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Grants 101

Section 5

Effective Interventions To Address Violence, Victimization, and Victims’ Rights

Overview

OJP is committed to funding national scope demonstration projects, training and technical assistance, and other capacity building programs to enhance the professional expertise of victim service providers, fill gaps in existing services, and address emerging issues such as responding to victims with disabilities, victims of financial fraud, and victims of domestic and international terrorism and mass casualty violence.

In 2010, in addition to the Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance and compensation programs, OJP will support a variety of programs designed to reach populations that are historically underserved due to race, age, socio-economic status, disability, or sexual orientation and will ensure that more victims, regardless of language, location, or circumstance, receive the care they urgently need and deserve.

OVC is supporting action partnerships to assist national victim service organizations in building their capacity to serve crime victims, with a special emphasis on child victims and witnesses. Additionally, NIJ is administering a complementary funding opportunity seeking multidisciplinary research and evaluation proposals related to childhood exposure to family violence and the impact of domestic violence on custody decisions.

Another major concern is the prevalence of identity theft and the lack of services to assist victims of this crime. OVC administers discretionary funding to provide direct assistance to victims of identity theft and financial fraud, which is targeted to expanding existing services and strengthening law enforcement’s response to the increasing number of victims. OJP continues to address the needs of victims of domestic and international terrorism and mass violence. Programs supporting law enforcement and service providers combat the international victimization caused by human trafficking. Through BJS and NIJ, OJP relies on several research and statistical programs to inform policies and planning for specific victim service related programs.

Discretionary Programs

Program Name Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding TBD
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Brad Mitchell, (202) 514-9069, Bradley.Mitchell@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program supports the efforts of law enforcement and victim service providers throughout the country in addressing cases of human trafficking. This includes law enforcement efforts to investigate trafficking cases to identify and rescue victims, as well as the efforts of victim service providers to offer comprehensive support services to human trafficking victims.

Program Name Action Partnerships for Membership, Professional, and Community Service Organizations Responding to Children Exposed to and Victimized by Violence
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $1,500,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contacts Jasmine D’Addario-Fobian, (202) 305-3332, jasmine.d’addario-fobian@usdoj.gov; Bethany Case, (202) 307-3336, Bethany.Case@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program develops and/or improves the capacity of members of national membership, professional, and community service organizations to advance victims’ rights and improve victims’ services, with a focus on children exposed to or victimized by violence. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to create partnerships among OVC, the victim services field, and national scope membership, professional, and community service organizations to advance victims’ rights and services through training, public awareness, and educational efforts.

Program Name Enhancing Public Awareness and Outreach for Victims in Underserved Communities
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $1,000,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Millicent Crawford, (202) 353-8172, Millicent.Crawford@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program supports the planning and development of victimization-focused public awareness campaigns targeted at underserved and socially isolated populations, including, but not limited to, those historically underserved due to race, socio-economic status, disability, or sexual orientation. In FY 2010, the solicitation will seek proposals that focus on the issue of children exposed to or victimized by violence.

Program Name Helping Organizations and Programs Expand (HOPE III)
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $1,500,000 (four cooperative agreements in the amount of $250,000 each, and one cooperative agreement in the amount of $500,000)
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/grants/pdftxt/hopeiii.pdf
Program Contact Meg Morrow, (202) 305-2986, Meg.Morrow@usdoj.gov
Program Description
OVC will award multiple grants to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the current state of victim rights and services. Each of these grants will support literature reviews and needs assessments in a range of areas and will culminate in a series of forums. The analysis will address issues related to the philosophy and approach of the field, such as the questions of who is a victim, how victims should be served, what resources and gaps exist, and how to build capacity in the field. The analysis also will address substantive issues such as the continuing challenges of domestic violence and child abuse, the victimization of runaway and homeless youth, offenders who are victimized, the increase in financial crimes and identity theft, victims in Indian Country, and a continued lack of victims’ rights enforcement.

