The grants for outreach and services to underserved populations (underserved program) was statutorily created in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 (vawa 2013) to develop and…

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The grant will enable Mosaic Family Services, Inc., a nonprofit, woman-owned organization, to provide comprehensive support services to underserved racial and ethnic populations who are survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Key services to be delivered include case management, advocacy, safety planning, resource referral, financial assistance, and community outreach, all utilizing a trauma-informed, culturally competent framework. The organization will also create new informative programmatic products such as flyers, brochures, and outreach materials. The three-year grant period runs from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.

The grants for outreach and services to underserved populations (underserved program) was statutorily created in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 (vawa 2013) to develop and implement outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations, and to provide victim services to meet the needs of such populations. Grant funds may be used to: 1) work with federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, agencies, and organizations to develop or enhance population specific victim services; 2) strengthen the capacity of underserved populations to provide population specific victim services; 3) strengthen the capacity of traditional victim service providers to provide population specific victim services; 4) strengthen the effectiveness of criminal and civil justice interventions by providing training for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and other court personnel on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations; 5) work in cooperation with an underserved population to develop and implement outreach, education, prevention, and intervention strategies that highlight available resources and the specific issues faced by victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from underserved populations; or, 6) strengthen the response of social and human services by providing population-specific training for service providers on domestic violence, dating violence sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations. Eligible applicants are limited to: population specific organizations or victim service providers that are (1) deaf programs (2) lesbian, GAY, bisexual, and transgender (lgbt) organizations, (3) organizations serving underserved religious populations, (4) disability programs, or (5) organizations serving certain underserved racial and ethnic populations. The vision of mosaic family services (MFS) is to provide equitable services to multicultural and limited english proficient survivors of DV, SA, and stalking. To continue with this vision, MFS will provide case management, advocacy, safety planning, resource referral and financial assistance to survivors from racial and ethnic populations who have additional barriers to come, utilizing interpretation services when needed. Services for survivors will begin with community referral or via hotline. Intake assessment will include risk assessment to inform safety planning needs. Case management services will be comprehensive and include referral to community resources as well as in-house programs. MFS will create new informative programmatic products such as flyers, brochures, and outreach materials. Case managers will provide accompaniment to court, medical care, forensic exams, public benefit offices, and other appointments for advocacy purposes when relevant to the survivors care plan. Financial assistance for food, clothing, emergency medical care and prescriptions, transportation, rent and utility payments will be provided to survivors. MFS will also provide community outreach. All services will be delivered utilizing a trauma-informed, culturally competent framework.