Helping Outreach Programs to Expand (HOPE) II solicitation

Qualified faith-based and other organizations may apply for subgrants for the Helping Outreach Programs to Expand (HOPE) II.  A cooperative agreement between the Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) and Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc. (MCVRC) will support these subgrants to implement a grant program designed to support, expand and improve small faith-based and/or community organizations victim services delivery in high crime, urban areas.  Each project may receive up to $50,000.

Eligibility: Faith- and community-based, nonprofit and for-profit agencies, including organizations that have received prior HOPE I or HOPE II funding, are eligible to apply.  Deadline: July 9, 2007.  Applicants should register with Grants.Gov as early as possible to prevent delays in submitting their applications by the deadline.  View solicitation.  Questions?  If you have questions not addressed by the Frequently Asked Questions page, contact Joshua Cohen, Project Director, via e-mail at hope2@mdcrimevictims.org.

OVC Web Forum: Collaborating for Effective Faith-Based Initiatives

On June 27, 2007, at 2 p.m. ET, join an OVC Web Forum Guest Host session with Rev. Theresa Mercer and Elaine Witman to discuss best practices for collaborating on faith-based initiatives. Rev. Mercer and Ms. Witman codirected the Baltimore chapter of the OVC-funded Spirituality and Victim Services Initiative.  No registration is required.  For more information, visit the OVC Message Board (information about the Web Forum in upper right-hand corner under “Guest Host”).  For instructions on participating, click on the link, “How To Participate”.  If you have questions, e-mail OVCproviderforum@ncjrs.gov.

To see a list of open grant and contract solicitations, please visit www.grants.gov (grants), www.fedbizopps.gov (contracts), or click here for a list of funding opportunities through the U.S. Department of Justice.

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