OVC FY25 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and Assistance – Georgia | O OVC 2025 172318

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The OVC FY25 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) for Crime Victim Compensation and Assistance - Georgia is a discretionary federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), under CFDA 16.321. It is designed to deliver supplemental support to victims following an incident of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism when the impact is so significant that the affected jurisdiction cannot meet victim needs quickly and thoroughly using existing resources while still serving victims of other crimes. In other words, this funding is meant for extraordinary events that overwhelm normal capacity, not for situations that communities are generally expected to plan for using regular Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) resources.

AEAP funding comes from the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve, which OVC uses to respond to large-scale, high-impact incidents. OVC typically considers AEAP in cases that involve unpredictable and indiscriminate harm, broad targeting of victims, or some other unique feature that makes the crime and its victim impact distinct from more routine patterns of violence. The program description makes clear that OVC generally expects states and local communities to address more predictable or ongoing violence, such as gang-related violence, domestic violence, or broader community gun violence, through existing VOCA-funded systems rather than through AEAP.

The opportunity allows an applicant to request support across four AEAP grant purpose areas, and these can be combined into a single application. The four categories are crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. Crisis response funds are generally associated with immediate, short-term needs after an incident, such as emergency victim services and rapid stabilization supports. Consequence management focuses more on longer-term recovery needs, helping victims and survivors adapt to and cope with the ongoing effects of the event. Criminal justice support can cover activities that help victims participate in investigations, prosecutions, and court proceedings in a safe, informed, and supported way. Crime victim compensation funding can be used to supplement state compensation programs that reimburse victims for eligible out-of-pocket costs tied to the victimization, which can be especially important when a mass incident generates an unusually large volume of claims.

A key feature of this funding is that it is retroactive to the date of the incident, meaning the grant can reimburse or cover eligible costs incurred back to the incident date, assuming those costs are allowable and appropriately documented. At the same time, OVC emphasizes that AEAP is supplemental: the application must justify why additional federal emergency reserve funds are needed, demonstrate how the proposed spending specifically benefits victims of the incident, and show that the request is not simply replacing funds that are already available through existing programs. The core expectation is that AEAP fills a true gap created by the scale and complexity of the event.

This particular posting is not a competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). It is an invited-to-apply action, meaning OVC will directly contact potential applicants rather than running an open competition. The listing also notes that OVC may provide a no-cost consultant to assist the prospective grantee with the AEAP application process, which can help applicants shape a compliant request, align proposed costs with AEAP categories, and document the need for supplemental resources.

For the Georgia invitation reflected here, the funding opportunity number is O-OVC-2025-172318. The listed award ceiling is $1,779,000. The original closing date shown is January 10, 2025, and the opportunity is categorized under Income Security and Social Services. Eligible applicants are listed broadly as "Others," which in AEAP practice often relates to the specific entities OVC determines are appropriate for the incident response, such as state victim compensation programs, state administering agencies, local governments, or victim service organizations involved in the response, depending on how OVC structures the invitation and who is best positioned to administer funds and document victim-serving expenditures.

Overall, the purpose of this AEAP invitation is to ensure that, after a qualifying mass violence or domestic terrorism incident in Georgia, victims and survivors can receive timely emergency support, sustained recovery services, and meaningful assistance navigating the criminal justice process, and that the state victim compensation system can handle a surge of eligible claims without sacrificing service quality or speed.

• 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 Assistance – Georgia" 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 2025-01-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-10. (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 $1,779,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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