Coming Soon: New Grants and Payment Management Systems
In October 2020, the Department of Justice grant making components―the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)―will transition to one grants management system for all three grant components and a new payment management system. More Details
National Campus Safety Awareness Month
Learn more about crime and safety on campus by reviewing resources from the Office of Justice Programs and other federal sources. View Special Feature
National Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month. Access these resources from the Office of Justice Programs and other federal sources:
- Special Feature: Safety and Preparedness Overview
- Safety and Preparedness: Communities
- Safety and Preparedness: Responders
- Resources from OVC TTAC
Task Force Tribal Consultations
The Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, also known as Operation Lady Justice, announces an upcoming series of Tribal consultations to be held in August and September. View Schedule
Now Available: Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Results from 2019 National Crime Victimization Survey
After rising from 1.1 million in 2015 to 1.4 million in 2018, the number of persons who were victims of violent crime excluding simple assault dropped to 1.2 million in 2019, the according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Access Report and Data Tables
Publications
- In Focus: Supporting Youth and Families Impacted by Opioid Abuse
- Fiscal Year 2019 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
- 2019 Annual Report to Congress: Victims of Child Abuse Reauthorization Act
- In Focus: Emergency Planning for Juvenile Residential Facilities
- Criminal Victimization, 2019
- Increasing Access to Healing Services and Just Outcomes for Older African American Crime Survivors: A Toolkit for Enhancing Critical Knowledge and Informing Action Within the Crime Victim Assistance Field
Online Resources
- Office for Victims of Crime Awards Nearly $3 Million to Support Victims of 2019 Colorado School Shooting
- Supporting Youth and Families Impacted by Opioid Abuse
- Emergency Planning for Juvenile Residential Facilities
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API
- NCVS Victimization Analysis Tool (NVAT)