Another award will be made to one organization to analyze the findings under these grants and integrate them into a consensus document that provides comprehensive recommendations to OVC for the future of the victim services field. The consensus document also will outline a detailed blueprint for a national demonstration project focused on implementation of the recommendations.

Program Name Identity Theft Victim Assistance Networks
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $650,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Laura Ivkovich, (202) 616-3576, Laura.Ivkovich@usdoj.gov
Program Description
Through this program, OVC will unite the victim assistance field with new and existing victim service programs to better assist victims of identity theft. OVC will fund the establishment of the infrastructure for a better system of collaborative statewide and/or regional coalitions that will enable current victim advocates to better network, strengthen their collective victim assistance efforts, and foster better communication with one another to improve the disparate response to the needs and rights of victims of identity theft nationwide.

One competitive award, with up to two supplemental awards with demonstrated success each year, will be made to a national victim serving organization to develop a network of identity theft victim assistance programs capable of addressing the victims’ unmet needs. The award will be phased over 3 years—the first year will involve planning and outreach to current coalitions and victim programs about the impact of crime and the critical needs of this underserved population; the second year will involve competitive sub awards that will enable existing programs and coalitions to expand their reach of services to victims of identity theft and share promising practices and case management models nationwide; and the third year will fund evaluation and replication efforts to ensure victim assistance programs have a better chance of remaining a vital resource for victims of identity theft.

Program Name Developing and Enhancing Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Programs
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding Multiple awards, $12,000,000
OJP Sponsor BJA
Web Link http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/savin.html
Program Contact Michael Dever, (202) 616-9188, Michael.Dever@usdoj.gov
Program Description
SAVIN helps states obtain effective technology to manage critical information about offenders in near real time. Successful applicants will either develop a new statewide automated victim information and notification capacity or enhance an existing SAVIN program. By providing access to timely and accurate information about individuals in custody or under criminal justice supervision, SAVIN helps protect crime victims from further victimization and ensures that victims’ legal rights are being honored. SAVIN programs also improve criminal justice decisions by ensuring that victims are given the information they need to fully participate in the criminal justice process through automated change in status notifications.

Through SAVIN, victims can access critical information through a Web site and toll free number with support from a live operator 24 hours a day; register to be notified via telephone, e-mail, telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD), or a written letter each time the status of their offender or case changes; and access information about their offender’s arrest, initial incarceration, pretrial release, judicial process, final disposition, post-conviction incarceration, and community supervision.

Program Name Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD) for Automated Victim Information and Notification
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $450,000
OJP Sponsor BJA
Web Link www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA
Program Contact Michael Dever, (202) 616-9188, Michael.Dever@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program will support the sharing of Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) information nationwide through the development of information exchange standards and collaboration with national partners around best practice solutions with the goal of creating a national standard that states can use to share relevant offender information with victims and entities throughout the criminal justice system. The focus of this program is to develop a SAVIN IEPD based on the National Information Exchange Model to automate and improve the sharing of offender data across systems. One award will be made in an amount not to exceed $450,000 for a project period of up to 12 months. The competitive announcement will be made as a specific category within the FY 2010 SAVIN solicitation.

Program Name Services for American Victims of Domestic Violence Overseas
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $250,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Millicent Crawford, (202) 353-8172, Millicent.Crawford@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This demonstration program supports one organization that will provide a range of services to American victims of domestic violence overseas, including, but not limited to, crisis hotline support, safety planning, counseling referrals, relocation assistance, and legal assistance. The grantee will be expected to support replication of the program through the development of a series of bulletins highlighting the project, to be published by OVC. The grantee will be required to work in close coordination with agencies funded under the Services for American Victims of Crime Overseas program, a broader initiative to address the needs of all American victims of overseas crimes other than domestic violence.

