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The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is revising its program rules in 28 CFR part 94,"Crime Victim Services" to make two sets of changes, one set under this RIN and one set under the RIN 1121-NYD. 

The rulemaking under this RIN will add a new subpart C "Victim Compensation Grant Program” to part 94 in order to replace and update the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) formula Victim Compensation Program Guidelines. This rulemaking will also make related updates to in subpart B VOCA "Victim Assistance Program" of part 94.

The other set of changes OVC intends to make pertain to subpart A "International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program" (ITVERP) of part 94 . (See RIN [ITVERP RIN].) 

In preparing the NPRM for the revisions to the VOCA Compensation and Assistance Programs, OVC conducted extensive outreach to various stakeholders. This outreach included several listening sessions with various groups, including State VOCA Compensation administrators, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes (including OVC’s tribal grantees), victim service organizations serving AI/AN tribes, victim advocates, and others. In particular, OVC’s efforts at outreach to AI/AN tribal victim service organizations and tribes, was designed to facilitate input from, and related to, tribal victims of crime, who often face unique obstacles to accessing State compensation programs. OVC conducted extensive proactive outreach to various stakeholders, including a listening session with victim service organizations serving American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) tribes, a listening session with AI/AN tribes, a webinar discussion with OVC AI/AN tribal grantees, two listening sessions with victim advocates, in addition to several other listening sessions with mixed audiences of administrators, advocates, and government employees, and several sessions with State VOCA Compensation administrators.