The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is offering this pilot grant to support institutions of higher education in significantly improving sexual assault victim services on their campuses. Specifically, this initiative aims to expand access to holistic sexual assault services for survivors and create a valuable promising practice guide for other institutions seeking to enhance their support systems. This grant is for the purpose of ensuring campus sexual assault victim services are survivor-centered, comprehensive, culturally relevant, flexible, and readily accessible for all survivors. It emphasizes the critical importance of collaborative relationships between campus and community-based victim service providers to guarantee comprehensive accessibility.
Opportunity ID: 353778
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | O-OVW-2024-171958 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Expanding Sexual Assault Victim Services on Campus Pilot Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.029 — Office on Violence Against Women Special Projects |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 04, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 04, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $750,000 |
| Award Floor: | $750,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | (1) Institutions of higher education located in the Gulf Coast Region: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, with expertise in providing holistic sexual assault services on campus, including campus-based sexual assault nurse examiner programs, campus-based multi-disciplinary sexual assault response teams, affiliation agreements with acute care hospital-based sexual assault programs and community-based sexual assault victim service providers, and evidence and simulation-based training and education to multidisciplinary team members; OR (2) Other institutions of higher education with a demonstrated history of providing victim services and advocacy and coordination with agencies to support criminal justice investigation and response. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Office on Violence Against Women |
| Description: | This program is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Pub. L. No. 117-328. The Expanding Sexual Assault Victim Services on Campus Pilot Program (hereafter referred to as Campus Victim Services Pilot) supports institutions of higher education to improve victim services on campus by expanding access to holistic sexual assault services on college campuses and creating a promising practice guide for higher education institutions that wish to expand their sexual assault services and advocacy. Campus sexual assault victim services need to be survivor-centered, comprehensive, culturally relevant, flexible, and accessible for all survivors of sexual assault. Therefore, collaborative relationships between campus and community-based victim service providers are critical to ensure accessibility to services. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, email OVW at OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov. Applicants also may call OVW at 202-307-6026.
OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov Email:OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, email OVW at OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov. Applicants also may call OVW at 202-307-6026. OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov Email: OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.029 | PKG00286069 | Apr 24, 2024 | Jun 04, 2024 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
353778 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
353778 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
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