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

The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Office for Victims of Crime, is offering the OVC Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance - Grand Blanc, Michigan (Crisis). This federal discretionary grant opportunity is funded through the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve under Assistance Listing 16.321, Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve. The Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program supports victims of mass violence and terrorism and provides supplemental assistance when an affected jurisdiction cannot meet victim needs using existing resources while continuing to serve victims of other crimes. This specific opportunity is an invited application and is not a competitive notice of funding opportunity. 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. The program can provide four types of grants: 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. The present opportunity is identified as a crisis opportunity for Grand Blanc, Michigan. The program is intended for incidents sufficiently large that the affected jurisdiction cannot provide needed services to victims in a timely and comprehensive manner with existing resources while also continuing to support victims of other crimes. The Office for Victims of Crime generally accesses Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve funding for incidents sufficiently large in scope for the affected locale, typically involving unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims or another 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 through existing Victims of Crime Act resources. The source does not provide additional itemized allowable-cost rules, indirect cost limitations, subaward restrictions, or other spending restrictions for this specific notice. Only the applicant invited by the Office for Victims of Crime is eligible to apply. The notice expressly states that this is not a competitive funding opportunity and that the Office for Victims of Crime will contact potential applicants directly. Therefore, general applicant categories should not be interpreted as creating open eligibility for other organizations or governmental entities. No cost sharing or matching contribution is required. The opportunity anticipates one award, with estimated total program funding of $1,039,246 and an award ceiling of $1,039,246. Although Grants.gov displays an award floor of $0, that amount is treated as missing rather than as a valid minimum award because it does not establish a positive minimum award amount. The opportunity was posted on August 24, 2026, and the current and original closing date is August 27, 2026. An Apply link is provided through Grants.gov, but the supplied source does not separately state an application open date, pre-application deadline, letter of intent, concept paper, notice of intent, or other gating requirement. It also does not identify this opportunity as rolling or recurring. The supplied synopsis does not enumerate required application narratives, forms, uploads, evaluation criteria, award notification timing, or a period of performance. Applicants must therefore rely on the full funding opportunity and application package for requirements not reproduced in the supplied Grants.gov synopsis. 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. The source also provides an Office for Victims of Crime current funding opportunities page for additional information. No explicit direct PDF URL is included in the supplied material. The August 27, 2026 deadline is the operative application deadline, and no recurrence language supports projecting another application cycle.

Demonstrate why the incident requires supplemental support beyond existing resources and how funding will improve services, assistance, victim compensation, or outcomes for victims of mass violence or terrorism. Address the scale and circumstances of the incident in light of OVC's stated focus on incidents sufficiently large for the locale and circumstances involving unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims or another unique aspect of the crime.