US: Violence Against Women and Substance Use Prevention Initiative

Deadline: 13-Jul-22

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and Office on Women’s Health (OWH) are inviting applications that create a statewide pilot project to train substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers on intimate partner violence (IPV) and address the intersection of IPV and SUD during the pregnancy and postpartum period.

The Violence Against Women and Substance Use Prevention Initiative will involve a collaboration between OWH and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Family Violence Prevention and Services Program. ACF will provide technical advice to OWH but will not provide funding or make awards under this initiative.

OWH expects recipients of awards under this initiative to develop a statewide pilot project that includes partnerships with domestic and sexual violence organizations at the state and local level and that will:

Incentivize SUD providers treating pregnant and postpartum women to be trained on IPV
Train SUD treatment providers to address IPV with patients and train IPV staff on SUD
Identify, utilize, and disseminate best practices
Integrate IPV and SUD protocols into medical practice
Integrate perinatal and postpartum programs into existing substance use programs
Implement a process and outcomes evaluation
Develop a disparity impact statement

Funding Information

Estimated Federal Funds Available: $ 3,000,000
Award Ceiling (Federal Funds including indirect costs): $ 750,000 per budget period
Award Floor (Federal Funds including indirect costs): $ 500,000 per budget period
Anticipated Start Date: September 15, 2022
Anticipated Initial Budget Period Length: 12 months

Eligibility Criteria

Examples of eligible Organizations include:

State Governments
U.S. territories
County Governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public Housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations, including small businesses.