National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators

What National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators does

The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization founded in 2001 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with a staff of 1-10. Its mission is to ensure accessible quality services for crime victims nationwide by strengthening communication, training, and technical assistance among state-level VOCA Assistance Administrators — the government officials who manage Victims of Crime Act grants within their jurisdictions.

NAVAA's core offering is a suite of programs built on a website-based member portal and virtual event platform rather than commercial software. The product set includes the VOCA National Resource Portal (policy and legislative updates), a State Administrator Directory covering all U.S. states and territories, member-only resources and discussion forums, training and technical assistance (VOCA National Joint Training Conferences, Community of Practice sessions, webinars), and two grant-administration programs: the long-running NCVRW Community Awareness Projects (up to $5,000 per award, operated in cooperation with the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime) and the newer Heal The Healers micro-grant fund. COPPA compliance and a structured privacy policy indicate basic governance maturity, but no proprietary technology, AI/ML, or external API surface is in evidence.

The business model is a membership-based nonprofit. No membership fees, pricing tiers, or earned-revenue streams are publicly disclosed, and no revenue figure is available. Operating funding traces to original DOJ Grant 98-VF-GX-K006 and ongoing cooperative-agreement support from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, supplemented by membership dues and pass-through grant administration. The go-to-motion is non-commercial: website content, email newsletters, virtual events, and federal policy advocacy — with the customer base essentially limited to state VOCA Assistance Administrators and a secondary audience of victim service organizations and tribal entities.

Name

National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators

Legal name

National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators

Website

https://navaa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NAVAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership association that provides education, training, technical assistance, and policy advocacy for state VOCA Assistance Administrators who administer Victims of Crime Act funding across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Victim Services Advocacy

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Official Development Assistance (ODA) Program Management (BPADAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Donor Coordination, Monitoring & Evaluation (MEL) Programs (BPADABAN)

Keywords

• Victim assistance services
• Crime victim advocacy
• VOCA administration training
• Nonprofit membership association
• Victim services funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NAVAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership association that provides education, training, technical assistance, and advocacy support specifically for state VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) Assistance Administrators. It also administers the National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Community Awareness Projects funding program in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), awarding grants of up to $5,000 to victim service organizations.

Product overview

NAVAA (National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators) is a 501(c)(3) membership organization that serves as the primary national resource for VOCA Assistance Administrators. Rather than a commercial software product, NAVAA provides a suite of programs and services including the VOCA National Resource Portal, Community Awareness Projects (CAP) funding program, member-exclusive resources and discussion forums, training and technical assistance through conferences and webinars, and a State Administrator Directory. The organization operates in close cooperation with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen victim services nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VOCA National Resource Portal
• NCVRW Community Awareness Projects (CAP) Funding Program
• Member Resources and Discussion Forum
• Training and Technical Assistance
• State Administrator Directory

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAVAA operates the NCVRW Community Awareness Projects funding program in cooperation with OVC, part of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs. This partnership enables distribution of up to $5,000 awards to organizations promoting community awareness of crime victims' rights and services during National Crime Victims' Rights Week.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): The largest anti-sexual-violence organization in the U.S., operating victim-support hotlines and federal advocacy. It is comparable as a federally connected national victim-services nonprofit with a training, resource, and policy advocacy function, though with a narrower victim-population focus than NAVAA's cross-crime administrator constituency.
• National Network to End Domestic Violence: A national membership and advocacy organization for state domestic violence coalitions. It parallels NAVAA's model of convening state-level victim-services administrators, providing training, and engaging in federal policy advocacy on funding.
• National Children's Alliance: A national nonprofit network of Children's Advocacy Centers that supports state-level coordination, training, and accreditation of child victim services. It is comparable to NAVAA as a federally connected national convener for a specialized victim-services constituency.

Broad incumbents

• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): The federal office within the U.S. DOJ Office of Justice Programs that leads the nation's victim-services policy and funding. OVC is NAVAA's primary federal partner and the originator of NAVAA's original grant; it is the broader incumbent whose priorities shape NAVAA's operating environment.
• National Criminal Justice Association: A national membership organization representing state, tribal, and local criminal justice policymakers and practitioners. It shares NAVAA's federally engaged model of convening state administrators, providing training, and administering federal grant-related programs.
• American Probation and Parole Association: A national professional association for probation, parole, and community corrections professionals with a comparable state-administrator membership model, training, and federal partnership structure — applicable as a structural analog for a state-administrator-focused association.

Direct peers

• National Center for Victims of Crime: A national nonprofit advocating for victims' rights and providing direct services and resources. It overlaps directly with NAVAA in serving victim-services professionals and operates a parallel advocacy and resource-distribution function within the same federally connected ecosystem.
• National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards: A national membership association for state crime victim compensation programs, structurally analogous to NAVAA as a peer-convener of state-level administrators. It serves a related state-administrator constituency and operates a similar federally-engaged training and technical assistance model.
• National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA): A national 501(c)(3) membership organization that provides training, certification, and advocacy for victim service providers. NOVA is referenced in NAVAA's own events calendar (NOVA's 52nd Annual Training Event), and both organizations serve the victim-services professional community with overlapping training and conference programs.

Others

• Justice Research Association: A national nonprofit providing research, training, and technical assistance to state and local justice agencies. It is comparable as a federally engaged, state-administrator-serving training and capacity-building organization, though focused on broader criminal-justice data rather than victim services specifically.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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