Crime Victims Reparation Commission
FY2009 Recovery Act Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
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NM Crime Victims Reparation Commission
FY2009 Recovery Act
Office for Victims of Crime Victims of Crime Act
Victim Assistance Formula Grant Program funding:
Request for Proposal Guidelines
The FY2009 Recovery Act – VOCA Victim Assistance funding available for this RFP is $220,000. The maximum amount award per project is $50,000. This award will begin August 1, 2009 and end June 30, 2011.
The application packet follows and includes identified sections to be completed. All necessary forms are included in the sections and must be used.
There will be a FY2009 Recovery Act –VOCA Victim Assistance funding grant writing workshop offered Thursday, May 21, 2009 from 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm at the CVRC conference room located at 8100 Mountain Rd NE, Albuquerque.
Directions: 1-40 to Wyoming. South on Wyoming to Lomas. West on Lomas to Pennsylvania. North on Pennsylvania to Mountain Rd. East on Mountain. 8100 Mountain is a two story white brick building in the second block, north side of the street. Park on the west side. After entering the building, the conference room door is the second door on the right (south side). Please be sure to sign in.
The workshop will review the parameters of the FY2009 Recovery Act VOCA funding and what is required to submit a quality application. Questions regarding the application will be answered at this time. Please review the entire RFP before attending a workshop and have any questions written down so they may be addressed.
Completed marked original applications and five (5) copies are due in the CVRC office on Monday, June 8, 2009 by 4:00 pm. Applications submitted after this date and time will not be eligible for consideration regardless of postmark date. If mailing it, please send the application certified mail with a return receipt requested to verify delivery.
Please review the FY2009 Recovery Act VOCA RFA schedule for the RFA process and the application instructions to ensure the required information is submitted in the requested order. Please respect the page limit, font size, margins and information requested in each application.
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Robin Brassie Suzanne Lopez
VOCA Grant Administrator Grants Accountant and Auditor
Robin.brassie@state.nm.us Suzanne.Gallegos@state.nm.us
(505) 222-6441 (505) 222-6439
Overview of the Victims of Crime Act
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). This act established a separate account within the United States Treasury known as the Crime Victims Fund. The money which makes up this fund comes entirely from fines, penalty assessments, forfeited appearance bonds, all collected by the Federal Government.
The Fund provides for VOCA Compensation and Victim Assistance grants to all states and territories.
Forty-nine percent of the money deposited into the Fund is used to make annual grants to eligible state crime victim compensation programs. The amount of VOCA Compensation funds a state receives is based on 60 percent of the amount awarded by that state to victims of crime in the previous federal fiscal year. Compensation grants can only be used to pay reparation to victims of crime as allowed by a state's statutes.
With increases in the amount of applications received by the Crime Victims Reparation Commission and increases in the amount of funds paid out to victims in New Mexico each year, the federal compensation moneys are providing much needed and appreciated assistance.
The Fund also provides annual victim assistance grants. Each state receives a base amount of $500,000.00. Any remaining money is distributed among the states with the amounts dependent on a state's population.
The New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission is responsible for administering the assistance grants. This money is sub granted to organizations throughout the State of New Mexico to enhance, expand, and develop new programs to serve victims of crime. These services include counseling, providing shelter, assistance in filing compensation applications, crisis intervention services, assistance in court proceedings, assistance in filing elderly abuse petitions or restraint orders, etc.