OVW FY 2020 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program | OVW 2020 17675

Opportunity Information: Apply for OVW 2020 17675

The OVW FY 2020 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program (Funding Opportunity Number OVW 2020 17675) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Its central purpose is to strengthen and expand culturally specific, community-based services for people who have experienced domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The focus is on supporting organizations that are rooted in and accountable to the communities they serve, so survivors can access help that is culturally relevant, responsive to community realities, and better aligned with the barriers survivors often face when seeking safety and support.

This opportunity funds projects that provide direct and supportive services through a culturally specific lens, meaning programs are designed with an understanding of the communitys language, traditions, values, and experiences, including how discrimination, historical trauma, and systemic inequities can affect safety, reporting, help-seeking, and healing. The program is intended to help community-based organizations deliver services that are not one-size-fits-all, but instead reflect the needs of specific populations that may be underserved or face additional obstacles within mainstream victim service systems.

Eligible applicants include Native American tribal organizations (as defined for this program, other than federally recognized tribal governments) as well as nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits that do not hold 501(c)(3) status, provided they are not institutions of higher education. In other words, the grant is geared toward nonprofit and community-based entities rather than universities or government agencies, emphasizing grassroots or community-centered capacity to reach survivors in culturally grounded ways.

The funding instrument is a grant, and the program is categorized under areas that include arts and cultural affairs, education, humanities, and income security and social services, reflecting the broad, community-centered nature of victim services and the ways culturally specific support can intersect with education, community outreach, and stabilization needs. The program is associated with CFDA number 16.016.

The opportunity was created on November 26, 2019, with an original closing date of February 12, 2020. OVW anticipated making about 20 awards, with an award ceiling of $300,000 per award. In practical terms, this indicates a moderately competitive national grant opportunity aimed at funding a cohort of community organizations to build or enhance service delivery, strengthen culturally specific programming, and improve survivor access to effective, appropriate support.

Overall, this OVW program is designed to increase the availability and quality of culturally specific victim services, recognizing that survivors are more likely to seek and sustain help when services are delivered by trusted community-based organizations that understand their lived experiences and can respond in ways that are safe, respectful, and effective.

• The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the arts (see cultural affairs in cfda), education, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW FY 2020 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.016.
• This funding opportunity was created on Nov 26, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 12, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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.

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