The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) announces the Sexual Assault Capacity Building Centers funding opportunity for national technical assistance providers to assist states, territories, and tribal governments in supporting virtual services for rape crisis centers, sexual assault programs, culturally specific programs, and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or tribal programs that provide direct intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, without regard to age.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $450,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
FVPSA provides the primary federal funding stream dedicated to the support of emergency shelter and supportive services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence (also known as intimate partner violence or IPV), as well as their dependents. First authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984, FVPSA became the first federal commitment to creating a pathway to safety for survivors of domestic violence and their children.
Specifically, FVPSA has the following statutory purposes:
- Assist states and Indian tribes in efforts to increase public awareness about primary and secondary prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;
- Assist states and Indian tribes in efforts to provide immediate shelter and supportive services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and their dependents;
- Provide for a national domestic violence hotline; and
- Provide for technical assistance and training relating to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence programs to states and Indian tribes, local public agencies (including law enforcement agencies; courts; and legal, social service, and health care professionals), nonprofit private organizations (including faith-based and charitable organizations, community-based organizations, and voluntary associations), tribal organizations, and other persons seeking such assistance and training.
SACBC Program Requirements
Through this NOFO and in accordance with FVPSA, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to support training and technical assistance that address emerging issues related to family violence, domestic violence, dating violence, or sexual assault, and to entities demonstrating related expertise. The two grant recipients will be required to provide capacity building resources, training, and technical assistance for sexual assault and domestic violence programs.
The two SACBCs will be required to pursue the following goals and objectives and to demonstrate their ability to achieve the same in their grant applications and work plans:
- Deliver state-of-the-art, nationwide training and technical assistance to enhance organizational capacity of sexual assault programs; domestic violence programs; state coalitions; FVPSA state administration agencies; Indian tribal governments; tribal organizations; federal, state, and local government agencies; national, statewide, and local community-based organizations; allied professionals; and other key stakeholders to provide culturally relevant, linguistically appropriate and accessible, trauma-informed, survivor-centered sexual assault, domestic violence and dating violence intervention and prevention services. These services must be accessible to all victims and their children, including services that address lifetime exposure to violence; survivors from LGBTQ2S communities; and other historically marginalized and underserved populations;
- Raise and enhance the visibility of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence intervention and prevention strategies, prevalence statistics, emerging issues, and special topics through the development and distribution of innovative resources and multi-media and multiplatform public awareness, social media, and marketing campaigns;
- Support service innovation by identifying evidence-based and evidence-informed practices for the prevention and intervention of family violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, and dating violence and assist with the dissemination, promotion, adoption, and adaptation of such practices in the field;
- Develop and enhance sexual assault, family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention and prevention strategies by fostering specific promising practices development and adaptation throughout the domestic violence and sexual assault fields that includes nationwide training and technical assistance and the creation, collection, and dissemination of guidelines, materials, and other relevant resources, such as sample policies, protocols, forms, and related procedures;
- Engage public and private systems and institutions through policy development to create national, statewide, tribal, or local improvements in systemic responses to sexual assault, family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, such as integrating culturally specific domestic violence and sexual assault policies and practices into home visitation and public housing programs, public health care clinics, school-based dating violence prevention programs, work force development initiatives, and other public welfare programs to enhance accessibility for all victims and their families;
- Address current and emerging issues related to sexual assault, family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence through the provision of training and technical assistance that is comprehensive and national in scope. This includes service needs of girls/women of color; services for male victims; engaging faith communities; needs of elder victims; needs of LGBTQ2S victims; the co-occurrence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and IPV; human trafficking; family/youth homelessness; family self-sufficiency; social capital; child support; needs of children of all ages who witness violence; maternal health and maternal mortality; trauma-informed support for formerly incarcerated survivors; meeting the needs of survivors with substance use histories; the intersection of IPV, gun violence, and community violence prevention; and other topics identified as priorities by the program office;
- Conduct or contribute to research and evaluation related to sexual assault prevention or intervention for culturally specific, traditionally underserved victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, family violence, and dating violence and children exposed to sexual assault and IPV;
- Work collaboratively with national, statewide, and local community-based sexual assault programs and domestic violence programs; state coalitions; FVPSA state administrators; federal, state, and local government agencies; Indian tribal governments; tribal organizations; national, statewide, and local culturally specific organizations; LGBTQ2S organizations; and other entities involved in assisting survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, family violence, and dating violence to identify and respond to emerging issues, technical assistance requests, the adaptation of promising practices, and increasing service demands;
- Implement periodic needs assessments of sexual assault programs to identify unmet training and technical assistance needs, including the identification of unaddressed or under-addressed topic areas and audience;
- Participate actively in the coordination of nationwide technical assistance and training with the members of DVRN and work collaboratively to develop resources as needed for the field;
- Plan conferences, webinars, topical meetings, or major project meetings in consultation with FYSB to ensure participation of FYSB staff and facilitate at least two FYSBsponsored webinars each budget period;
- Provide virtual training to a range of audiences and audience sizes, including, but not limited to, securing the necessary technical tools/platforms and ensuring staff or consultant subject matter expertise on adult learning, instructional design, and learning management systems best practices;
- Assist FYSB with technical and logistical support of grant recipient meetings and conferences, including providing insight from first-hand knowledge and experience that can inform planning, analysis, and implementation as related to identified training and technical assistance topics; identifying meeting/conference venues; subcontracting with quality presenters; facilitators and consultants; working with stakeholders to develop an agenda, and arrange travel; providing onsite support; and following up on conference evaluations; and
- Plan travel expenses for at least one representative from each SACBC grant recipient organization to participate in two DVRN meetings and one FYSB-sponsored meeting each budget period.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $900,000
- Award Ceiling: $450,000
- Award Floor: $350,000
Project Periods
36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible entities for the FVPSA Sexual Assault Capacity Building Center discretionary grants are national nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated history in providing sexual assault training and technical assistance. Eligible applicants must have the capacity to provide training and technical assistance on a national level for states, tribes, and coalitions. These entities must have demonstrated history of providing training and technical assistance, and include justification in the application that they have delivered training and technical assistance to a national audience. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements, ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
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