Technical Assistance to the Survivors of Torture Program (US)

Deadline: 1-Jul-22

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is accepting applications for federal fiscal year (FY) 2022 Technical Assistance to the Survivors of Torture (TA SOT) Cooperative Agreement.

Purpose

The purpose of the Initiative is to improve the quality of interventions and services for survivors of torture and their families impacted by trauma, and to increase access to effective traumainformed and culturally responsive interventions and services.
The National Center shall be designed to enhance and support the Network’s capacity to develop and provide effective interventions and services for survivors of torture and their families.
ORR recognizes that survivors’ families include secondary survivors who are defined in this NOFO as relatives or other individuals closely associated with a primary survivor, who are impacted by the torture and subsequent trauma in a way that threatens their health and ability to function.
Therefore, ORR advocates using a whole-family approach when designing and delivering services.

Objectives

The objectives of the Initiative are, as follows:
- Develop, adapt, and disseminate evidence-based practices and interventions designed to promote healing for survivors of torture and their families so that they can attend to their health, build effective support networks, and contribute to their communities.
- Create and maintain structures and systems to facilitate shared learning and collaborative research within the Network including DS SOT recipients and partner organizations.
- Provide training and technical assistance to the Network in effectively implementing and evaluating evidence-based practices and individual and family interventions for healing torture and trauma.
- Support the evaluation efforts of DS SOT recipients to develop and refine tools to accurately assess, measure, and report on the needs and outcomes of survivors.

Funding Information

Funding Instrument Type: CA (Cooperative Agreement)
Estimated Total Funding: $815,900
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Award Ceiling: $815,900 Per Budget Period
Award Floor: $815,900 Per Budget Period
Average Projected Award Amount: $815,900 Per Budget Period
Anticipated Project Start Date: 09/30/2022
Length of Project Periods: 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods

Eligibility Criteria

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Private institutions of higher education
Small businesses
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
County governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
State governments
Independent school districts
City or township governments