Closed · OVC-2020-17893 · CFDA 16.582 · Discretionary

OVC FY 2020 Crime Victims' Rights Legal Clinics

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office for Victims of Crime, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $1M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 27, 2020
Close date
9
Expected awards

The verdict

OVC FY 2020 Crime Victims' Rights Legal Clinics is a closed discretionary listing from Office for Victims of Crime that offered Up to $1,000,000 across 9 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 397 other opportunities from Office for Victims of Crime.

up to $1M
award range
Closed
application status
9
expected awards
16.582
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

OVC FY 2020 Crime Victims' Rights Legal Clini… is closed (last close April 27, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Office for Victims of Crime still indexes 397 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 27, 2020

Posted Feb 27 Closes Apr 27

Est. Total Funding

$9,000,000

Expected Awards

9

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This initiative is intended to support or expand on federal, state, local, and tribal efforts to enforce crime victims’ rights. Applicants may apply under the following purpose areas: victims’ rights legal clinics that will provide the enforcement of crime victims’ rights in the criminal justice process (Purpose Area 1), and one training and technical assistance provider to provide support to the selected legal clinics (Purpose Area 2). OVC anticipates making up to eight awards under purpose area 1 and one award under purpose 2 of up to $1 million each. OVC expects to make awards for a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2020. OVC will conduct a pre-application webinar on Monday, March 16, 2020, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. e.t. Register at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Apply by April 27, 2020.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · OVC-2020-17893

Grants.gov marks OVC FY 2020 Crime Victims' Rights Legal Clini… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Income Security and Social Services · Law, Justice and Legal Services (ISS;LJL). This eligibility-code string dominates the Office for Victims of Crime book (200 peers, 50% of 398).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email to grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301–240–5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., eastern time, on the solicitation closing date. grants@ncjrs.gov

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What to do next

OVC FY 2020 Crime Victims' Rights Legal Clini… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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