Deadline: 10-Jun-23
The Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announces an opportunity for nonprofit organizations with experience addressing GBVH in the world of work and strong ties to underserved communities to participate in the Fostering Access, Rights and Equity (FARE) grant initiative.
This program will allow award recipients to undertake projects to prevent and respond to GBVH and to assist underserved and marginalized women workers and survivors who have been impacted or who are at high risk of gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work.
The projects funded by this program will work to prevent and respond to GBVH in the world of work by building awareness, connecting women to services, benefits and legal assistance and ensuring women workers and survivors are focal points in developing and implementing solutions. The projects will support, develop and implement strategies in order to mitigate GBVH risks and prevent workplace GBVH before it happens. The grant recipients will enlist trusted messengers and community groups to reach underserved and marginalized women workers who are disproportionately impacted by GBVH.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $350,000
- Award Floor: $250,000
- The period of performance is 18 months with an anticipated start date of 09/30/2023. This performance period includes all necessary implementation and start-up activities.
Activities
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A FARE grant must include activities that:
- Build awareness through the dissemination of information and educational materials that are worker and survivor-centered,
- Implement women worker and survivor-driven strategies that mitigate workplace risks and prevent workplace GBVH, and
- Connect women workers to services, benefits and/or legal assistance as needed, reasonable and/or available.
- Facilitate and encourage women workers and survivors to become focal points in their own communities through train-the-trainer, guided conversations, leadership circles, or other activities.
Eligibility Criteria
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The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- 12 (Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education)
- 13 (Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education) To be eligible for funds under this grant program, the applicant must be a nonprofit organization.
- Applicants should provide evidence that they are a community-based organization, worker group, union, or other nonprofit organization with deep ties to underserved and marginalized women workers who are disproportionately impacted by GBVH. Applicants should also provide evidence that they have the expertise and ability to provide women workers with knowledge and tools to address and mitigate GBVH in the world of work using trauma-informed and survivor centered approaches, and that they can quickly implement their proposed activities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.