OVC FY26 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance Minneapolis, Minnesota (Crisis)

The Office for Victims of Crime, within the U.S. Department of Justice, is offering the OVC Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance - Minneapolis, Minnesota (Crisis). This is a federal discretionary grant opportunity under Assistance Listing 16.321, Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve. The opportunity is specifically associated with Minneapolis, Minnesota, and only the applicant invited by the Office for Victims of Crime is eligible to submit an application. The notice explicitly states that this is not a competitive notice of funding opportunity and that OVC will contact potential applicants directly. The opportunity supports victims of mass violence and terrorism through the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program, or AEAP. Funding is provided from the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve. The overall goal of AEAP is to provide supplemental support to victims of criminal 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. AEAP grants provide a mechanism through which the Director of OVC may award supplemental crime victim compensation and assistance to eligible entities responding to acts of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism. The program provides four types of grant support that may be combined into a single application or awarded separately to entities invited by OVC: crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. The source also identifies non-grant training and consultation services as part of the broader support available through AEAP. The event prompting assistance must be sufficiently large that the jurisdiction cannot provide the services needed by victims of the incident with existing resources while also continuing to support victims of other crimes in a timely and comprehensive manner. No cost sharing or matching contribution is required for this opportunity. OVC generally accesses AEAP funds only for incidents that are sufficiently large in scope for the affected locale. The agency indicates that qualifying circumstances typically involve unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims, or another unique aspect of the crime. In most cases, OVC expects states and communities to use existing Victims of Crime Act resources to plan for and address victim needs arising from relatively more predictable instances of gang-related violence, domestic violence, and broader community gun violence. These provisions distinguish AEAP as supplemental emergency assistance rather than a general funding source for routine or more predictable community violence needs. Eligibility is restricted to the invited applicant. Grants.gov classifies eligible applicants as Others, with the additional eligibility information clarifying that only the invited applicant may apply and that OVC will contact potential applicants directly. The source does not identify the invited organization by name or provide application questions, required attachments, evaluation criteria, or other detailed application components. The funding instrument is a grant, and the notice anticipates one award. Estimated total program funding and the stated award ceiling are both $4,805,538. Although Grants.gov displays an award floor of $0, that amount does not establish a meaningful minimum award and is therefore treated as unspecified for data entry purposes. The opportunity was posted on August 14, 2026, and the current and original closing date is August 19, 2026. Based on the posted notice, applications are currently being accepted for the invited applicant through that closing date. No recurring schedule, letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, or other pre-application gating deadline is stated. The source also does not provide an award notification date, performance period, or future application cycle. For assistance with the requirements of the funding opportunity, applicants may contact the OJP Response Center at OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov or 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.

Demonstrate why the incident is sufficiently large that existing resources cannot meet the needs of affected victims while also maintaining timely and comprehensive services for victims of other crimes. Address circumstances such as unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims or another unique aspect of the crime, consistent with OVC's stated basis for generally accessing AEAP funds.