Specifications include, but are not limited to: The primary purpose of the VOCA Grant is to support the provision of direct services to victims of crime. The VOCA Grant is administered by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (“OVC”). OVC makes annual grants from the Fund to states to support the provision of services to victims of crime. The State Administering Agency for the VOCA Grant in Hawaii is the Department of the Attorney General (the “Department”), Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division (“CPJAD”). In FY 2023, the Department received approximately $6.1 million in VOCA grant funds, which includes administrative funds to manage the VOCA grant as the State Administering Agency. The Department will continue to fund the services provided by the victim witness units in county prosecutors’ offices to assist crime victims, and, through their conduit system, their nonprofit subgrantees. In addition, the Department will continue to fund a program for victim restitution in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“DCR”). The amount to be awarded to the victim witness units of the county prosecutors’ offices and DCR is approximately $3.2 million of FY 2023 VOCA Grant funds. After subtracting its administrative funds, the Department will use an open, competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) solicitation process to disburse the remaining unallocated funds to allow nonprofit organizations and government agencies, or a combination of both, to apply directly to the Department for VOCA Grant funding to support the provision of direct services to victims of crime. Projects not eligible to apply for funding under this RFP are 1) the victim witness units of the county prosecutors’ offices, 2) the victim restitution office in DCR, and 3) currently awarded two-year VOCA projects from the FY 2022 RFP funding year. Refer to Section 2.1 G, Eligible Applicants.
