Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Culturally Specific Populations Grant Program

For program related questions:
Brenda Hill
bhill@niwrc.org

For proposal submission questions:
Carolyn Gresham
cgresham@niwrc.org

The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center will provide grants for tribal/native domestic violence and/or sexual violence programs to build the capacity to adjust and enhance services to survivors in the midst of the pandemic.

Funding may be used for:

• Prevention Activities: Virtual services, supportive services, temporary housing assistance, mobile advocacy services, and supplies to reduce exposure to and risk of contracting COVID-19
  • Outreach and education about strategies that reduce COVID-19 transmission
  • Disseminate educational materials and resources on precautions to prevent, contain, or mitigate COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses
  • Virtual services, temporary housing options, and supportive services to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, including paying for the operating, staffing, and administrative expenses of the facilities for rape crisis/sexual assault programs
  • Temporary refuge in conjunction with supportive services and in compliance with applicable state or tribal law or regulations
  • Prevention services, including outreach to increase access to culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services and reduce exposure to and risk of contracting COVID-19
  • Strengthen partnerships with local and state public health authorities, local/state health departments, emergency services managers, healthcare providers, culturally specific community-based organizations, tribes, urban Indian organizations, LGBTQ two-spirited organizations, domestic violence programs, and rape crisis centers/sexual assault programs to improve emergency operations throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency
• Preparation Activities and Technical Assistance: Culturally specific sexual assault programs, domestic violence programs, LGBTQ2S organizations, and urban Indian organizations
  • Assess the capacity to provide continuity of sexual assault services, including emergency operations plans and plans to address increasing service demands, remote services operational capacity, potential provider closures, and staff absenteeism
  • Training to review, update, and/or implement emergency operations plans and plans to address increasing service demands, remote services operational capacity, potential provider closures, and staff absenteeism
• Response Activities and Technical Assistance: Ensure the continuity of services
  • Fund staffing increases, workforce supports for employees/advocates, workforce capacity building, and any related costs to retain, reward, or recruit staff to ensure the continuity of sexual assault programs, domestic violence programs, LGBTQ two-spirited organizations, and urban Indian organizations for survivors and their dependents
  • Provide services, training, technical assistance, and outreach to increase access to culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services
  • Provide advocacy, case management services, and information and referral services related to culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services
  • Assist to locate and secure safe, affordable permanent housing and homelessness prevention services
  • Transportation, childcare, respite care, job training, and employment services, financial literacy services and education, financial planning, and economic empowerment services
  • Parenting and other educational services for victims and their dependents
  • Direct crisis intervention, including counseling, mobile advocacy, telehealth, peer support, and in-person assistance
• Workforce Expansions, Capacity Building, and Reimbursement Support: Cover the costs of contractors
  • Planning for implementation of culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services: COVID-19 mitigation strategies; implementation of mobile advocacy services; language access planning, or virtual/remote services implementation
  • Training providers and staff on COVID-19 mitigation activities: implementation of mobile advocacy services; or virtual/remote services implementation
  • Hiring providers and staff to carry out culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services; COVID- 19 mitigation strategies; implementation of mobile advocacy services; or virtual/remote services implementation
  • Reporting data to HHS on culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services, COVID-19 mitigation strategies; implementation of mobile advocacy services; or virtual/remote services implementation
  • Expenses to secure and maintain adequate personnel to carry out culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services; COVID-19 mitigation strategies; implementation of mobile advocacy services; or virtual/remote services implementation

Applicants must:

• Be a tribal organization or native nonprofit whose primary purpose is advocacy focused on domestic violence, sexual violence, and/or trafficking. May be located in an urban area or reservation/tribal lands.
• Be engaging in COVID mitigation and response activities
• Provide, or are building capacity to provide advocacy, resources, and direct services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and/or trafficking all day every day

Award range: $50,000 - $200,000
Project period: 1 year with an option to submit proposals for the next 2 years
Estimated number of awards: 5

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