The FVPSA Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault discretionary grant program builds and sustains organizational capacity in delivering trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive, culturally relevant services for children, individuals, and families affected by sexual assault, domestic violence and other traumas.
Donor Name: Administration for Children & Families
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/11/2023
Size of the Grant: $250,000
Grant Duration: 48 months
Details:
This discretionary grant program will build upon the progress of culturally specific and community-based sexual assault and domestic violence programs in reducing the pervasive and harmful impact of violence and trauma by implementing culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed interventions for individuals and families who are from diverse, underserved, and historically marginalized communities.
ACF is committed to strengthening and expanding its existing efforts to promote social and emotional well-being of children, youth, and families and to facilitate healing and recovery by addressing risk factors and building the skills, capacities, and mechanisms for promoting safety, community connection, healthy relationships, and emotional healing. The Administration for Children, Youth, and Families(ACYF) OFVPS, seeks to explore and implement strategies that can be used to build the capacity of community-based organizations serving families that are experiencing the effects of multiple forms of violence, including family violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other lifetime traumas.
Research findings indicate that domestic violence and sexual assault disproportionately impacts members of racial and ethnic minority groups including African Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, and Latinos/Latinas. This increased risk of domestic violence and sexual assault can be attributed to the marginalized status of these groups stemming from longstanding racial and gender discrimination.
Purpose/Goals
- Supporting innovative, culturally specific, community-based, non-residential services that enhance intervention and prevention for all survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic specific populations;
- Strengthening the capacity and furthering the leadership development of racial and ethnic organizations to address sexual violence and domestic violence in their communities;
- Promoting strategic partnership development and collaboration, including with health systems, early childhood programs, economic support programs, schools, child welfare, workforce development, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence programs, other community-based programs, community-based organizations serving individuals with disabilities, faith-based programs, and youth programs, in order to further a public health response to supporting survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic specific underserved populations;
- Increase access to and implementation of culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed interventions for children, individuals, and families impacted by sexual assault and domestic violence who are from racial and ethnic specific populations, underserved, and historically marginalized communities;
- Enhance culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidenced-informed programming to reduce traumatic stress reactions for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and their children who are from racial and ethnic specific populations, underserved, and historically marginalized communities.
- Identify factors and strategies associated with successful implementation and sustainment of culturally specific and trauma-informed programming.
- Implement interventions, policies, practices, and collaborative models to improve services for individuals, children, and families who have experienced trauma and are exhibiting trauma symptoms while accessing sexual assault programs, domestic violence programs; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning, Two-Spirited (LGBTQ2S) programs, and culturally specific community-based programs
- Evaluate how well the organization’s approaches work of trauma-informed and evidence informed interventions for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and their children who are from racial and ethnic specific populations, underserved, and historically marginalized communities thus contributing to the evidence base for culturally relevant services; and
- Disseminate research findings, protocols, and approaches to experts and service providers providing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence services.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $250,000
- Award Floor: $200,000
- Project Period: 48-month project period with four 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity.
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