Do recipients of funding under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) have to prepare an EEOP?
The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), similar to the Safe Streets Act, prohibits recipients from discriminating either in employment or in the delivery of services or benefits on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or disability. Although programs funded under VOCA are not subject to the administrative provisions of the Safe Streets Act, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), which administers VOCA-funded programs, requires all recipients of VOCA funding to comply with the Safe Streets Act regulations that apply to the development of an EEOP.
