Office for Victims of Crime

What Office for Victims of Crime does

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headquartered at 999 N. Capitol St., NE, Washington, DC. OVC was established in 1988 and serves as the sole federal entity statutorily charged by Congress with administering the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) and supporting victim compensation and assistance programs nationwide. The CVF is capitalized by federal criminal fines, forfeited bail bonds, penalties, and special assessments from convicted federal offenders — not by tax dollars — and held a balance of over $3.6 billion as of May 2026.

OVC's primary products are formula and discretionary grant programs: VOCA Victim Assistance and VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grants flow to every U.S. state and territory via state VOCA Administrators; the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) directs non-competitive funding to federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes; and discretionary NOFOs fund training, technical assistance, and demonstration projects for national-scope victim-service issues. Direct-service programs complement the grantmaking portfolio and include the National Elder Fraud Hotline (1-833-FRAUD-11) for victims aged 60+, the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) with its VT-ORG assessment and 500+ resource compendium for victim-service and first-responder professionals, the MassViolence.Help Virtual Resiliency Center (operated with the Medical University of South Carolina's National Mass Violence Center), and a Spanish-language resources library. Underlying infrastructure relies on DOJ's JustGrants grants-management system, SAM.gov entity registration, and Grants.gov for application intake — no commercial software product is offered. Grant funding is the sole 'revenue' analog: OVC disbursed more than $1.1 billion in FY 2024 and reports a Fund balance over $3.6 billion as of May 2026.

OVC's go-to-market is event-driven and government-mediated. Formula grants are non-competitive and allocated to all 50 states, territories, and eligible tribes; discretionary grants are announced through Notices of Funding Opportunities on ovc.ojp.gov and via the News From OVC email subscription, with pre-application webinars conducted for applicants. Outreach is layered across the OVC website, social channels (Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit), National Crime Victims' Rights Week activities, and JustGrants workflows. Customer segments span U.S. states and territories, tribal communities, state and local government units, educational institutions, nonprofits, and individual victims — particularly elder fraud victims aged 60+.

Name

Office for Victims of Crime

Legal name

Office for Victims of Crime

Website

https://ovc.ojp.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Office for Victims of Crime is a U.S. Department of Justice federal agency that administers the Crime Victims Fund — over $3.6 billion as of May 2026 — and disburses VOCA, TVSSA, and discretionary grants supporting crime victim compensation, assistance, and training programs across all 50 states, territories, and tribal communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Victim Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Victim Services & Witness Assistance (Justice System) (BPAIAFAJ)

Keywords

• Victim assistance services
• Crime victims funding
• Federal grant programs
• Victim compensation programs
• Tribal victim services

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Grants disbursement (Crime Victims Fund awards), Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Crime Victims Fund Grant Disbursements: OVC does not generate revenue. The agency administers the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), which is financed by criminal fines, forfeited bail bonds, penalties, and special assessments collected from convicted federal offenders—not from tax dollars. OVC uses these funds to make formula and discretionary grant awards to support victim compensation and assistance programs nationwide.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OVC is a federal agency that administers the Crime Victims Fund (over $3.6 billion balance as of May 2026) and distributes formula and discretionary grants to all U.S. states, territories, tribal communities, and nonprofit organizations to support victim compensation and victim assistance programs. In addition to grant-making, OVC operates direct services including the National Elder Fraud Hotline (833-FRAUD-11), the MassViolence.Help Virtual Resiliency Center, and publishes training toolkits such as the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit for victim service professionals.

Product overview

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is a federal government office within the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs that administers the Crime Victims Fund and provides grant programs supporting crime victims nationwide. OVC operates a platform offering multiple programs and resources including: the Crime Victims Fund (over $3.6 billion balance as of May 2026) supporting victim compensation and assistance; VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Formula Grants to all U.S. states and territories; the National Elder Fraud Hotline (833-FRAUD-11) for reporting fraud against people 60 and older; the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) with VT-ORG assessment for professionals; MassViolence.Help Virtual Resiliency Center for mass violence victims; the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) program for Native communities; and Spanish language resources. The platform primarily serves government grantees, victim service providers, law enforcement, and crime victims through formula and discretionary grant programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crime Victims Fund The Crime Victims Fund is financed by fines and penalties from convictions in federal cases (not tax dollars) and supports victim compensation and assistance programs throughout the United States. As of May 2026, the Fund balance is over $3.6 billion.
• VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Medical University of South Carolina (National Mass Violence Center)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 September 2024OVC funds the National Mass Violence Center (NMCV), based at the Medical University of South Carolina, to operate the MassViolence.Help online platform and coordinate rapid response resources for communities affected by mass violence incidents. The NMCV creates customized community resiliency pages and provides evidence-based resources for victims, survivors, and communities. OVC provides funding while MUSC provides the institutional base and operational capabilities for the center.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and is one of the largest anti-sexual-violence organizations in the U.S. It is an indirect downstream partner/peer to OVC, as OVC discretionary grants support many victim-service providers in RAINN's affiliated network.
• National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC): NCVC is a nonprofit advocacy and resource organization for crime victims that runs VictimConnect, a national hotline. It serves as a downstream partner and complementary operator to OVC's National Elder Fraud Hotline and MassViolence.Help resources.
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 direct services to domestic violence victims, an adjacent direct-service model to OVC's Elder Fraud Hotline. OVC discretionary and VOCA funds frequently support the service providers connected to this hotline.

Direct peers

• Office on Violence Against Women (OVW): OVW is a DOJ Office of Justice Programs component that administers grant funding and develops programs to support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. It is OVC's closest statutory peer within DOJ, with overlapping grantee networks and victim-services mission.
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ): NIJ is the research and evaluation arm of DOJ/OJP and a sister office to OVC. While its focus is research rather than direct service, it shares OVC's grantmaking infrastructure and convenes similar criminal-justice stakeholder networks.
• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA): BJA is a DOJ/OJP bureau that awards formula and discretionary grants to state, local, and tribal governments for criminal justice programs. It is a direct peer to OVC in federal grantmaking scale, structure, and beneficiary base, though its funding priorities skew toward law enforcement rather than victim services.
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): OJJDP is a sister DOJ/OJP office that provides grant funding, training, and resources to support juvenile justice and youth victimization programs. It mirrors OVC's grantmaking model and shares the same OJP administrative infrastructure (JustGrants, OJP Response Center).

Broad incumbents

• HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF): ACF administers federal grant programs supporting children, families, and vulnerable populations, including victim services for child abuse and domestic violence. It is a broad incumbent operating at similar scale to OVC across overlapping populations.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): FEMA administers federal disaster-related grant and assistance programs, including crisis counseling and victim recovery support. While its mission centers on natural disasters, its model of federally funded assistance distributed through state/tribal administrators parallels OVC's grantmaking approach.
• Office for Civil Rights (OJP): The Office for Civil Rights within OJP investigates discrimination complaints related to OJP-funded agencies, including OVC grantees. It is a sibling office that intersects with OVC's grantee oversight and compliance function.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ojpovc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/OJPOCOM
• Facebookfacebook.com/DOJOJP
• Pinterestpinterest.com/pin/create/button?url=https%3A%2F%2Fovc.ojp.gov%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fovc.ojp.gov%2Fsites%2Fg%2Ffiles%2Fxyckuh226%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2025-06%2Flogo-color-1200x628.jpg&description=Home
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/office-of-justice-programs-ojp-

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M&A

Investments2 records

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