contact

Jasmine D’Addario-Fobian <br/>Victim Justice Program Specialist <br/>Phone 202-305-3332
jasmine.d’addario-fobian@usdoj.gov