OVC FY2026 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance Rochester Hills, Michigan

The Office for Victims of Crime, within the U.S. Department of Justice, administers this invited Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program funding opportunity. Funding is provided through the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve under Assistance Listing 16.321, Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve. The opportunity is specifically associated with Rochester Hills, Michigan, and is not a competitive notice of funding opportunity. Only the applicant directly invited by the Office for Victims of Crime may apply. The agency contacts potential applicants directly rather than accepting applications from the general applicant community. The purpose of the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program is to provide supplemental support for victims of mass violence and terrorism. Its objective is to increase access to programs designed to improve services, assistance, including victim compensation, and outcomes for victims of mass violence and terrorism. The program provides a mechanism through which the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime may award supplemental crime victim compensation and assistance to eligible entities responding to acts of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism. Funding may support four types of grants: crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. These grant types may be combined within one application or awarded separately to entities invited by the Office for Victims of Crime. The opportunity has estimated total program funding of 4688627 dollars, an award ceiling of 4688627 dollars, and one expected award. The source reports an award floor of zero dollars; because a zero award floor is treated as missing data for entry purposes, no usable minimum award amount is available from the supplied information. No cost sharing or matching is required. Eligibility is restricted to the invited applicant. The source expressly states that only the invited applicant is eligible to apply, that the opportunity is not a competitive notice of funding opportunity, and that the Office for Victims of Crime will contact potential applicants directly. The program is intended for situations in which an incident is sufficiently large that the affected jurisdiction cannot provide needed services to victims with existing resources while also continuing to support victims of other crimes in a timely and comprehensive manner. The Office for Victims of Crime generally accesses these emergency funds for incidents sufficiently large in scope for the locale and typically where victim targeting was unpredictable, indiscriminate, broad, or otherwise involved a unique aspect of the crime. The agency generally expects states and communities to address relatively more predictable gang related violence, domestic violence, and broader community gun violence using existing Victims of Crime Act resources. The opportunity was posted on August 24, 2026, and the current and original closing date is August 27, 2026. The Grants.gov listing provides an Apply function for submission. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre proposal, notice of intent, or other pre application gating deadline is identified in the supplied material. No recurring schedule, future cycle, award notification date, performance period, application question set, required upload list, or formal evaluation criteria are stated in the supplied information. Accordingly, those details should not be inferred. Questions concerning the requirements of this funding opportunity may be directed to the OJP Response Center by email at OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov or by telephone at 800-851-3420. A TTY number for hearing impaired callers is 202-353-5556. The Response Center operates from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday. The supplied material also provides the Office for Victims of Crime current funding opportunities page for additional information, but it does not provide an explicit direct PDF URL for the funding notice.

Demonstrate that the incident is sufficiently large that existing jurisdictional resources cannot provide timely and comprehensive services to affected victims while continuing to support victims of other crimes. Clearly connect the requested assistance to mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism and, where applicable, explain the unpredictable, indiscriminate, broad, or otherwise unique nature of victim targeting.