CFDA#
16.016
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Office on Violence against Women (OVW)
Summary
The Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CSSP) supports the maintenance and replication of existing successful services in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking community-based programs providing culturally specific services, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies and projects to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using more traditional services and resources.
In FY 2024, funds under the Culturally Specific Services Program may be used for the following purposes:
- Working with State and local governments and social service agencies to develop and enhance effective strategies to provide culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Increasing communities' capacity to provide culturally specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes and their families.
- Strengthening criminal justice interventions, by providing training for law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities on culturally specific responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Enhancing traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally specific programs offering services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally specific issues and resources regarding victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Providing culturally specific programs for children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Providing culturally specific resources and services that address the safety, economic, housing, and workplace needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including emergency assistance.
- Examining the dynamics of culture and its impact on victimization and healing.
In FY 2024, priority consideration will be given to projects that:
- Advance equity and tribal sovereignty as essential components of ending sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by improving outreach, services, civil and criminal justice responses, prevention, and support for survivors from historically marginalized and underserved communities, particularly those facing disproportionate rates or impacts of violence and multiple barriers to services, justice, and safety.
- Strengthen efforts to prevent and end sexual assault, including victim services and civil and criminal justice responses.
- Expand economic justice and financial advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including as a tool for violence prevention.
History of Funding
In FY 23, a total of $25,024,327 was awarded to 53 awardees. FY23 awards can be viewed at:
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/awards/fy-2023-ovw-grant-awards-program#CSSP
In FY 22, a total of $12,966,192 was awarded to 40 awardees. FY22 Awards can be viewed at: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/awards/fy-2022-ovw-grant-awards-program#CSSP
For additional information on the Culturally Specific Services Program, including what past grantees have accomplished with their grant funds and to view the Culturally Specific Services Program performance measures, see http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/vawamei/clsspmain.htm.
Additional Information
The following activities are considered to be out of the program scope, and will not be supported by Abuse in Later Life Program funding:
- Research projects: Funds under this program may not be used to conduct research as a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Surveys and focus groups, depending on their design and purpose, may constitute research and therefore be out-of-scope. This does not include program assessments conducted only for internal improvement purposes.
- Family Violence: Grant funds may not be used to directly address child abuse, or other family violence issues such as violence perpetrated by a child against a parent, parent against a child, or violence perpetrated by a sibling against another sibling.
- Services for Children: Services can only be offered to children under age 11 who have been exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking if those services are provided in conjunction with serving the child's parent or guardian.
- Legal services: Grant funds may not be used for criminal defense of victims charged with crimes, except for representation in post-conviction relief proceedings with respect to the conviction of a victim relating to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking1 is permissible. Additionally, representation in tort cases is not permitted with grant funds.
Further, funds may not be used for Lobbying; Fundraising; Purchase of real property; Physical modifications to buildings, including minor renovations (such as painting or carpeting); Construction; or Personal Food & Beverage Costs
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants include 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 Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
Other eligible applicants include private nonprofit/tribal organizations for which the primary purpose of the organization as a whole is to provide culturally specific services to American Indians (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Blacks, or Hispanics in the United States or U.S. territories.
Deadline Details
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a non-binding Letter of Intent to OVW.Cultural@usdoj.gov by April 4, 2024. Applications must be submitted on Grants.gov AND JustGrants. The grants.gov deadline is May 2, 2024, 11:59 PM ET. The application deadline for JustGrants is May 7, 2024, 8:59 PM ET. Similar deadlines are anticipated annually.
Award Details
Approximately $22,500,000 is available for an anticipated 50 awards. Individual projects typically range from $400,000 to $450,000 each. Project periods will extend up to 36-months, starting October 1, 2024. Cost sharing/matching is not required.
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