OVW FY 2019 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program | OVW 2019 15843

Opportunity Information: Apply for OVW 2019 15843

The OVW FY 2019 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The program is designed to strengthen and expand culturally specific, community-based services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. At its core, the opportunity is meant to help organizations that are rooted in and accountable to particular cultural communities deliver services that are not only available, but also culturally relevant, accessible, and responsive to the realities victims face within those communities.

This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number OVW 2019 15843) was created on December 13, 2018, with an original application closing date of February 7, 2019. OVW anticipated making about 21 awards under this solicitation. Individual awards could be as high as $300,000 (the listed award ceiling), reflecting an intent to support projects substantial enough to meaningfully enhance direct services, outreach, and related capacity within culturally specific organizations.

Eligible applicants were limited to organizations positioned to provide culturally specific services outside of traditional government structures. Specifically, applicants could include Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments, nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), and nonprofit organizations without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding institutions of higher education). This eligibility framing signals that the program is aimed at community-driven service providers, including grassroots and culturally focused nonprofits, rather than universities or governmental agencies.

As a grant (the funding instrument type), the program supports activities that align with multiple public service areas, reflecting the wide-ranging needs of survivors and the multidisciplinary nature of effective victim services. The funding activity categories connected to the opportunity include education; employment, labor and training; housing; humanities/cultural affairs; income security and social services; and law, justice, and legal services. This broad set of categories indicates that supported projects may address both immediate safety needs (such as crisis intervention, advocacy, and safety planning) and longer-term stability needs (such as housing access, economic security supports, job readiness, and navigating legal systems). The program is associated with CFDA number 16.016, which is commonly used for OVW initiatives related to violence against women and victim services.

Overall, the grant opportunity is best understood as an investment in culturally specific infrastructure and service delivery for survivors. By prioritizing community-based organizations that serve specific cultural populations, OVW is emphasizing approaches that are informed by language, traditions, community norms, and lived experience, and that can reduce barriers that often prevent survivors from seeking help. The intended outcome is improved access to effective, culturally grounded support for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, with awards sized to help organizations expand or enhance services in a focused, practical way.

• The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the education, employment, labor and training, housing, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), income security and social services, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW FY 2019 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 Dec 13, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 07, 2019. (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 21 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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