Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, a program can apply directly to the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) for funding. A certain percentage of discretionary monies in the Crime Victims Fund are used to support national scope training and technical assistance projects to improve services to victims of crime. See the Discretionary Grant Applications section of the OVC site to learn about available resources.

Information about the Crime Victims Fund is available in the Crime Victims Fund Fact Sheet from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). For additional information, visit the Victim Compensation section of OVC's website.

To learn more about mortgage fraud, see the Fraud Awareness Special Feature and the Don't Be A Victim of Loan Fraud publication from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Additionally, data on the prevalence of mortgage fraud can be located on the Mortgage Fraud section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website.

Information about establishing community courts is available in Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) publication, What is a Community Court? How the Model is Being Adapted Across the United States. For more information on community courts, visit the Center for Court Innovation website.

To date, Crime Victims Fund (Fund) dollars have always come from individuals convicted of federal crimes, not from taxpayers. Information on the Fund is available from the Crime Victims Fund Fact Sheet from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). For additional information, visit the Victim Compensation section of the OVC website.

Information about drug-facilitated rape and sexual assault can be found in the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) grant reports, Drug-facilitated, Incapacitated, and Forcible Rape: A National Study and Estimate of the Incidence of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault in the U.S. For additional information on this topic, please visit the Date Rape Drugs section of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website.

Contact information for the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is available on the Contact Us section of the BJA website.

If you have a complaint regarding conditions within a federal correctional facility, please contact the facility directly with your concerns. You can conduct a search for the facility's contact information on the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Our Locations site.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) sponsored publication, Offender Race and Case Outcomes: Do Crime Seriousness and Strength of Evidence Matter? Final Activities Report, examines the effect of race on a series of case processing decisions and compares case outcomes for offenders charged with a variety of felonies.

For information on crime victims with disabilities, visit the Victims with Disabilities section of the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) website.