[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68296-68297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32885]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office for Victims of Crime
[OJP (OVC) No. 1109]
ZRIN No. 1121-ZA56


Office for Victims of Crime Fiscal Year 1996 Discretionary 
Program Plan (Supplement)

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 
Justice.

ACTION: Public announcement of availability of discretionary funds for 
training and technical assistance.

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SUMMARY: The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) publishes this 
supplemental notice to announce the availability of discretionary funds 
for a competitive program to provide training and technical assistance 
to build capacity of victim service agencies nationwide. See 61 F.R. 
21294.

DATES: Application kit will be available beginning January 15, 1997.
    All applications are due March 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Office for Victims of Crime, 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Ray, 202/616-3572.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction

    OVC is a component of the Office of Justice Programs within the 
U.S. Department of Justice. The Office serves as the Federal focal 
point for improving the treatment of crime victims and ensuring that 
their rights and interests are met. In addition to its role as a 
national victims' advocate, OVC is responsible for administering two 
formula grant programs authorized by the Victims of Crime Act, as 
amended (the victim assistance and compensation grant programs), 
supporting national scope training and technical assistance activities 
via discretionary grants, and providing training and technical 
assistance for Federal and state law enforcement personnel involved in 
investigations, prosecutions, corrections and the provision of direct 
services to victims of crime. See 42 U.S.C. 10601-10605.

Application Process

    The application kit for OVC's Technical Assistance and Conference 
Series will be available beginning January 15, 1997 and will serve as a 
request for proposal. It will contain a detailed description of this 
competitive program and complete forms and instructions for developing 
the application. The Program

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Announcement and Application Kit will describe: The purpose of the 
program, background, goal, program strategy, eligibility requirements, 
award period, award amount, and application due date. A panel of 
qualified Government employees will be established to review and rank 
the applications. Applicants may be public or private non-profit or 
for-profit organizations (for-profit organizations must waive their 
profit in order to be eligible). Awards will be made to an organization 
or agency offering the greatest potential for achieving the program's 
goals on the basis of information provided in the applicants' proposal 
and assessments of past performance on OVC/OJP grants. Funding 
decisions will be made by the Director of OVC. The anticipated funding 
level of this program for FY97 and future years is not guaranteed but 
is contingent upon the amount of funding available in those years for 
discretionary purposes. All applications are due March 14, 1997.

Purpose

    The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide training 
and technical assistance to federal, state, tribal, and local agencies, 
formula and special emphasis grantees, and other public and private 
non-profit organizations involved in activities related to crime 
victims. The assistance may be provided in the form of conferences, 
workshops, focus groups, training programs, site-specific technical 
assistance, development of publications and other materials, or other 
forms of assistance which encourage the effective implementation of the 
Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended. The cooperative agreement 
will provide for on-site training and technical assistance to address 
significant operational problems commonly experienced by agencies, as 
well as, immediate on-site technical assistance to communities that 
have experienced an incident resulting in large numbers of crime 
victims. It is intended to encourage states to include the policies, 
programs and strategies developed through OVC's promising practices and 
other discretionary grants, into their state and local community 
services for crime victims.
    The OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC) will offer 
a centralized access point for information about OVC's training and 
technical assistance resources. It will develop and disseminate 
training and technical assistance materials on topics of interest to 
the field, and mobilize specialized teams to address these topics and 
other identified areas of need. The TTAC will also assess and evaluate 
the training and technical assistance provided by TTAC components to 
ensure that high standards of quality are maintained.

    Dated: December 19, 1996.
Aileen Adams,
Director, OVC.
[FR Doc. 96-32885 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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