OVC FY2026 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance Traverse City, Michigan (Crisis)

The OVC Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance - Traverse City, Michigan (Crisis) is a federal discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Justice through the Office for Victims of Crime. The opportunity is supported through the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve under Assistance Listing 16.321, Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve. The program is intended to provide supplemental support for victims of mass violence and terrorism when an affected jurisdiction cannot meet victim needs comprehensively and in a timely manner with existing resources while continuing to support victims of other crimes. The Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program supports victims of mass violence and terrorism through grant funding as well as non-grant training and consultation services. Four types of grants are available under the broader program: crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. These forms of assistance may be combined into one application or awarded separately to entities invited by the Office for Victims of Crime. This specific opportunity is identified as a crisis opportunity for Traverse City, Michigan. Its overall 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 Office for Victims of Crime generally accesses Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve funding for incidents that are sufficiently large in scope for the affected locale. The event must be large enough that the jurisdiction cannot provide the needed services to victims using existing resources while also continuing to support victims of other crimes. The agency generally expects qualifying incidents to involve unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims or another unique aspect of the crime. In contrast, states and communities are generally expected to address victim needs associated with more predictable gang-related violence, domestic violence, and broader community gun violence using existing Victims of Crime Act resources. No cost sharing or matching contribution is required for this opportunity. This is an invitation-only funding opportunity and is not a competitive notice of funding opportunity. Only the applicant specifically invited by the Office for Victims of Crime is eligible to apply, and the agency contacts potential applicants directly. The Grants.gov synopsis classifies eligible applicants as Others, with the additional eligibility information expressly limiting eligibility to the invited applicant. Because the opportunity is specifically for Traverse City, Michigan, it should not be treated as a nationwide opportunity or as generally available to organizations or governmental entities throughout Michigan. The opportunity was posted on August 24, 2026, and the current and original application closing date is August 27, 2026. The Grants.gov opportunity page provides an Apply function for submission through Grants.gov. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating deadline is identified in the supplied source. The supplied information also does not identify a recurring application cycle, award notification date, period of performance, detailed application questions or required uploads, or formal evaluation criteria. Therefore, those details cannot be established from the supplied material. The estimated total program funding for this opportunity is $918,236, with one expected award and an award ceiling of $918,236. Although Grants.gov displays an award floor of $0, a zero value is treated as missing rather than as a valid minimum award amount under the applicable data-entry rules, so no award floor should be recorded. 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, and 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 resources cannot provide timely and comprehensive services to affected victims while continuing to support victims of other crimes. Address the incident's scope and, where applicable, unpredictable, indiscriminate, broad targeting of victims, or another unique aspect identified by OVC.