OVC FY 2021 Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

This program will support projects to build

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or enhance a community response to female genital mutilation and cutting (FGMC).

Grantees will work to increase services, education, and community partner engagement to stop the victimization of girls through FGMC, at the community level.

Related Programs

Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants

Department of Justice

Agency: Department of Justice

Office: Office for Victims of Crime

Estimated Funding: $1,800,000

Who's Eligible

State Governments

County Governments

City or Township Govenments

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Native American Tribal Governments

Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities

Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS

Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS

Private Institutions of Higher Education

For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Others - see "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification

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Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Funding Opportunity

Additional Information of Eligibility:
For purposes of this solicitation, "state" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that 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 allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.

For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO.

All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Current OVC FGMC grantees who received funding from the OVC FY 2020 FGMC solicitation are not eligible to apply for funding under this solicitation.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://ovc.ojp.gov/funding/current-funding-opportunities

Contact:

Agency Email Description:
Resource Center

Agency Email:

Date Posted:
2021-04-30

Application Due Date:

Archive Date:
2014-01-13