OVC FY25 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance - Wisconsin Crisis Response | O OVC 2025 172444

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVC 2025 172444

The OVC FY25 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance - Wisconsin Crisis Response is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), designed to deliver rapid, supplemental support for victims after an incident involving mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism in Wisconsin. The central purpose of the AEAP is to help jurisdictions meet urgent and extraordinary victim service and compensation needs that exceed what can reasonably be handled with existing local and state resources, especially when the community must continue serving victims of other crimes at the same time. Funding comes from the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve, which is specifically set aside to respond to these rare, high-impact events.

This opportunity focuses on providing “crisis response” support, and it sits within a larger AEAP framework that can fund multiple categories of assistance in a single coordinated application. Those categories include crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. In practical terms, this structure is meant to give OVC flexibility to address both immediate needs (such as emergency victim services and short-term stabilization) and longer-term impacts (such as ongoing support and systems needed to manage the aftermath), depending on what the incident requires and what gaps exist in current capacity.

OVC makes clear that AEAP is not intended to replace normal victim services funding or routine planning for more common types of violence. The program is generally reserved for incidents that are unusually large or complex for the affected area, where victims were targeted in an unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad way, or where the crime has another distinctive feature that creates exceptional needs. By contrast, OVC notes that states and communities are typically expected to use existing Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) resources to address needs arising from more predictable or ongoing violence patterns, such as gang-related violence, domestic violence, or broader community gun violence. This distinction signals that AEAP is meant for extraordinary events that strain the victim services system beyond its normal operating capacity.

A key feature of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is that it is restricted to invited applicants only. OVC will directly contact potential applicants, and an application may only be submitted after OVC has consulted with an eligible organization about the specific incident and the proposed response. This invitation-only approach reflects the program’s purpose: it is built to respond to particular, verified cases of terrorism or mass violence rather than operating as an open, competitive grant program.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number O-OVC-2025-172444 and CFDA (Assistance Listing) 16.321. It is offered as a grant (not a cooperative agreement) and falls under the funding activity category of Income Security and Social Services. The eligible applicant category is listed as “Others,” but participation is effectively limited by the invitation requirement and OVC’s consultation process. OVC expects to make one award, with an award ceiling of $1,364,315. The posted closing date is September 5, 2025, though because this is an invited opportunity tied to a specific incident, the practical timeline is driven by OVC outreach and consultation with the identified eligible entity.

• 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 - Wisconsin Crisis Response" 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 2025-09-03.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-09-05. (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 $1,364,315.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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