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

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 - East Lansing, Michigan under funding opportunity number O-OVC-2026-172707. The opportunity is funded through the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve and is classified as a federal discretionary grant under Assistance Listing 16.321, Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve. The program supports victims of mass violence and terrorism through the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program. This particular opportunity is not competitive and is limited to an applicant specifically invited by OVC. The overall goal of the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program 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 funding to eligible entities responding to acts of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism. Funding may support four types of grants that can be combined into one application or awarded separately to entities invited by OVC. These types are 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 program response. AEAP funding is intended to supplement resources when an event is sufficiently large that the affected jurisdiction cannot provide needed services to 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 requirement applies to this opportunity. OVC generally accesses AEAP funding only for incidents sufficiently large in scope for the affected locale and typically where there has been unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims or another unique aspect to the crime. OVC generally expects states and communities to address victim needs arising from relatively more predictable gang-related violence, domestic violence, and broader community gun violence through existing Victims of Crime Act resources. The opportunity has estimated total program funding of $3,964,898 and an award ceiling of $3,964,898. One award is expected. Although Grants.gov displays an award floor of $0, that value is treated as missing rather than as a valid minimum award amount. Eligibility is restricted to the invited applicant. The Grants.gov eligibility designation is Others, with the additional clarification that only the invited applicant is eligible to apply. OVC will contact potential applicants directly, and the notice explicitly states that this is not a competitive notice of funding opportunity. The opportunity is specifically identified for East Lansing, Michigan. Because eligibility depends on an OVC invitation rather than membership in a generally eligible applicant class, no broader applicant eligibility should be inferred from this notice. The opportunity was posted on August 24, 2026, and the current and original closing date is August 27, 2026. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating deadline is identified in the supplied material. The source provides an Apply link through Grants.gov but does not identify application questions, required uploads, evaluation scoring criteria, award notification timing, a performance period, or a recurring application schedule. Therefore, those details should not be inferred. For assistance with funding opportunity requirements, 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 that the incident is sufficiently large that existing jurisdictional resources cannot provide needed victim services in a timely and comprehensive manner while also supporting victims of other crimes. Address any unpredictable, indiscriminate, broad targeting of victims or other unique aspect of the crime.