Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative

The summary for the Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Indian Health Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative: The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting competitive grant applications for the Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI) for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). This announcement is a limited targeted solicitation for urban Indian organizations as defined by the P.L. 94-437, the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act (IHCIA), as amended, Title V Urban Health organization. The purpose of the IHS DVPI is to expand the number of available DV services, advocates, and community collaborations available in the urban AI/AN population in the United States. The DVPI aims to improve the responsiveness of urban Indian organizations by establishing and sustaining programs that prevent violence against AI/AN. For funding, the DVPI pilot sites must address the following seven guiding principals: 1. Coordinate services for urban communities to respond to local domestic violence crises. 2. Participate in a nationally coordinated program focusing specifically on increasing access to domestic violence prevention or treatment services for survivors and their families.3. Provide community-focused responses in the urban setting that enhances evidence-based or practice-based domestic violence prevention or treatment services or education programming. 4. Provide communities with needed resources to develop their own urban based community-focused programs.5. Establish baseline data in the local communities. 6. Adequately document the level of need for the urban Indian community, and;7. Be scaled at a level that will ensure measurable impact.