Deadline: 7-Nov-22
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is seeking applications for its 2022 Measuring Effectiveness Initiative Solicitation.
This solicitation is to fund the first 12 to 18 months of a five-year project to continue and enhance the VAWA MEI. Project activities will include: reviewing, cleaning, and analyzing data collected from grantee performance reports; maintaining that information in a database; working in partnership with OVW to fulfill reporting requirements; responding to data requests; providing ongoing training and technical assistance to OVW grantees on collecting data to assess their own performance and accurately completing their performance reports; assisting OVW in the preparation of reports to Congress and additional materials and analyses related to VAWA-funded activities; keeping abreast of newly published research and data related to gender-based violence and incorporating that information into reports and other materials; and creating tools to facilitate performance data collection, reporting, and analysis by formula program grantees and subgrantees.
Program Scope
The recipient of this cooperative agreement will work in cooperation with and under the direction of OVW. Activities under this project may include but are not limited to:
- Using in-person meetings, web-based forums, and other methods of providing training and technical assistance for grantees and subgrantees on how to collect and report data and complete performance reports;
- Developing and/or revising/updating self-paced online training tools and products for OVW grant programs;
- Responding in a timely manner to all requests for information from OVW, including ad hoc data requests;
- Maintaining a website that includes aggregate information about OVW grant programs, materials to facilitate effective completion of performance reports (including online training modules), a calendar of trainings, and instructions and tips on how to complete performance reports;
- Producing and distributing email alerts to grantees and subgrantees on issues relating to performance reporting on grant-funded activities and trainings;
- Translating materials into Spanish and other languages as needed;
- Reviewing, cleaning, and analyzing data collected from OVW performance reporting forms (twice per year for discretionary programs and once annually for formula programs);
- Developing and revising performance reporting schema, data dictionaries, and instructions for grant programs, including new programs;
- Drafting, revising, and finalizing biennial Reports to Congress on the effectiveness of OVW’s discretionary grant programs and on the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program and the SASP Formula Grant Program (which includes integrating current research and data from a variety of sources);
- Producing six-month data workbooks for each program, twice per year, and annually for formula programs;
- Producing and annually updating data briefs for each OVW discretionary program, presenting quantitative and qualitative data in visually appealing formats that can be easily understood by the general public;
- Developing and launching a web-based technical assistance tool for performance reporting for STOP and SASP Formula administrators and subgrantees to facilitate the collection, reporting, review, and analysis of performance data. The specifics of this component of the project will be planned and executed in close collaboration with OVW.
Funding Information
- The award will be made for up to $2.6 million for between 12 and 18 months of activity.
- The award period is for five years, or 60 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- 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)
- Private institutions of higher education
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For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343382