Program Name Victim Assistance Professional Development Fellowship
Grantee TBD
FY 2010 Funding $650,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Meg Morrow, (202) 305-2986, Meg.Morrow@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This competitive program will award four fellowships to assist OVC in its efforts to advance crime victims’ rights and services. Fellows will undertake special projects to provide direct operational assistance to crime victim organizations and agencies; design and develop innovative initiatives; implement a training strategy; and assist with evaluation and capacity building efforts, among other activities. Fellowships specifically address victim assistance and compensation; tribal communities; underserved crime victims, including victims of identity theft and elder financial exploitation; and evidence-based training and technical assistance.

Program Name Intensive Case Management for Family Members of Homicide Victims
Grantees Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons, Inc.; New Hampshire Department of Justice; Medical University of South Carolina (Continuation)
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Mary Atlas-Terry, (202) 353-8473, Mary.Atlas-Terry@usdoj.gov
Program Description
In FY 2008 and FY 2009, OVC funded the first phase of a demonstration project to identify and replicate promising practices related to the provision of a comprehensive array of services to family members of homicide victims in rural areas. Three demonstration sites have been funded through this initiative—one in a high crime urban area and two in rural areas. In the first phase of these cooperative agreements, funding was used to enhance, evaluate, and institutionalize existing promising direct service interventions. The second phase of the project, to be funded in FY 2010, will include continued provision of direct services, evaluation and enhancement of existing models, and the development of technical assistance resources that will be useful to other agencies in similar communities. The third and final phase of this project, to be funded in FY 2011, will include the replication of promising practices in urban and rural settings.

Program Name Enforcing Crime Victims' Rights: Direct Representation through Legal Clinics
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $800,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Meg Morrow, (202) 305-2986, Meg.Morrow@usdoj.gov
Program Description
OVC will award one cooperative agreement to an organization or agency to support a comprehensive effort to ensure enforcement of victims' rights through direct, pro bono representation by legal clinics in criminal court. Funding will be used to provide legal counsel and support services for victims in criminal cases at the federal, state, and tribal levels. Additionally, funding will support financial and administrative oversight of the legal clinics, as well as training and intensive legal technical assistance provided to the clinics by the grantee.

Training and Technical Assistance

Program Name Development, Delivery, and Evaluation of Sexual Assault Forensic Training Programs
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding Up to $5,000,000
OJP Sponsor NIJ
Web Link www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij; http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000999.pdf
Program Contact Brigid O’Brien, (202) 305-1983, Brigid.O’Brien@usdoj.gov
Program Description
NIJ is seeking proposals for the development and delivery of sexual assault examination training programs related to the identification, collection, preservation, analysis, and use of DNA evidence with the goal of increasing the availability of educational opportunities provided at no direct cost to medical personnel, victim service providers, forensic science practitioners, and other professionals involved in treading victims of sexual assault.

NIJ is also seeking proposals for the delivery and evaluation of existing sexual assault examination training programs related to the identification, collection, preservation, analysis, and use of DNA evidence with the goal of determining how currently available training programs affect criminal justice case processing and victim participation in the criminal justice system.

Program Name Victim-Related Training and Education Videos
Grantee TBD
FY 2010 Funding TBD
OJP Sponsor TBD
Web Link N/A
Program Contact Meg Morrow, (202) 305-2986, Meg.Morrow@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program will support the development of one or more competitive solicitations to develop and produce videos on one or more of the following topics:

Child Abuse in Indian Country—This video will educate tribal law enforcement, judges, and prosecutors on the elements of applicable statutes and proofs required to charge a child abuse case federally. In addition, this training video will address safe planning, restitution, and victim impact statements.
Issues of Homicide Survivors—This video will raise awareness and provide practical strategies for victim service professionals and other allied professionals (including law enforcement) working with homicide survivors in specific situations that have not previously been explored in other educational materials developed for the field. Short segments will be dedicated to topics such as the impact of cold cases, murder/suicide, sibling survivors, intimate partner homicide, child witnesses, and other topics as determined by a consortium of experts.
Law Enforcement’s Response to Victims—This video will highlight an OVC-funded initiative of the International Association of Chiefs of Police to create systemic, cultural change in the field of law enforcement with respect to how law enforcement officers respond to victims of crime.

