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O-OVW-2023-171500: OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program - Solicitation

Closed Closed April 14, 2023 Opportunity O-OVW-2023-171500 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Office on Violence Against Women notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$450,000
• Award floor$400,000
• Expected awards50
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and tribes.

• 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
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants are limited to: Private nonprofit/tribal organizations for which the primary purpose of the organization is to provide culturally specific services to "American Indians (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Blacks, or Hispanics" in the United States or U.S. territories (See 34 U.S.C. 20124(c) & 12291(a)(8) and 42 U.S.C. 300u-6(g)). For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of this solicitation.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program awards averaged $399,601; this notice allows up to $450,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (99% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20124. The Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CSSP) (CFDA# 16.016) supports the maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to accessing more traditional programs. (34 U.S.C. § 20124(b)(1)). Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(9), culturally specific services means community-based services that include culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities. Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(8), culturally specific means primarily directed toward racial and ethnic minority groups (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 300u-6(g)). Section 300u-6(g) defines "racial and ethnic minority groups" as "American Indians (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts); Asian Americans; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; Blacks; and Hispanics." For additional information about this program and related performance measures, including how awards contribute to the achievement of program goals and objectives, see: OVW grant program information: OVW Grants and Programs Webpage. Program performance measures under the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative: VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative webpage. Program-specific sections in OVW's most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs. What's New About this OVW Program The Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022) revised the definition of victim services to include legal services. Applicants that support victim services will be allowed to include comprehensive legal assistance by an attorney. Comprehensive legal services may not be more than 10% of the project's overall budget. All legal services must be limited to a scope or focus that can be sufficiently addressed within the award period. VAWA 2022 included a requirement that not less than 40 percent of available CSSP funds will be allocated for programs that meaningfully address non-intimate partner sexual assault. This includes adult survivors of child sexual abuse. The award period for CSSP is 36 months.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

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