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Hello everyone,
Please see the update below for OVW awards with DOJ.
Thanks,
Justin
Justin Marmolejo
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Notice for OVC VOCA Victim Assistance and OVW Grantees Regarding
Unallowable Costs Under the Award (re: legal services to certain aliens)
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Notice for OVC VOCA Victim Assistance and OVW Grantees Regarding Unallowable Costs Under
the Award (re: legal services to certain aliens)
Date: November 19, 2025
Subject: Notice for OVC VOCA Victim Assistance and OVW Grantees Regarding Unallowable
Costs Under the Award (re: legal services to certain aliens)
By its express terms, the Legal Services for Aliens provision of the DOJ Grants Financial
Guide<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.ojp.gov%2Ffu...
(which generally disallows the costs of providing legal services to any removable alien
(see 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(2)) or to any alien otherwise unlawfully present in the United
States from being charged against DOJ grant awards) does not apply where "such
disallowance would contravene any express requirement of any law ... applicable to the
award." Regulations currently in effect (which thus have the force of law) and
applicable to VOCA Victim Assistance grants (28 C.F.R. Part 94, Subpart B) made by the
Office of Justice Programs' Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and grants made by the
Office on Violence Against Women ("OVW") (28 C.F.R. Part 90) variously provide
that victim eligibility for direct services under such grants is not dependent on the
victim's immigration status. Accordingly, costs for such services under those grants
are not disallowed by the Legal Services for Aliens provision of the DOJ Grants Financial
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(ch. 3.13 "Unallowable Costs").
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