Cooperative Agreement SLMAQM20CA2119

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to the AHA Foundation Inc. This 36-month project aims to implement comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to The George Washington University (GWU) to implement the Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Training and Technical Assistance Project under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). Over the 24-month project period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, GWU and its project partners the Global Woman Peace Foundation, Sahiyo U.S., and the U.S. End FGM/C Network...

The African Family Health Organization (Afaho) received a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to implement the RESPECT Program for Addressing Female Genital Cutting. The three-year project, set to run from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 in Middle City East, Pennsylvania, will deliver services to prevent and address female genital cutting...

This is a $900,000 new 18-month Project Grant award under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, awarded to International Medical Corps (IMC) to reinforce gender-based violence in emergencies (GBViE) programming initiatives. The funding will support the GBV Area of Responsibility (GBV AOR) and the Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) Steering Committee to strengthen capacity for safe and effective GBV interventions in humanitarian...

The Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (GCASAFV) received a $135,000 Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) to implement the Awareness Capacity-Building Training (ACT) Project. The ACT Project aims to prevent and address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and human trafficking in Guam and surrounding areas. Key activities...

This $135,000 Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs) supports the DC Coalition To End Sexual Violence, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., in enhancing its capacity for sexual violence prevention in the District. The grant will enable the DC Coalition To End Sexual Violence to expand its efforts in...

This Project Grant award of $608,507 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a training program for healthcare providers in Tanzania on treating health complications due to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). The key goals are to: 1) conduct a needs assessment of the healthcare needs of Tanzanian women who have experienced FGM/C,...

This $674,885 project grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will support the George Washington University in addressing knowledge gaps and developing consensus on safe and effective mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions for gender-based violence (GBV) survivors and those at risk in Ethiopia over 18 months. The USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program aims to advance economic growth and humanitarian assistance, among other...

This Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.136 - Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs) provides $135,000.00 to the West Virginia Foundation For Rape Information And Services, Inc. (WVFRIS) to enhance capacity for sexual violence prevention in West Virginia. The funding will support WVFRIS, the state's designated sexual assault coalition, in delivering...

This $350,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), funds the DC Coalition To End Sexual Violence's (DCCESV) "Engaging Boys and Men in the Prevention of Technology-Facilitated Abuse" program. Over 36 months, the grant supports three key objectives: 1) Developing and implementing a 22-week curriculum-based program to engage, educate, and empower middle and high school boys to prevent technology-facilitated domestic violence,...