Program Name National Conference on Responding to Crime Victims With Disabilities
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $800,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contacts Jasmine D’Addario-Fobian, (202) 305-3332, jasmine.d’addario-fobian@usdoj.gov; Zoe Vilela Dos Santos, (202) 353-2138, Zoe.Vilela.Dossantos@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program furthers the department’s mission by providing state of the art, multidisciplinary training at a national conference that will enhance practitioner responses to crime victims with disabilities. It will also further strategic partnerships at the local, state, and national levels among the various disciplines that must respond to these victims to enhance victims’ access to the criminal justice system and needed services and support.

Program Name Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Training and Technical Assistance Program
Grantee National Criminal Justice Association (Continuation)
OJP Sponsor BJA
Web Link N/A
Program Contact Michael Dever, (202) 616-9188, Michael.Dever@usdoj.gov
Program Description
The primary goal of this program is to provide training and technical assistance to state grantees in the implementation, enhancement, and administration of their statewide victim notification systems. The training and technical assistance partner will develop and maintain the SAVIN program Web site and listserv capacity to enhance access to resources and to allow communication and networking among state system administrators. The partner also will develop, for BJA review, a proposal for nationwide victim notification capacity with a single online access point and a single toll free phone line; coordinate SAVIN advisory committee activities to inform the training and technical assistance plan; draft new resource materials available to SAVIN system administrators; and facilitate training and outreach to the field.

Program Name National Training Conference for State VOCA Assistance Administrators
Grantee National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (Continuation)
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.navaa.org
Program Contact Deserea Jackson, (202) 307-6187, Deserea.Jackson@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program trains state and territorial VOCA assistance administrators in oversight and management of VOCA victim assistance formula grants. The grantee will plan and administer training activities to bring VOCA assistance administrators and staff together at a training conference to explore ways to improve the delivery of a full range of services to victims of crime; remain up to date on the latest issues and trends in victims services; provide an opportunity for VOCA administrators to exchange information, views, and experiences; and provide training on effective program operations.

Program Name National Training Conference for State VOCA Compensation Administrators
Grantee National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards (Continuation)
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.nacvcb.org
Program Contact Deserea Jackson, (202) 307-6187, Deserea.Jackson@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This project brings compensation programs together for 4 days of training to explore ways to improve the delivery of financial assistance to victims of crime; remain up to date on the latest issues and trends in a wide variety of topical areas; and provide an opportunity for compensation directors, staff, and board members to exchange information, views, and experiences. The conference workshops will focus on the direct responsibilities of program managers, claims processing staff, financial specialists and grant managers, board members, and other decision makers.

Program Name 2011 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Community Awareness Project
Grantee National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (Continuation)
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.navaa.org
Program Contact Olivia Schramm, (202) 616-8803, Olivia.Schramm@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This continuation award allows the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) to implement NCVRW community awareness projects in coordination with NCVRW 2011. This program supports the public awareness and education activities on crime victims’ rights and services for up to 60 communities nationwide that will be competitively selected to support local observances during the 2011 NCVRW. NAVAA represents managers and staff of the 56 state level agencies designated to administer VOCA victim assistance formula grants in their respective jurisdictions. Many NAVAA members serve on the selection committees of this project and have been responsible for organizing and implementing NCVRW activities in their respective jurisdictions.

