OVC FY 2022 Transforming America's Response to Older Victims: Developing and Supporting Statewide Elder Justice Coalitions and Training and Technical Assistance Program

Background
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is committed to enhancing the Nation’s capacity to assist crime victims and provide leadership in changing attitudes, policies, and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime. Under this program, OVC will fund a program to develop or expand statewide Elder Justice Coalitions. The funded applicant will make and monitor subgrants to seven Coalitions and support them and other established coalitions across the United States, by providing national-scope technical assistance.

Grant Details
Older Americans are often targets of guardianship abuse, financial exploitation, fraud, and scams. Those often most at-risk of victimization experience barriers to accessing services including social isolation, cognitive impairment, physical limitations, and depression. The program aims to develop or expand statewide Elder Justice Coalitions, make and monitor subgrants to seven Coalitions, provide evidence-based, trauma-informed Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) to existing coalitions across the Nation, support coordination at the federal, state, and local level with judicial or local law enforcement agencies to develop or enhance strategies to address identified problems. The grantee will also be responsible for delivering various deliverables including competitive solicitation document for subawards, pre-application webinar for subaward applicants, monitoring plan for financial and programmatic monitoring of the funded Coalitions, online presence for the Elder Justice Coalition sites that includes skills-based training materials, coalition-building publications, and other relevant resources including an online peer learning network for the funded Coalitions.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include for-profit organizations other than small businesses, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), and others. All state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding.

Period of Performance
The period of performance start date is 10/1/22 12:00 AM with a duration of 36 months.

Grant Value
$3,750,000.00 is anticipated to be awarded under this solicitation.