The Office on Violence Against Women is pleased to announce the release of the Consolidated Grant and Technical Assistance Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies
What: The Consolidated Grant and Technical Assistance Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies, hereafter referred to as the Consolidated Grant Program is designed to address two primary purposes: 1) support comprehensive child and youth-centered prevention and intervention projects that maximize community-based efforts and evidence-informed practices to more fully address exposure to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking; and 2) support multi-faceted prevention strategies that involve community organizing, outreach, public education and mobilization that utilize men as influencers of other men and boys and encourages them to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. The Consolidated Grant Program also supports activities that were previously funded under the following four OVW grant programs: 1) Grants to Assist Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Program (CEV); 2) Services to Advocate for and Respond to Youth Program (Youth Services); 3) Services, Training, Education and Policies to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking in Secondary Schools Grant Program (STEP); and 4) Engaging Men in Preventing Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (Engaging Men).
Who: Eligibility for program funding is limited to:
A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity with either:
- a demonstrated primary goal of providing services to children or youth who are victims of and/or exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; OR
- a primary goal of serving adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, but who has a demonstrated history of providing comprehensive services to children or youth who are victims of and/or exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; OR
- a demonstrated history of creating effective public education and/or community organizing campaigns to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking;
- An Indian Tribe or tribal nonprofit organization that provides services to children and youth who are victims of and/or exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or
- A territorial, tribal or unit of local government entity.
The Technical Assistance Program will support comprehensive training and technical assistance to the grantees awarded under this solicitation. The technical assistance to be provided must be able to meet the diverse needs of the eligible entities, as well as, provide training and capacity building to help grantees address specific issues and all the purpose areas within the scope of the Consolidated Grant program.
Eligibility for technical assistance funding is limited to:
- A nonprofit national, tribal, or statewide organization. Eligible applicants must have the capacity to provide training and technical assistance on a national level. Applicants may partner with one or more organizations to ensure the appropriate expertise is available to implement the proposed project successfully.
Please note: Applicants who have never received OVW funding under the CEV, Youth Services, STEP, or Engaging Men Programs are eligible to apply. Applicants who have received FY 2010 Engaging Men Program; FY 2010 and FY 2011 Youth Services Program; or FY 2011 CEV Program funding are eligible to apply. Grant recipients who received funding from the FY 2011 STEP Program are NOT eligible to apply as the lead agency. However, recipients may consider applying as a project partner:
When: The Consolidated Grant Program solicitation will be released on August 28, 2012.
How: Detailed instructions for applicants on how to use the Grants.gov system to submit an application online are available at www.grants.gov. OVW will conduct four Pre-Application Conference Calls for applicants for grantee funding only from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT on the following dates: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, Thursday, September 20, 2012, Wednesday, September 26, 2012, and Thursday, September 27, 2012.
All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. EDT on October 24, 2012.
For more information regarding the grant or technical assistance program, visit the OVW website: www.ovw.usdoj.gov or contact OVW at 202-307-6026 or via email at
ovw.consolyouth @usdoj.gov.
