Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0009920
The grant opportunity titled "Transformational Support to Victims of Mass Atrocities" (SFOP0009920) is a U.S. Department of State initiative administered by the Office of Global Criminal Justice that focuses on victim rehabilitation as a core part of transitional justice. The central idea is that communities harmed by mass atrocities often continue to experience deep, practical, day-to-day consequences long after formal accountability steps occur, such as criminal trials, truth commissions, or memorialization efforts. This opportunity is built on the premise that transitional justice is not complete if it only addresses perpetrator accountability or historical record-building, because survivors still face lasting physical, psychological, and socioeconomic harms that can prevent them from rebuilding their lives and participating meaningfully in broader recovery and reconciliation processes.
The program emphasizes tangible, survivor-centered assistance that directly responds to the needs of victims and affected communities. Examples highlighted in the notice include medical and rehabilitative services like fistula repair for survivors of sexual violence, prosthetic limbs for victims of mutilation, livelihood and vocational training for former child soldiers, and psycho-social support for people who endured torture. These interventions may be relatively modest in cost in some contexts, but the grant frames them as potentially "transformational" when designed and delivered in a way that connects to wider transitional justice goals. In practice, that means assistance is not treated as isolated charity or short-term relief; instead, it is meant to restore agency, support healing and reintegration, and contribute to longer-term community repair, reconciliation, and peacebuilding.
Structurally, the award is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, which typically indicates an expectation of substantial involvement or ongoing collaboration from the funding agency during implementation, rather than a more hands-off grant model. The opportunity anticipates making one award, with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $2,000,000. The funding activity category is listed as "Other," reflecting that the work sits at the intersection of justice, human rights, rehabilitation, and community recovery rather than a single conventional sector. The CFDA number is 19.990, identifying it within the State Department assistance portfolio. The eligibility field is listed as "Others," meaning applicants need to consult the full eligibility clarification in the official notice to understand which types of organizations can apply under the program rules.
In terms of timing, the opportunity was created on June 26, 2023, with an original closing date of July 26, 2023. While those dates indicate the specific application window for this posting, the summary still matters for understanding the U.S. government approach reflected here: rehabilitation and direct support to survivors is treated as a legitimate transitional justice mechanism in its own right, intended to complement prosecutions, truth telling, memorialization, lustration processes, and institutional reforms. The overall aim is to help victims regain the ability to pursue their life plans, restore dignity and functionality, and strengthen the social fabric of communities emerging from mass violence, making longer-term justice and peace efforts more likely to endure.Apply for SFOP0009920
- The Department of State, Office of Global Criminal Justice in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Transformational Support to Victims of Mass Atrocities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.990.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 26, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 26, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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