Hello everyone, Please see the update below for OVW awards with DOJ. Thanks, Justin Justin Marmolejo Assistant Director | Ex Officio Chair, Staff Senate<https://www.utsa.edu/staffsenate/about.html>;, EAC Alternate Rep<https://www.utsystem.edu/sites/employee-advisory-council> Office of Sponsored Projects The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 O: 210.458.7049 utsa.edu [https://www.utsa.edu/_files/images/email-sigs/ut-san-antonio-regental-log...] From: Office of Justice Programs <OJP_COMMS(a)public.govdelivery.com&gt; Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 3:39 PM To: Justin Marmolejo <Justin.Marmolejo(a)utsa.edu&gt; Subject: [EXTERNAL] Notice for OVC VOCA Victim Assistance and OVW Grantees Regarding Unallowable Costs Under the Award (re: legal services to certain aliens) **EXTERNAL EMAIL** This email originated outside of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Please exercise caution when clicking on links or opening attachments. 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 Guide<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.ojp.gov%2Ffu... (ch. 3.13 "Unallowable Costs"). (End of Notice) ________________________________ You received this email because you are a current or previous Department of Justice grant applicant or award recipient. GovDelivery is providing this service on behalf of the Department of Justice and may not use your subscription information for any other purposes. For more information, review the Department of Justice Privacy Policy<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Flinks-1.govdeli... and the GovDelivery Privacy Policy<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Flinks-1.govdeli...;. ________________________________ This email was sent to justin.marmolejo@utsa.edu<mailto:justin.marmolejo@utsa.edu> using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of Department of Justice · Washington, DC <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fsubscriberhelp.granicus.c... logo]<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fsubscriberhelp.g...