OpportunityTitle: Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants:  National and Special Issue Resource Centers - Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Center (CSSIRC)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: To be eligible to receive a grant to establish or maintain a Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Center (CSSIRC) under 42 U.S.C. &amp;sect; 10410, an entity shall be a private non-profit organization that focuses primarily on issues of domestic violence in a racial or ethnic community or a public or private non-profit educational institution that has a domestic violence institute, center, or program related to culturally specific issues in domestic violence and (i) has documented experience in the areas of domestic violence prevention and services and experience relevant to the specific racial or ethnic population to which information, training, technical assistance, and outreach would be provided under the grant; (ii) demonstrates the strong support of advocates across the nation who are working to address domestic violence; (iii) has a record of demonstrated effectiveness in enhancing the cultural and linguistic relevancy of service delivery. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to review the ACF Policy on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations at: http: //www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Description: This announcement has been modified. Information on the address to submit applications by mail and to hand-deliver applications has been revised in Section IV.1. Address to Request Application Package and in Section IV.7. Other Submission Requirements. 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 for awards under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants program to support three Culturally Specific Special Interest Resource Centers (CSSIRC) that will address domestic violence intervention and prevention efforts for victims of domestic violence who are members of underserved and historically marginalized racial and ethnic communities. The three CSSIRC grantees will provide national training and technical assistance focused on enhancing the cultural and linguistic relevancy of residential and non-residential service delivery, policy, research, systems change, community outreach, intervention programs, and primary prevention. More specifically, they will be expected to enhance family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence prevention and intervention efforts for victims of domestic violence and dating violence who are members of underserved and historically marginalized racial and ethnic communities, by building the capacity of domestic violence programs to provide survivor-centered, culturally relevant, trauma-informed and linguistically appropriate services and to coordinate outreach efforts to diverse communities. The CSSIRC grantees are part of a network of National and Special Issue Resource Centers providing leadership and support to the existing programs serving victims of domestic violence and their children. This is one of four National and Special Issue Resource Center funding opportunities that will be available for competition in FY 2016.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ACF Applications Help Desk
GrantorContactText: ACF Applications Help Desk&lt;br/&gt;app_support@acf.hhs.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.