The Women’s Bureau invites nonprofit organizations with deep ties to underserved and marginalized women workers who face a higher risk of GBVH, to apply under the FARE grant initiative.
Donor Name: Women’s Bureau
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/10/2023
Size of the Grant: $350,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
The FARE grant program will allow award recipients to undertake projects to assist underserved and marginalized women workers who have been impacted by GBVH in the world of work. The projects will aim to prevent and respond to GBVH in the world of work by building awareness, connecting women to services, benefits and legal assistance, and ensuring women workers and survivors are focal points in developing and implementing solutions. The projects will support, develop and implement worker-driven, worker-informed strategies in order to mitigate and prevent workplace GBVH before it happens.
A FARE grant must include activities that:
- Build awareness through the dissemination of information and educational materials that are worker and survivor-centered,
- Implement women worker and survivor-driven strategies that mitigate workplace risks and prevent workplace GBVH, and
- Connect women workers to services, benefits and/or legal assistance as needed, reasonable and/or available.
- Facilitate and encourage women workers and survivors to become focal points in their own communities through train-the-trainer, guided conversations, leadership circles, or other activities.
The projects funded by this program will work to prevent and respond to GBVH in the world of work by building awareness, connecting women to services, benefits and legal assistance and ensuring women workers and survivors are focal points in developing and implementing solutions. The projects will support, develop and implement strategies in order to mitigate GBVH risks and prevent workplace GBVH before it happens. The grant recipients will enlist trusted messengers and community groups to reach underserved and marginalized women workers who are disproportionately impacted by GBVH.
The grants will improve job quality by working to address harmful workplace norms that perpetuate violence and harassment, such as fear of retaliation and limited access to legal services and supportive services. Grant recipients will also ensure women workers and survivors are aware of all employment rights, wages and benefits due to them. For purposes of this grant program, the world of work includes activities occurring in the course of, linked with, or arising out of work; this includes activities in traditional workplaces and anywhere workers are paid, places workers take rest breaks, during job and workforce training, the job seeking process, and through work-related communications.
Projects serving women in the Southeastern United States are defined as projects serving women in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $350,000
- Award Floor: $250,000
Period of Performance
The period of performance is 18 months with an anticipated start date of 09/30/2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
