Services for Survivors of Torture Program: Assistance to Torture Survivors Through Direct Services
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is interested in awarding up to 30 grants for direct services to persons who have been tortured.
Allowable activities include physical, psychological, social and legal services which will be described in Section I.
Funding Opportunity Description/Services for Torture Survivors of the published funding opportunity announcement (FOA).
Applicants may propose all or, or a combination of, these services.
If the applicant does not propose to provide all of the allowable services directly, the application should describe how the applicant will ensure that clients have access to analogous services, if needed.
Partnerships may be formed with other community service providers in order to provide torture survivors with access to the full complement of allowable services.
Training activities may also be conducted for community service providers that have access to, or work with, torture survivors.
Applicants are encouraged to design projects that incorporate collaboration with health care, mental health, social service, and legal aid organizations as well as refugee and immigrant service providers in the community to increase their capacity for service provision to torture survivors.
Allowable activities include physical, psychological, social and legal services which will be described in Section I.
Funding Opportunity Description/Services for Torture Survivors of the published funding opportunity announcement (FOA).
Applicants may propose all or, or a combination of, these services.
If the applicant does not propose to provide all of the allowable services directly, the application should describe how the applicant will ensure that clients have access to analogous services, if needed.
Partnerships may be formed with other community service providers in order to provide torture survivors with access to the full complement of allowable services.
Training activities may also be conducted for community service providers that have access to, or work with, torture survivors.
Applicants are encouraged to design projects that incorporate collaboration with health care, mental health, social service, and legal aid organizations as well as refugee and immigrant service providers in the community to increase their capacity for service provision to torture survivors.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $10,000,000
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $10,000,000
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ORR-ZT-0309
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligibility is open to all types of domestic applicants, except as noted below.
As referenced in 45 CFR 74.81, HHS funds are prohibited from being paid as profit to any recipient even if the recipient is a commercial organization.
Profit is defined as any amount in excess of allowable direct and indirect costs.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ORR-ZT-0309
Contact:
ACF Applications Help Deskapp_support@acf.hhs.gov
Agency Email Description:
ACF Applications Help Desk
Agency Email:
app_support@acf.hhs.gov
Date Posted:
2012-06-07
Application Due Date:
2012-08-06
Archive Date:
2012-08-07
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