Deadline: 31 August 2017
The Indian Health Service (IHS), Office of Clinical and Preventive Services (OCPS), Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) is accepting applications for a three-year funding cycle, to continue the planning, development, and implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI).
Purpose Areas
- Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention, Advocacy, and Coordinated Community Responses:
- Expand crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, behavioral health, and case management services to victims of domestic and sexual violence;
- Foster coalitions and networks to improve coordination and collaborationamong victim service providers, health care providers, and other responders;
- Educate and train service providers on trauma, domestic violence, and sexual assault and its impact on victims;
- Promote community education for adults and youth on domestic and sexual violence;
- Improve organizational practices to improve services for individuals seeking services for domestic and sexual violence;
- Establish coordinated community response policies, protocols, and procedures to enhance domestic and sexual violence intervention and prevention;
- Integrate culturally appropriate practices and/or faith-based services to facilitate the social and emotional well-being of victims and their children; and
- Implement trauma informed care interventions to support victims and their children.
- Provide Forensic Health Care Services:
- Expand available medical forensic services to victims of domestic and sexual violence;
- Foster coalitions and networks to improve coordination and collaboration among forensic health care programs to ensure adequate services exist either on-site or by referral for victims of domestic and sexual violence 24/7 year round;
- Educate and train providers to conduct medical forensic examinations;
- Promote community education on available medical forensic services;
- Improve health system organizational practices to improve medical forensic services and care coordination among victim services;
- Establish local health system policies for sexual assault, domestic violence, and child maltreatment;
- Integrate culturally appropriate treatment services throughout the medical forensic examination process; and
- Implement trauma informed care interventions to support victims and their children.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $420,000
- Award Ceiling: $208,000
- Award Floor: $50,000
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this FY2017 funding opportunity announcement, only “New Applicants” are eligible to apply.
- Applicants must provide proof of non-profit status with the application, e.g., 501(c)(3).
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
- A Federally-recognized Indian Tribe as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603(14). The term “Indian Tribe” means any Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or group or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- A nonprofit corporate body situated in an urban center, governed by an Urban Indian controlled board of directors, and providing for the maximum participation of all interested Indian groups and individuals, which body is capable of legally cooperating with other public and private entities for the purpose of performing the activities described in 25 U.S.C. 1653.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit grants.gov.