OpportunityTitle: Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants:  National and Special Issue Resource Centers - Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Center (CSIRC)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: To be eligible to receive a grant to establish or maintain a Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Center (CSIRC) under Section 310 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-320, an entity shall be a private non-profit organization that focuses primarily on domestic violence and that can demonstrate the ability to meet the specific FVPSA eligibility requirements for the CSIRC. For additional details on the eligibility requirements for the CSIRC please see Section 310 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-320.     Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) announces the solicitation of applications forthree awards under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants program tosupport Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Centers (CSIRCs).The CSIRCswillfocus on enhancing the cultural and linguistic relevancy of service delivery, resource utilization, policy, research, technical assistance, community education, intervention, and prevention initiatives. CSIRC applicants are expected to enhance family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence prevention and intervention efforts for victims of domestic violence who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups by building the capacity of domestic violence programs to provide culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate services and coordinate outreach efforts to diverse communities. The centers are part of a networkof National and Special Issue Resource Centers providing leadership and support to the existing programs serving victims of domestic violence and their children.The original funding opportunity (FOA) announcing the availability of awards for National and Special Issue Resource Centers (HHS-2011-ACF-ACYF-EV-0188) has been cancelled. The original FOA is replaced by four FOAs that solicit applications separately for the four types of resourcecenters. The full FOAs will be available under the following Funding Opportunity Numbers (FON) and Titles:HHS-2011-ACF-ACYF-EV-0210 - Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Center (CSIRC)HHS-2011-ACF-ACYF-EV-0211 - National Indian Resource Center Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for Indian Women (NIRC)HHS-2011-ACF-ACYF-EV-0212 - Special Interest Resource Center (SIRC)HHS-2011-ACF-ACYF-EV-0213 - National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ACF Applications Help Desk
GrantorContactText: ACF Applications Help Desk &lt;br/&gt;app_support@acf.hhs.gov &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.