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O-OVW-2023-171791: OVW Fiscal Year 2023 National Deaf Services Program Invitation to Apply

Closed Closed September 8, 2023 Opportunity O-OVW-2023-171791 ☆ 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$5.0 million
• Award floor$5.0 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

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

Eligible applicant: Activating Change. For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of this solicitation.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past National Deaf Services Line awards averaged $2.0 million; this notice allows up to $5.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% 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. 20122 and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Pub. L. No: 117-328, 136 Stat. 4459, 4529-32. Clear communication is necessary for victims and survivors when seeking help and receiving services. This is especially true for D/deaf, hard of hearing, and Deaf/Blind (Deaf) victims and survivors. For many Deaf people, the best way to communicate is in-person, using sign language, ProTactile, or an assistive communication device. Services that best meet the needs of Deaf victims and survivors are provided in the preferred form of communication of the individual and are rooted in Deaf culture. These services are "for Deaf, by Deaf" services. However, these types of services are often not available due to the limited number of culturally Deaf domestic violence and sexual assault programs. Additionally, most hearing organizations do not employ Deaf advocates, so few of them are well-positioned to provide culturally appropriate services to Deaf victims and survivors. As a result, many Deaf victims and survivors are either unserved or underserved. Through its grant programs and initiatives, OVW has supported several projects focused on increasing in-person services to Deaf victims and survivors. Despite these efforts, in-person services to Deaf victims and survivors remain limited. As a result, many Deaf victims and survivors are left without a means of accessing safe, culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Because in-person, safe, culturally appropriate services for Deaf victims and survivors are so limited, virtual services may be a way to bridge that gap. While virtual services do not replace the need for in-person services, virtual services may provide Deaf victims and survivors the culturally and linguistically appropriate crisis intervention, advocacy, and other healing resources they need. The goal of this project is to increase and strengthen the opportunities and access points for Deaf victims and survivors to receive help, which would include creating new virtual crisis and long-term services, building the capacity of current in-person services, and developing new in-person services. This is Phase Two of a two-part initiative to expand and strengthen services for Deaf victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

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