Opportunity Information: Apply for OVC 2019 15653
The OVC FY 2019 Reducing Child Fatalities and Recurring Child Injuries Caused by Crime Victimization opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number OVC 2019 15653) is a discretionary grant program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). It is offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally means awardees should expect an active federal role in the project through collaboration, reporting, and joint problem-solving rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The program sits within the broad service areas of Income Security and Social Services as well as Law, Justice, and Legal Services, and is tied to CFDA 16.582.
The purpose of the program is to support a set of demonstration sites that will take a hard look at how their communities currently respond to child fatalities and serious, recurring child injuries connected to crime victimization. A key emphasis is on examining and strengthening existing mechanisms such as child fatality review teams, and then using what is learned to improve real-world practice. The intent is not simply to study the problem in isolation, but to test and demonstrate more strategic and effective community responses to the most severe outcomes affecting children: serious injuries, near-fatalities, and deaths that stem from criminal victimization.
A central feature of the opportunity is partnership expansion and coordination. OVC highlights the importance of building stronger multidisciplinary teams and community collaboratives, suggesting that effective prevention and response require coordinated work across agencies and disciplines that may include victim services, child welfare, medical and public health systems, law enforcement, prosecutors, schools, and other community-based partners. The program is aimed at transforming how communities respond by aligning these partners around shared protocols, data-informed decision-making, and coordinated interventions that can reduce repeated harm and improve outcomes for children and families.
Another major goal is field-building and knowledge sharing. Demonstration sites are expected to capture findings, document lessons learned, and share practical insights that can be applied elsewhere. In other words, the program is designed to produce both local impact and broader value by generating approaches, tools, and takeaways that other jurisdictions can adapt when trying to prevent child deaths and repeated serious injuries linked to victimization.
In terms of scale, OVC anticipated making up to six awards, with an award ceiling of $1,500,000 per award. The opportunity was created on March 28, 2019, and originally closed on May 30, 2019. Eligibility is listed as "Others" with further clarification referenced in the solicitation’s additional eligibility information, meaning applicants needed to review the full posting to confirm whether their organization type and role in a proposed partnership fit OVC’s requirements.Apply for OVC 2019 15653
- The Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY 2019 Reducing Child Fatalities and Recurring Child Injuries Caused by Crime Victimization" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.582.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 28, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 30, 2019. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the name of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled OVC FY 2019 Reducing Child Fatalities and Recurring Child Injuries Caused by Crime Victimization.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is OVC 2019 15653.
Which federal agency is offering this program?
This is a discretionary grant program from the U.S. Department of Justice, specifically the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).
What type of award is this (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
It is offered as a cooperative agreement. This generally means awardees should expect an active federal role in the project, including collaboration, reporting, and joint problem-solving, rather than a hands-off grant relationship.
What is the main purpose of the program?
The program supports a set of demonstration sites that will closely examine how their communities respond to child fatalities and serious, recurring child injuries connected to crime victimization, and then use what they learn to strengthen real-world practice.
Is the program focused on research only, or on changing practice?
The intent is not simply to study the problem in isolation. Demonstration sites are expected to test and demonstrate more strategic and effective community responses to serious injuries, near-fatalities, and deaths stemming from criminal victimization.
What kinds of incidents or outcomes does the program emphasize?
The emphasis is on the most severe outcomes affecting children: serious injuries, near-fatalities, and deaths that are connected to criminal victimization, including situations involving recurring harm.
What are “demonstration sites” in this program?
Demonstration sites are funded communities or jurisdictions that implement and document improved approaches to responding to child fatalities and recurring serious injuries linked to victimization, with the expectation that lessons learned will be useful to other jurisdictions.
How do child fatality review teams fit into this opportunity?
A key emphasis is examining and strengthening existing mechanisms such as child fatality review teams, and using insights from that work to improve policies, protocols, and coordinated responses.
What does OVC mean by partnership expansion and coordination?
OVC highlights building stronger multidisciplinary teams and community collaboratives. The opportunity suggests that prevention and effective response require coordinated work across agencies and disciplines, aligned around shared protocols, data-informed decisions, and coordinated interventions.
What types of partners are mentioned as potentially involved?
The opportunity notes that multidisciplinary partners may include victim services, child welfare, medical and public health systems, law enforcement, prosecutors, schools, and other community-based partners.
What is the program trying to change at the community level?
The program aims to transform how communities respond by aligning partners around shared protocols, data-informed decision-making, and coordinated interventions that reduce repeated harm and improve outcomes for children and families.
Is knowledge sharing part of the program requirements?
Yes. A major goal is field-building and knowledge sharing. Demonstration sites are expected to capture findings, document lessons learned, and share practical insights that other jurisdictions can apply.
How many awards did OVC expect to make?
OVC anticipated making up to six awards.
What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling is $1,500,000 per award.
When was the opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on March 28, 2019.
When did the opportunity close?
The opportunity originally closed on May 30, 2019.
What service areas does this program fall under?
The program sits within the broad service areas of Income Security and Social Services as well as Law, Justice, and Legal Services.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is tied to CFDA 16.582.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as "Others", with clarification referenced in the solicitation’s additional eligibility information. Applicants would need to review the full posting to confirm whether their organization type and role in the proposed partnership fit OVC’s requirements.
Does “Others” mean any organization can apply?
Not necessarily. The listing indicates that more detail is provided in the solicitation’s additional eligibility information, so eligibility depends on what the full solicitation specifies for organization types and partnership roles.
What should applicants expect from OVC during the project?
Because this is a cooperative agreement, applicants should expect active involvement from OVC through collaboration, reporting expectations, and joint problem-solving over the life of the project.
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