The Office on Violence Against Women is soliciting applications for its Healing and Response Teams Special Initiative.
Donor Name: Office on Violence Against Women
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/25/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Healing and Response Teams Special Initiative was created in response to recommendations made by the Not Invisible Act Commission (NIAC). This special initiative will support the creation, training, and sustainability of Healing and Response Teams (HRT) using a Tribal-based model of care to respond to Missing or Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) cases related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. Within the first nine (9) months of the project, in coordination with OVW, the recipient will identify, make subawards to, and collaborate with three subrecipients acting as pilot sites.
Purpose Areas
Funds under this special initiative must be used for ALL the following purposes:
- Conduct a nationwide assessment and analysis of response models in MMIP cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking using Tribal-based models of care.
- Within the first nine months of the project, identify and submit for OVW-approval, three organizations (subrecipients) to serve as pilot sites: (1) a Tribal government; (2) a Tribal coalition; and (3) an urban Indian or other Tribal non-profit. Subrecipients must have experience working with families of MMIP and providing victim services related to gender-based violence. Once approved by OVW, the recipient will use a portion of the award funds to make subawards to the three subrecipients to support their work on the project for the remaining amount of the project performance period. Subawards should support the subrecipients’ participation in the project and may include activities related to implementing an HRT model including staffing, supplies, consultants, etc. Subawards should not exceed a total of $225,000 per subrecipient without prior approval from OVW.
- Complete a report with guidelines, principles, and recommendations for HRTs.
- Develop an HRT Toolkit to be used by a range of audiences including Tribally-led community-based organizations, Indian Tribes, and urban Indian organizations. The toolkit should include tailored content for different audiences.
- Provide TTA for the subrecipients, including: one-to-one and cohort web-based and/or on-site training and technical assistance, peer-to-peer opportunities, process planning and assessment, policy and procedure development and implementation, and other engagement methods to support the HRT activities of the pilot sites.
- Plan and deliver one (1) national level in person project implementation workshop for Tribal governments, Tribal coalitions, Tribal non-profits, and urban Indian programs interested in developing a Healing and Response Team approach to MMIP for their community.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Award Floor: $2,000,000
Project Period
The award period is 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants for the Healing and Response Teams Special Initiative are national, Tribal, statewide, or other nonprofit organizations. Eligible applicants must have the capacity to provide Tribal specific training and technical assistance (TTA) on a national level. In rare circumstances, OVW may support institutions of higher education; state, local, or Tribal governments; governmental agencies; or local non-profit organizations. However, in such circumstances, those entities must describe in detail their demonstrated history of providing TTA and include justification in the application that they have delivered Tribal specific TTA to a national audience. For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of this solicitation.
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