U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
Crime Victim Assistance
Key facts
- Open now
- None right now
- Closed for this year
- 1 grant, next round estimated
- Type of help
- Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)
- Typical award
- Base of $500,000 to each State, Commonwealth, and the District of Columbia. Territories of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa receive a base of $200,000. Remaining dollars will be divided based on population.
How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.
Closed for this year
This year's round is over. GrantMe estimated the next round from last year's dates.
- OVC FY 2026 Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula Grant · Next round: about May 29 – Jul 8, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
How applications are judged
In each year's official notice: OVC FY 2026 Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula Grant
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
9 awards to Tennessee groups since 2022 · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $22.1M spent that year | 2025 |
| The Hope Center, Inc. | Athens | $556K spent that year | 2023 |
| Avalon Center, Inc. | Crossville | $383K spent that year | 2023 |
| City of Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $213K spent that year | 2025 |
| Jmc Gen Hosp Dist Dba West Tennessee Healthcare and Related Affiliates | Jackson, Madison County | $198K spent that year | 2024 |
| Upper Cumberland Development District | Cookeville, Putnam County | $66K spent that year | 2024 |
| South Central Tennessee Development District | Mt Pleasant, Maury County | $56K spent that year | 2024 |
| Grainger County, Tennessee | Rutledge, Grainger County | $53K spent that year | 2025 |
| Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence | Nashville | $53K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration and Tennessee Department of Human Services and Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services pass it on: watch those agencies for applications, not the federal agency. 126 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department of Human Services | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $5.3M | 2023 |
| Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $2.2M | 2023 |
| Sexual Assault Center | Nashville, Davidson County | State of TN, Office of Criminal Justice Programs | $2.2M spent that year | 2023 |
| Shelby County, TN | Memphis | TN Office of Vilence Against Woment | $1.7M spent that year | 2023 |
| Sexual Assault Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $1.7M | 2026 |
| Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse | Jackson, Madison County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $1.7M | 2023 |
| Partnership for Families Children and Adults Inc. | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | State of TN | $1.5M spent that year | 2023 |
| Sexual Assault Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $1.4M spent that year | 2025 |
| Sexual Assault Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $1.4M | 2025 |
| Helen Ross Mcnabb Center, Inc | Knoxville, Knox County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $1.3M spent that year | 2025 |
| Tennessee Department of Human Services | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $1.2M | 2023 |
| Tennessee Department of Human Services | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $1.2M | 2026 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).