# Rigorously Evaluating Programs and Policies to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/rfa-ce-22-003-rigorously-evaluating-programs-and-policies-to-prevent-child/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/335614

> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA offered grants of up to $400,000 to any type of organization. It expected to make about 4 awards worth $3.6 million in total. Applications closed on December 1, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | RFA-CE-22-003 |
| Agency | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | December 1, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $400,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 4 |
| Total funding | $3.6 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.136 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- 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 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
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

See Section III. Eligibility Information.

## What the grant funds

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research proposals to rigorously evaluate prevention approaches (i.e., programs, policies, or practices) for their impact on the primary prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrated by youth or adults. CSA is defined here as sexual victimization during childhood (under 18 years of age), excluding sexual violence (SV) in the specific context of dating/romantic relationships (i.e., teen dating violence [TDV] or intimate partner violence [IPV]). Research funded under this announcement will strengthen the evidence base for primary prevention of youth- or adult-perpetrated CSA. Applicants must propose rigorous evaluation designs, which for the purposes of this funding opportunity can include those that utilize experimental designs (i.e., randomized controlled trials) or rigorous quasi-experimental designs (e.g., comparative interrupted time series design, difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, regression point displacement, stepped wedge, propensity- score matching, comparison groups).Applicants must propose to rigorously evaluate an approach (i.e., program, policy, or practice) that has not yet been rigorously evaluated for its effectiveness in the primary prevention of youth- or adult-perpetrated CSA and that addresses one or more of the following six research priorities: Research Priority 1: Approaches developed for the primary prevention of youth- or adult-perpetrated CSA; Research Priority 2: Evidence-based approaches that have empirical evidence of effectiveness in reducing other forms of violence (e.g., intimate partner violence, youth violence, other forms of child abuse and neglect); Research Priority 3: Community- or societal-level approaches (i.e., programs, policies, or practices that target characteristics of settings that increase or buffer against the risk for violence); Research Priority 4: Approaches focused on preventing or reducing commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) including sex trafficking as a form of CSA; Research Priority 5: Approaches focused on preventing technology-facilitated CSA (e.g., soliciting sexual contact or receiving sexual images from minors electronically, downloading/possession of online child pornography); Research Priority 6: Organizational policy approaches with the potential to prevent CSA perpetration in…

## Questions people ask

### Is RFA-CE-22-003 still open?

No. It closed on December 1, 2023. A newer notice is open: PA-27-100, due dates in the notice, expires April 5, 2027.

### Who can apply for Rigorously Evaluating Programs and Policies to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Rigorously Evaluating Programs and Policies to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)?

Closed December 1, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $400,000 each. About $3.6 million in total across about 4 awards.

### Who has won Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Florida Department of Health, California Department of Public Health, Ohio Department of Health. The program made 986 awards worth $2.2 billion in that time.