Program Name 2011 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide
Grantee National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) (Continuation)
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov/ncvrw
Program Contact Kim Kelberg, (202) 305-2903, Kimberly.Kelberg@usdoj.gov
Program Description
Since 1986, the NCVRW Resource Guide has assisted local victims, survivors, advocates, and communities in planning and preparing for their own annual commemoration of NCVRW. Through this cooperative agreement, OVC will continue its efforts to produce this valuable resource guide for the victims’ field to serve as the impetus for communities to generate greater awareness among crime victims, survivors, and allied professionals about victims’ rights and services. In FY 2010, OVC will provide supplemental funding to NCVC to develop the 2011 NCVRW Resource Guide, a customizable resource guide containing materials such as posters, model speeches, press releases, public service announcements, camera-ready artwork, and crime victimization statistical overviews for use by the victims’ field when planning local NCVRW events. The comprehensive kit will serve as a resource for the victims’ field to support efforts to heighten the public’s awareness of crime victim issues nationwide during NCVRW in April 2011 and throughout the year.

Program Name U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Public Awareness Campaign in Support of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Grantee Federal agency (Continuation)
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Charlotte Clarke, (202) 514-2545, Charlotte.Clarke@usdoj.gov
Program Description
Crime Victims Fund discretionary resources support OVC’s collaborative partnership with USPIS to target post office customers around the nation in April 2010 to help raise awareness of victims’ rights and available services. Posters highlighting National Crime Victims’ Rights Week will be displayed in more than 15,000 post offices serving more than 8 million customers per week. Additionally, counter displays containing take-away cards highlighting how to "Get Help or Help Out" and listing toll free numbers for national victim assistance organizations will be made available. The cards also will be mailed to customers using the Postal Service’s stamp delivery service.

Program Name State Victim Assistance Academy (SVAA) New
Grantee Competitive; eligible applicants include nonprofit agencies, state agencies, colleges, and universities.
FY 2010 Funding $105,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Richard Greenough, (202) 616-8715, Richard.greenough2@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program will support up to six states in phase one of the establishment of a state academy that will help raise the professionalism, knowledge, and skills of victim advocates and will enhance the nation’s capacity to assist crime victims and improve the provision of victim assistance services. SVAAs provide training aimed at skills development of victim assistance providers from community and systems based programs.

Research and Statistical Programs

Program Name Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Family Violence
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $1,500,000
OJP Sponsor NIJ
Web Link http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij; http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000928.pdf
Program Contacts Bernie Auchter, (202) 307-0154, Bernie.Auchter@usdoj.gov; Bethany Backes, (202) 305-4419, Bethany.Bakes@usdoj.gov
Program Description
NIJ is seeking multidisciplinary research and evaluation proposals related to childhood exposure to family violence and the impact of domestic violence on child custody decisions (and how these child custody issues in the context of a family with a history of domestic violence, in turn, may impact the safety of families and children). In particular, NIJ seeks applications that address interventions; justice system responses; and child development, coping, and resilience. Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) encompasses a broad area that includes both children as victims of various forms of violence and as bystanders or observers of various forms of violence in the home, school, or the community. However, this solicitation is limited to violence that occurs in the home and excludes violence within the school, community, or popular culture, such as television, movies, music, and video games.

Program Name Research and Evaluation on Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $2,500,000
OJP Sponsor NIJ
Web Link www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/rape-sexual-violence/welcome.htm; www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/stalking/welcome.htm; http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000929.pdf
Program Contact Karen Bachar, (202) 514-4403, Karen.Bachar@usdoj.gov
Program Description
NIJ will fund research projects to increase women’s safety and improve the justice system and related responses to sexual violence, stalking, and teen dating violence. Desired research topics include the criminal justice system’s response to sexual violence and stalking; the extent of the problem of teen dating violence and characteristics of abusive teen relationships; and the evaluation of teen dating violence programs, policies, and legislation. Applications addressing other areas of research on violence against women, such as intimate partner violence, will be accepted.

