Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grant: National Capacity Building Center to Expand Services for Children, Youth, and Abused Parents Impacted by Domestic Violence
This Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grant Program seeks one grantee that can expand and enhance the capacity of domestic violence and dating violence service programs, state domestic violence coalitions, community-based programs, Tribes, and Tribal programs, and Demonstration Projects
under the Specialized Services to Abused Parents and Their Children (SSAPC) Grant Program, to offer domestic violence informed, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and developmentally and age appropriate programming relevant to the unique needs of children, youth, and abused parents impacted by domestic violence.
The grantee will be expected to complete the following technical assistance and resource development activities:
- Gather existing resources, including promising practices, guidelines, material, information on evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant programming to support children, youth, and teens impacted by domestic violence including resources for abused parents; - Create new technical assistance resources that promote protective factors and resilience when working with children, youth, and teens impacted by domestic violence which includes fostering stronger relationships with their non-abusive parents or caregivers; - Provide training and technical assistance to the domestic violence field that improves consistent implementation of evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant programming; and - Sustain and continue to develop content for an online resource center specifically promoting work for children, youth, and abused parents impacted by domestic violence within the following areas:
an interventions database, culturally relevant interventions/programing, staff capacity building, and parent support/engagement strategies.
- Expand partnerships between domestic violence programs and child welfare, home visitation, early childhood, and head start programs.
The grantee will be expected to complete the following technical assistance and resource development activities:
- Gather existing resources, including promising practices, guidelines, material, information on evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant programming to support children, youth, and teens impacted by domestic violence including resources for abused parents; - Create new technical assistance resources that promote protective factors and resilience when working with children, youth, and teens impacted by domestic violence which includes fostering stronger relationships with their non-abusive parents or caregivers; - Provide training and technical assistance to the domestic violence field that improves consistent implementation of evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant programming; and - Sustain and continue to develop content for an online resource center specifically promoting work for children, youth, and abused parents impacted by domestic violence within the following areas:
an interventions database, culturally relevant interventions/programing, staff capacity building, and parent support/engagement strategies.
- Expand partnerships between domestic violence programs and child welfare, home visitation, early childhood, and head start programs.
Related Programs
Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered Women"s Shelters_Discretionary Grants
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $500,000
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $500,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-EV-1157
Additional Information of Eligibility:
To be eligible for an award, an entity must meet requirements set forth in 42 U.S.C.
§ 10410(c).
Eligible entities shall be: 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, or Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
Entities shall focus primarily on domestic violence and have a documented history of successful work addressing domestic violence or children exposed to domestic violence.
Entities must have the capacity to serve as a national resource provider.
All applicants must have documented experience providing or demonstrated capacity to provide national-scope training and technical assistance to State and Tribal domestic violence coalitions and local domestic violence service providers.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
Faith-based organizations are encouraged to review the ACF Policy on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations at: http: //www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations.
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-EV-1157
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:
2016-04-26
Application Due Date:
2016-06-27
Archive Date:
2016-07-27
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