OVC FY 16 A Pathway to Justice, Healing and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center Setting Demonstration Initiative

The summary for the OVC FY 16 A Pathway to Justice, Healing and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center Setting Demonstration 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 Office for Victims of Crime, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
OVC FY 16 A Pathway to Justice, Healing and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center Setting Demonstration Initiative: The establishment of a demonstration initiative to develop a special polyvictimization program within Family Justice Centers (FJC). Through this initiative, a specialized polyvictimization screening tool will be developed and offered for both adults and children receiving services at the FJC followed by the provision of the wide-range of services needed to address a survivor's full history of current and past traumas. The initiative may require the identification of new on-site and/or off-site partners to deliver the full-range of services needed. The demonstration initiative will include a technical assistance and an evaluation component.
Federal Grant Title: OVC FY 16 A Pathway to Justice, Healing and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center Setting Demonstration Initiative
Federal Agency Name: Office for Victims of Crime
Grant Categories: Income Security and Social Services Law Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: OVC-2016-9376
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 322377
CFDA Descriptions: Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants
Current Application Deadline: Jun 27, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jun 27, 2016
Posted Date: May 12, 2016
Creation Date: May 12, 2016
Archive Date: May 16, 2016
Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $666,666
Expected Number of Awards: 6
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
The intended focus of this demonstration initiative is on Family Justice Centers and other comprehensive co-located services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The initiative will support the selection of up to six demonstration sites and one comprehensive national technical assistance provider.
Purpose Area 1: Demonstration site applicants: OVC recognizes that there are several different governance structures that support the operation of Family Justice Centers (FJC) and/or co-located service centers. Therefore, the following entities are eligible to apply:
• Governmental agencies that serve as the lead agency of an FJC.
• Governmental agencies with an FJC established as a separate department or program within a city or county agency.
• Nonprofit, nongovernmental, community-based domestic violence or sexual assault agencies that serve as the lead agency of an FJC.
• 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations created expressly for the leadership and management of an FJC.
• Governmental and nonprofit organizations that serve as the lead of a comprehensive co-located service center for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, involving victim services, civil legal services, law enforcement, and prosecution.
Purpose Area 2: Technical assistance applicants: Eligible applicants for funding to provide technical assistance to the demonstration projects are nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated history of providing national scope training and technical assistance (TTA) and an expertise in working with FJCs, other local co-located service collaboratives, and multidisciplinary audiences.
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For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Stacy Phillips, Grant Management Specialist, by telephone at 202-616-3627. [email protected]
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