US: FVPSA Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grant Program

Deadline: 11-Aug-23

The Administration for Children & Families – ACYF/FYSB is seeking applications for the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act’s (FVPSA) Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault discretionary grant program is to build and sustain organizational capacity in delivering trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive, culturally relevant services for children, individuals, and families affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, and other traumas.

This funding opportunity will award thirty cooperative agreements to implement culturally relevant sexual assault and domestic violence services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and family violence for a four (4) year project period. This discretionary grant program will build upon the progress of culturally specific and community-based sexual assault and domestic violence programs in reducing the pervasive and harmful impact of violence and trauma by implementing culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed interventions for individuals and families who are from diverse, underserved, and historically marginalized communities.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Violence Prevention Services (OFVPS) recognizes that the children and families across their programs are exposed to multiple forms of violence.

ACF is committed to strengthening and expanding its existing efforts to promote social and emotional well-being of children, youth, and families and to facilitate healing and recovery by addressing risk factors and building the skills, capacities, and mechanisms for promoting safety, community connection, healthy relationships, and emotional healing.

Purpose/Goals

• Supporting innovative, culturally specific, community-based, non-residential services that enhance intervention and prevention for all survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic specific populations;
• Strengthening the capacity and furthering the leadership development of racial and ethnic organizations to address sexual violence and domestic violence in their communities;
• Promoting strategic partnership development and collaboration, including with health systems, early childhood programs, economic support programs, schools, child welfare, workforce development, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence programs, other community-based programs, community-based organizations serving individuals with disabilities, faith-based programs, and youth programs, in order to further a public health response to supporting survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic specific underserved populations;
• Increase access to and implementation of culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed interventions for children, individuals, and families impacted by sexual assault and domestic violence who are from racial and ethnic specific populations, underserved, and historically marginalized communities;
• Enhance culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidenced-informed programming to reduce traumatic stress reactions for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and their children who are from racial and ethnic specific populations, underserved, and historically marginalized communities.
• Identify factors and strategies associated with successful implementation and sustainment of culturally specific and trauma-informed programming.
• Implement interventions, policies, practices, and collaborative models to improve services for individuals, children, and families who have experienced trauma and are exhibiting trauma symptoms while accessing sexual assault programs, domestic violence programs; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning, Two-Spirited (LGBTQ2S) programs, and culturally specific community-based programs.
• Evaluate how well the organization’s approaches work of trauma-informed and evidenceinformed interventions for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and their children who are from racial and ethnic specific populations, underserved, and historically marginalized communities thus contributing to the evidence base for culturally relevant services; and
• Disseminate research findings, protocols, and approaches to experts and service providers providing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence services.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,500,000
• Award Ceiling: $250,000
• Award Floor: $200,000
• Length of Project Periods: 48-month project period with four 12-month budget periods.

Services Target Audience: Grant recipients are expected to use their expertise to provide culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services as they relate to the ethnic, racial, cultural, and lingual diversity of survivors from underserved and historically marginalized communities. Grant recipients must define, describe, and justify their proposed target population(s). Examples of characteristics of appropriate target populations under this funding opportunity announcement are limited to adults, children, adolescents, and teens who are from diverse and historically marginalized communities and impacted by sexual assault and domestic violence.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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
• To be eligible to receive a grant to lead a program focused on Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services, an entity shall—
  • be a private nonprofit, or faith-based and charitable organization, nongovernmental organization that is—
    • a community-based organization whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence and dating violence from racial and ethnic minority populations; or ‘
    • a community-based organization whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to individuals from racial and ethnic minority populations that can partner with an organization having demonstrated expertise in serving victims of domestic violence and dating violence; or
    • institution of higher education (private, public, or state controlled); or
    • a tribal government or tribal organization, with a demonstrated record of serving victims of domestic violence, dating violence or sexual assault, and their children, from historically marginalized or underserved communities; and
  • have a board of directors and staffing that is reflective of the targeted minority group.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.