Program Name Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $1,000,000
OJP Sponsor NIJ
Web Link www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/elder-abuse/welcome.htm; http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000893.pdf
Program Contacts Carrie Mulford, (202) 307-2959, Carrie.Mulford@usdoj.gov; Bernie Auchter, (202) 307-0154, Bernie.Auchter@usdoj.gov
Program Description
NIJ will issue a solicitation for research and evaluation in the areas of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals over the age of 60, including individuals who reside either in the community or in residential care facilities. The term "abuse" includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, abandonment and isolation, neglect, and financial or fiduciary abuse. The term "residential care facility" includes nursing homes; assisted living facilities; adult family care homes; adult care facilities for people with developmental, cognitive, or physical disabilities; and other residential facilities that provide services to older persons who have disabilities, or have long-term chronic care needs.

Program Name Methodological Research To Support the Redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $15,000,000
OJP Sponsor BJS
Web Link bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov
Program Contact Michael Rand, (202) 616-3494, Michael.Rand@usdoj.gov
Program Description
The purpose of these research projects is to redesign the NCVS to improve its methodology; introduce economies toward ensuring its sustainability; and better meet the challenges of measuring the extent, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization as it exists today or may evolve in the future.

Program Name Evaluation of OVC’s Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking Program
Grantee Intra-agency agreement with NIJ
FY 2010 Funding $250,000
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov
Program Contact Brad Mitchell, (202) 514-9069, Bradley.Mitchell@usdoj.gov
Program Description
OVC, through an intra agency agreement with NIJ, supports a participatory process evaluation of three demonstration sites funded under OVC’s FY 2009 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking Program. The demonstration sites deliver a comprehensive array of services to victims of sex and labor trafficking who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and younger than age 18. The purpose of the evaluation is to support victim service providers and law enforcement in making informed decisions about service delivery to minor victims of human trafficking.

Program Name Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $1,000,000
OJP Sponsor NIJ
Web Link www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/human-trafficking/welcome.htm; http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000887.pdf
Program Contact Karen Bachar, (202) 514-4403, Karen.Bachar@usdoj.gov
Program Description
NIJ is seeking funding applications for research and evaluation projects to address the knowledge gaps related to trafficking in persons in the United States. NIJ is particularly interested in evaluations of programs that operate demand reduction interventions for sex trafficking and commercial sex acts. NIJ is also interested in research that describes and estimates the unlawful commercial sex economy in the country. All applications should be for research with direct, immediate, and obvious implications for policy and practice in the United States.

Program Name Evaluation of the Attorney General's Children Exposed to Violence Demonstration Program: Phase I
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $500,000
OJP Sponsor NIJ
Web Link http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij; http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000942.pdf
Program Contact Bernie Auchter, (202) 307-0154, Bernie.Auchter@usdoj.gov
Program Description
NIJ is seeking proposals for the first phase of an evaluation of the demonstration component of the Attorney General's Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) Initiative. The Phase I evaluation involves an effort to accomplish initial developmental and evaluation activities over an 18-month period. Activities include assessing relevant data for program evaluation in eight program sites; coordinating with the CEV technical assistance provider on data collection and management issues and the inclusion of an evaluation component, to be presented and discussed at multi-site meeting(s); and the development of a comprehensive strategy for evaluating the impact of the CEV demonstration program in four sites in a Phase II.

Program Name Assessment of Administrative Data on Elder Abuse, Mistreatment, and Neglect
Grantee Competitive
FY 2010 Funding $200,000
OJP Sponsor BJS
Web Link bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov
Point of Contact Howard Snyder, (202) 616-8305, Howard.Snyder@usdoj.gov
Program Description
This program seeks proposals to examine the problem of elder abuse, mistreatment and neglect through the collection of data on cases of suspected elder abuse referred to Adult Protective Services (APS) agencies and cases reported to local law enforcement. The goals of this program are two-fold: 1) to examine the characteristics of cases of suspected elder abuse referred to APS and/or reported to police in order to understand routes of reporting of elder abuse, as well as whether certain case characteristics impact case outcomes; and 2) to ascertain the feasibility of an ongoing and expanded collection of administrative data on cases of suspected elder abuse, mistreatment, and neglect.