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OVC FY2027 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance – Highland Park, Illinois

Office for Victims of Crime·Government

This grant provides supplemental support for victims of mass violence and terrorism through the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program. It can fund crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation/assistance for an invited entity in Highland Park, Illinois. The intended outcome is improved access to services, assistance, and compensation for victims after a sufficiently large-scale incident.

Go / No-Go Memo

This opportunity is not a good use of proposal effort under the current signals.

No-go

This is a victim assistance grant tied to a specific U.S. incident response context, so it has limited practical relevance for IFRC or National Societies. Eligibility is restricted to invited entities and the source does not indicate a realistic role for international Movement participation.

Strategic fit

risk

Government is the strongest profile match at 45/100; relevance is 25/100.

Eligibility risk

moderate

Eligible applicant types include Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).

Deadline feasibility

moderate

The call closes in 1 days, so proposal capacity is the main constraint.

Funding attractiveness

moderate

The tracked ceiling is $3.2M across 1 award.

Partnership need

moderate

This may be stronger with a Government lead or co-applicant based on fit scores.

Recommended next action

Ignore

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY 2026 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance. This opportunity supports victims of mass violence and terrorism through the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP). Funding for this program comes from the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve (the Emergency Reserve).

Along with non-grant training and consultation services, there are four types of grants that may be combined into one application or awarded separately to entities OVC invites to apply for funding: crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, and crime victim compensation. The overall goal of AEAP is to provide supplemental support to criminal mass violence and terrorism victims. The 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.

AEAP grants are a mechanism by which the Director of OVC may award supplemental crime victim compensation and assistance to eligible entities responding to acts of mass criminal violence or domestic terrorism. The event must be sufficiently large that the jurisdiction cannot provide needed services to victims of the incident with existing resources, while also supporting victims of other crimes, in a timely and comprehensive manner. OVC generally uses AEAP funds only in response to incidents that are sufficiently large in scope for the locale, and typically only where there was an unpredictable, indiscriminate, or broad targeting of victims, or otherwise unique aspect to the crime.

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