Crime Victim Assistance Grants

Crime Victim Assistance Grants is sponsored by South Carolina Attorney General, Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants. This program enhances South Carolina's capacity to assist crime victims through grant funding for victim advocacy, counseling, residential shelter, forensic interviews and nurse examinations, and emergency assistance.

Crime Victim Assistance Grants - South Carolina Attorney General You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Crime Victim Services Division Crime Victim Assistance Grants The mission of the Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants (DCVAG) is to enhance South Carolina’s capacity to assist crime victims and to provide leadership in the promotion of justice and healing.

Through grant funding, victims can receive services including: Forensic Interviews and Forensic Nurse Examination DCVAG is responsible for the administration of four grant programs: Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) 1984-Public Law 98-473 established the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) - Federal Fines, Fees, and Assessments Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 1994- Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement, Public Law No. 103-322.

108 Statute 1796 - Federal Appropriation State Victims Assistance Program (SVAP) 1986-Omnibus Criminal Justice Improvements Act (24-3-40) 2017-Act 96 of 2017-South Carolina Crime Victim Services Act, Section 16-3-1095 (A) Supplemental Allocation for Victims Services (SAVS) 2022 – One-time appropriation from South Carolina General Assembly How to Apply for Grant Funds Current subgrantees and agencies interested in applying for grant funds should go to the AGO Grants Portal and register with the system.

When in doubt, call the staff at the Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants. Applicants are eligible to apply if they are state agencies, units of local government such as a city or county, or a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation, or Indian tribal organizations. Please call any staff person in the Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants for information on application dates, match requirements, and eligible funding areas.

January 15 th – Q1 Reports for SAVS, SVAP, and VOCA grants due AGO Portal Opens for Grant Applications February 15th – RFP 3/Q1 due April 10th – AGO Portal closes at 5:00 pm April 15 th – Q2 Reports for SAVS, SVAP, and VOCA grants due June 30th – State Fiscal Year ends July 15 th – Q3 Reports for SAVS, SVAP, and VOCA grants due August – DCVAG Present Recommendations to PSCC August 15 th – RFP 9/Q3 due September 15th – RFP 10 due September 30th – Grant year ends October 1 st – New grant year starts October 15 th – RFP 11 due October 15 th – Q4 Reports for SAVS, SVAP, and VOCA grants due October - Press Conferences October – Implementation Workshop October – Award Contracts sent via DocuSign November 15th – 5:00 pm – All FINAL RFP’s (please include all September time worked on final RFP) November 15th – RFP 12/Q4 December 15 th – RFP 1 (new year) AGO Grants Help Information Civil Rights Training for AG's Office Civil Rights Training Certification Form Determination of Suitability Form VAWA Confidentiality Acknowledgement Form VAWA Prosecution Training Certification Form 2026-2027 Office Supply List 2026-2027 Grants Financial Guidelines GY 25 2026-2027 Mileage Sheet Revised 5.

2025 2026-2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Webinar 2025-2026 Other Other Detail Sheet Revised 5. 2025 2026-2027 Program Guidelines 2026-2027 Solicitation PowerPoint VAWA Confidentiality Acknowledgement Form 2025-2026 Grants Financial Guidelines GY 25 2025-2026 Implementation Workshop PowerPoint 2025-2026 Implementation Workshop Webinar 2025-2026 Mileage Sheet Revised 5. 2025 2025-2026 Other Other Detail Sheet Revised 5.

2025 2025-2026 Program Guidelines 2025-2026 Solicitation PowerPoint 2025-2026 Solicitation Video 2024-2025 Program Guidelines 2024-2025 Grant Financial Guidelines 2024-2025 Solicitation PowerPoint 2024-2025 Solicitation Video 2024-2025 Implementation Workshop PowerPoint 2024-2025 Implementation Workshop Webinar 2023-2024 Grant Financial Guidelines (Final) 2023-2024 Grant Terms and Conditions 2023-2024 Implementation Workshop PowerPoint 2023-2024 Office Supply List 2023-2024 Implementation Workshop Webinar 2022 - 2023 Office Supply List 2022 - 2023 Important Dates and Deadlines 2022 Program Guidelines REVISED 2022 Implementation Workshop PowerPoint 2022 Implementation Workshop Webinar 2022 Implementation Workshop 2 Webinar 2022 Registration/Managing Contacts Workshop Video 2022 Registration/Managing Contacts Workshop PowerPoint Match Waiver Policy - Updated October 2021 Instructional Videos for the AGO Portal Negotiations -Instructions Prosecution Certification Training Series – Webinars The recordings for the four-part Prosecution Training Series are available.

The recordings can be viewed to come into compliance with the VAWA STOP grant requirement, but the recordings are not eligible for VSP/CLE/CLEE credits. To be compliant, staff must view all four sessions. Twenty-four hours after viewing a recording, you will receive an email confirmation.

Please keep this confirmation for your records. Project Directors for these grants will certify to DCVAG that their agencies are compliant with this requirement.

