Deadline: 15-Jun-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for funding for programs to address the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting.
Goal
- The goal of this program is to reduce the harmful consequences of FGMC in the United States.
Objective
- The objective of this program is to deliver community-based programming to stop FGMC by educating communities where FGMC might be a risk about the medical consequences of FGMC and forming community networks of agencies and organizations that are positioned to identify girls at-risk and respond to eligible survivors/victims.
Deliverables
Deliverables include:
- Direct service provision to survivors/victims, at-risk individuals, and communities
- Community outreach
- A final report describing project activities, promising practices, challenges encountered, and solutions to address those challenges
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $1,800,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $300,000.00
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 6
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, State governments, Other
- For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a sub recipient
- All recipients and sub recipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- Current OVC FGMC grantees who received funding from the OVC FY 2020 FGMC solicitation are not eligible to apply for funding under this solicitation.
- OVC will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as sub recipients (sub grantees). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire program.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333191