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Important Updates
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Quarterly Reports Due Wednesday January 15th: CVS grantees' Quarter 8 (Quarter 4 for VAWA Special Funding) and State VALE grantees' Quarter 2 Financial Report & Payment Request for expenses incurred from October-December 2024 are due Wednesday January 15th, 2025. Additionally, the CVS2 Narrative Report, PMT Report (VOCA grantees only), and ARPA/General Fund Data Report (JotForm) are also due Wednesday January 15th, 2025.
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Prorating Reminder: The data reported in your quarterly reports should only include services/activities supported by CVS funding, not all services/activities provided by your agency. Prorating is not only a requirement, it is also important for demonstrating the impacts of funding cuts.
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Reminder about End of Year Grant Expenses: Current CVS Grants (VOCA, VAWA, SASP, ARPA and General Funds) end 12.31.2024. Grant awards for Calendar Year 2025 will begin 1.1.2025 and are NOT a continuation of current awards, but new separate awards. This means only grant-funded expenses incurred through 12.31.2024 should be requested in your agency's Quarter 8 (Oct-December 2024) reimbursement request. Please pay special attention to payroll periods that overlap between calendar years, as these will need to be prorated to ensure you are not including payroll expenses (i.e. hours worked, etc.) from January 2025.
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CY 2026 CVS Funding Opportunity
Save the Date!
The CY 2026 Crime Victim Services (CVS) Grant Program Funding Opportunity will open on January 21, 2025. The Application, Announcement, and additional resources will be made available on our Open Funding Opportunities webpage. Applications will be due by March 17, 2025.
Register for an Application Training
The Application Training Preferences Survey, distributed in the October newsletter, indicated an overwhelming majority of potential applicants prefer virtual training. Based on these responses, OVP is offering the following application trainings (content will be the same in person and virtually). The virtual trainings will be recorded and made available on our Open Funding Opportunities webpage.
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Community-Based Agency Applicants (Virtual): 1-3pm on January 28th, 2025
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System-Based Agency Applicants (Virtual): 1-3pm on February 11, 2025
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Community-Based Agency Applicants (In Person): 12-2pm on February 13, 2025
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System-Based Agency Applicants (In Person): OVP will also be providing application trainings at the meetings shown below. There is no separate registration for these trainings. For more information on attending these specific trainings, please email cvsgrants@state.co.us.
- LE Coordinators Meeting 10:30am-12:30pm on January 23, 2025
- Victim Witness Directors Meeting 10am-12pm on February 14, 2025
CDPS is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. As part of this commitment, CDPS will ensure reasonable accommodations are provided for people with disabilities to enable people of all abilities to engage fully in our trainings, meetings and events. To request accommodations, please include them on the training registration form or email cvsgrants@state.co.us. Please also let us know if you need any of the materials in an alternative format. Depending on the accommodation, we may need up to two weeks to arrange it for you.
Funding for Firearm Relinquishment Programs
According to Colorado Ceasefire, 76% of domestic violence fatalities in 2023 were by firearms. Firearms Relinquishment Programs are eligible for funding under STOP VAWA via the upcoming CVS 26 Funding Opportunity, which will be released on January 21, 2025.
Free Masks and Hand Sanitizer!
The Office for Victims Programs has bottles of hand sanitizer and boxes of N95 masks available for pick-up at our office in Lakewood (700 Kipling St. Lakewood, CO 80215). To request these supplies and coordinate a pick-up time, fill out this brief supply request form. For questions, email cdps.ovpconnect@state.co.us.
Join the CVS Advisory Board
The Crime Victim Services (CVS) Advisory Board is a 28-member board appointed by the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety. The Board acts in an advisory capacity to the Department and the Division of Criminal Justice in making grant funding recommendations regarding State VALE, SASP, VAWA, and VOCA crime victim assistance projects.
The CVS Advisory Board is seeking applications for the following representatives:
- Tribal Representative from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
- Tribal Representative from the Southern Ute Tribe
- Local VALE Board Member Representative
- Sheriff or Sheriff's Representative
- Statewide Expert in Victim Issues & Services Representative
- Elected District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney, or a Chief Deputy District Attorney Representative
Learn more about the Board and submit an application on our Crime Victim Services Advisory Board webpage.
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