OVC FY25 Invited to Apply – Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance – Wyoming – Invited to Apply | O OVC 2025 172271

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVC 2025 172271

This grant opportunity is an invited (non-competitive) funding offer from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), under the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP). It is specifically directed to Wyoming, and OVC contacts the potential applicant directly rather than accepting open competition. The purpose is to provide supplemental, time-sensitive resources when an incident of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism is so large or complex that the state or local jurisdiction cannot meet victim needs using existing funding and capacity, while still maintaining services for victims of other crimes.

AEAP is funded through the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve and is designed to help communities respond when a major incident overwhelms normal systems. OVC generally uses AEAP for events that are unusually large in scope for the affected area and often involve unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims, or otherwise have a unique feature that makes the victim-service response especially difficult. By contrast, OVC signals that more predictable or ongoing forms of violence (such as gang-related violence, domestic violence, or broader patterns of community gun violence) are typically expected to be addressed through existing Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) resources rather than AEAP.

The program allows applicants to request support across up to four grant categories, and these can be combined into a single application. The four categories are: crisis response (immediate, short-term victim support and stabilization), consequence management (longer-term services that help victims cope and recover), criminal justice support (assistance that helps victims participate in and navigate investigative and court processes), and crime victim compensation (supplemental funding for state compensation programs that reimburse victims for eligible out-of-pocket costs tied to the victimization). In practical terms, AEAP funds can cover emergency relief and coordinated victim service efforts right after the incident, continued counseling and support services as needs evolve, and resources that reduce barriers for victims engaging with the justice system. It can also bolster the administrative and payment capacity of the state crime victim compensation program when claims spike due to the incident.

A key feature is that funding is retroactive to the date of the incident, which is intended to help jurisdictions recover costs and maintain services that may have already been initiated in response to the event. However, the application must clearly justify that the requested AEAP funds are truly supplemental, meaning they fill gaps beyond what existing local, state, VOCA, or other resources can reasonably cover. The underlying standard is that AEAP should enable timely and comprehensive support for the incident’s victims without causing unacceptable reductions in services for other crime victims.

OVC also notes it may provide no-cost consultants to help the invited applicant develop and submit the AEAP application, which can be useful given the documentation and justification required. Administratively, this is a discretionary grant opportunity (not a formula entitlement), listed under Assistance Listing/CFDA 16.321, with an expected single award. The award ceiling is $750,000. The funding opportunity number is O-OVC-2025-172271, and the original closing date listed is 2024-11-19.

• The Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY25 Invited to Apply – Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance – Wyoming – Invited to Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.321.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-11-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-11-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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