Session 1 of 4 - Going Forward Without the Victim : Evidence-Based Prosecution of Domestic Violence Session 2 of 4 - A Broader Sense of Justice: Respecting Victim Autonomy While Pursuing Offender Accountability Session 3 of 4 - Not Just a Credibility Contest: Sexual Violence Prosecutions That Go Beyond 'Offender Said, Victim Said' Session 4 of 4 Ethical Considerations in Domestic and Sexual Violence Cases Please contact us with any problems you might encounter with the AGO Grants portal or with any other matter where we may be of assistance.

Joe Corey, Deputy Director Bonnie Brooks, Administrative Coordinator Billy House, Program Coordinator Sheila Hoffman, Program Coordinator Email: s [email protected] Vacant, Program Coordinator Angela Meadows, Program Coordinator Jennifer Sandidge, Program Coordinator Kelley Anderson, Grants Accounting Manager Laura Barnes, Senior Accountant Ashley Glivens, Fiscal Analyst Guerline Pierre, Fiscal Analyst Faye Parks, Grant Compliance and Monitoring Manager 2024-2025 Grant Subaward List 2023-2024 Grant Subaward List 2025-2026 Grant Subaward List Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) The federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) was signed into law on October 12, 1984.

The purpose of the Act was to enhance and expand direct services to victims of crime. The Act established within the U.S. Treasury a separate account known as the Crime Victims Fund. The fund is not supported by tax dollars but rather is generated entirely by fines, penalty assessments, and forfeited bonds collected by the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) makes annual VOCA crime victim assistance grants to states from the Crime Victims Fund. In South Carolina, the Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants (DCVAG) within the Office of the Attorney General is designated as the administering agency for subrecipient awards issued with funds from VOCA.

The primary purpose of VOCA is to support the provision of direct services to victims of violent crime. The program goal is to provide federal funding through grant awards to certified private non-profit organizations and public/government agencies for projects that will provide, enhance, improve, and expand direct services to victims of violent crime.

According to the 2016 VOCA Program Rule, direct services or services to victims of crime are defined as those efforts that (1) respond to the emotional, psychological, and physical needs of crime victims, (2) assist victims to stabilize their lives after victimization, (3) assist victims to understand and participate in the criminal justice system, or (4) restore a measure of safety and security for the victim.

Funding cannot be used for the investigation of crimes or collection of evidence to further the prosecution of crimes. State Victims Assistance Program (SVAP) In 1986, the General Assembly of South Carolina passed the Omnibus Criminal Justice Improvements Act (§24-3-40 of the South Carolina Code of Laws).

Pursuant to this Section, a percentage of the wages earned by inmates participating in the South Carolina Department of Corrections’ Work Release Program must be placed on deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to a special account to support victim assistance programs established pursuant to the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, Public Law 98-473, Title II, Chapter XIV, Section 1404.

The grant programs may be considered in the following categories: Victims of Sexual Assault Victims of Domestic Violence Victims of Child Abuse and Neglect Previously Underserved Victims of Crime Match requirements are 80 percent Grantor/20 percent In-Kind or Cash Match.

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) VAWA projects should enhance the capacity of local communities to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women.

The purpose of VAWA is to encourage states and localities to restructure and strengthen the criminal justice system's response, to be proactive in addressing violence against women, to draw on the experience of all participants in the system, and to provide victim services.

VAWA projects must develop and implement victim-centered trauma-focused strategies that encourage collaboration among state, local, and tribal courts (including juvenile courts); Indian tribal governments; units of local government; and nonprofit, nongovernmental victim services programs.

This includes culturally competent, community-based organizations as well as law enforcement, prosecution, the judiciary, pretrial services, probation and parole, and other critical partnering entities.

Applications must include documentation showing that tribal, territorial, state, or local prosecution, law enforcement, and courts have consulted with tribal, territorial, state or local victim services programs during the course of developing their grant applications.

Further, they must continue to solicit input during implementation in order to ensure that proposed activities and equipment acquisitions are designed to promote the safety, confidentiality, and economic independence of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. ” (42 U.S.C. § 3796gg–(d) (4).

VAWA funds may not be used to support services that focus exclusively on children or to develop sexual assault or domestic violence curricula for K-12 schools. VAWA funds may be used for an adolescent program for primary victims over the age of 11.

Supplemental Allocation for Victims Services (SAVS) In 2022, the South Carolina General Assembly made available through the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants, additional funds to aid qualified applicants in enhancing victim services throughout the state.

Recognizing that the reductions in VOCA funding over the past five years have resulted in many victim services agencies having to seek alternate funding, and frequently being unable to do so, the General Assembly and the State Funding Agency, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants, have allocated a portion of additional funding which will be released as a supplement to existing victims services grant programs.

The grant programs may be considered in the following categories: Victims of Sexual Assault Victims of Domestic Violence Victims of Child Abuse and Neglect Previously Underserved Victims of Crime Match requirements are 80 percent Grantor/20 percent In-Kind or Cash Match.

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