Foa_Content_of_HHS-2022-ACF-ACYF-FV-0164.pdf

Administration for Children and Families

Administration on Children, Youth, and Families-Family and Youth Services Bureau

Native Hawaiian Resource Center on Domestic Violence

HHS-2022-ACF-ACYF-FV-0164

Application Due Date: 09/06/2022

Table of Contents Executive Summary

I. Program Description

II. Federal Award Information

III. Eligibility Information

III.1. Eligible Applicants

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching

III.3. Other

IV. Application and Submission Information

IV.1. Address to Request Application Package

IV.2. Content and Form of Application Submission

Required Forms, Assurances, and Certifications

The Project Description

The Project Budget and Budget Justification

Application Submission Options

IV.3. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and System for Award Management (SAM)

IV.4. Submission Dates and Times

Explanation of Due Dates

Acknowledgement of Received Application

IV.5. Intergovernmental Review

IV.6. Funding Restrictions

IV.7. Other Submission Requirements

V. Application Review Information

V.1. Criteria

V.2. Review and Selection Process

V.3. Anticipated Announcement and Federal Award Dates

VI. Federal Award Administration Information

VI.1. Federal Award Notices

VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

VI.3. Reporting

VII. HHS Award Agency Contact(s)

VIII. Other Information

Reference Websites

Application Checklist

Funding Opportunity Title:

Native Hawaiian Resource Center on Domestic Violence Announcement Type:

Modification Funding Opportunity Number:

HHS-2022-ACF-ACYF-FV-0164

Primary CFDA Number:

93.592 Due Date for Applications:

09/06/2022 Executive Summary Notice:

Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) carefully and observe the application formatting requirements listed in Section IV.2. Content and Form of Application Submission. For more information on applying for grants, please visit "How to Apply for a Grant" on the ACF Grants & Funding Page at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/how-apply-grant.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) will award one cooperative agreement through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grant Program to support a Native Hawaiian Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NHRCDV). NHRCDV will focus on the intervention and prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by offering statewide information, training, and technical assistance specifically designed to reduce disparities within Native Hawaiian (NH) communities. The purpose of this project is to enhance the capacity of organizations and providers of services to NH to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in a culturally sensitive, relevant, and effective manner.

NHRCDV will be a member of a nationwide network composed of national and special issue resource centers and culturally specific special issue resource centers, known as the Domestic Violence Resource Network (DVRN). DVRN provides information, resources, research, training, and technical assistance on a national level to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, governmental agencies, local communities, tribes, and tribal organizations to prevent domestic violence and dating violence, and to ensure domestic violence programs are better able to provide effective intervention and prevention services.

I. Program Description Statutory Authority The statutory authority for this NOFO is 42 U.S.C. §10410(b)(3) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA).

Description https://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/how-apply-grant

History and Purpose of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act FVPSA provides the primary federal funding stream dedicated to the support of emergency shelter and supportive services for victims of domestic violence, as well as their dependents. First authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 (Public Law 98- 457), FVPSA became the first federal commitment to creating a pathway to safety for survivors of domestic violence and their children. FVPSA has been amended eight times and most recently was reauthorized in December 2010 for five years by the Child Abuse and Treatment Act Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. § 10401 - 10414). Since 1984, Congress has continued to make its intent clear that FVPSA funds are to be used to raise awareness of domestic violence, prevent its occurrence, provide services to victims and their children, and support domestic violence providers to enhance their responses through training and technical assistance.

Specifically, FVPSA has the following statutory purposes:

1. Assist states and Indian tribes in efforts to increase public awareness about, and primary and secondary prevention of, family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;

2. Assist states and Indian tribes in efforts to provide immediate shelter and supportive services for victims of domestic violence and their dependents;

3. Provide for a national domestic violence hotline; and

4. Provide for technical assistance and training relating to domestic violence programs to states and Indian tribes, local public agencies (including law enforcement agencies, courts, and legal, social service, and health care professionals), nonprofit private organizations (including faith- based and charitable organizations, community-based organizations, and voluntary associations), tribal organizations, and other persons seeking such assistance and training.

Additionally, FVPSA is authorized to support the following:

Award grants to reduce disparities by providing statewide information, training, and technical assistance to local domestic violence service organizations serving Native Hawaiians, in a culturally sensitive and relevant manner.

Coordinate activities with other Federal agencies, offices, and grantees that address the needs of Native Hawaiians that experience violence.

FVPSA is administered by the FVPSA Program, located in FYSB, a division of ACYF. FYSB administers mandatory FVPSA formula grants to states, territories, tribes, and state domestic violence coalitions. Funds awarded reach more than 1,600 local public, private, nonprofit, and faith-based organizations and programs demonstrating effectiveness in the field of domestic violence services and prevention. These programs provide victims of domestic violence and their children with emergency shelter, safety planning, crisis counseling, information and referral, legal advocacy, and additional support services. In 2021, local programs provided services to over 1.28 million survivors, including women, men, children, and youth. In 2021, FVPSA funded local domestic violence programs provided 7,218,471 shelter nights and responded to 2,564,242 crisis calls.

The FVPSA Program also administers funding for the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1- 800-799-SAFE) to operate a confidential 24-hour national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; their family; and others affected by the violence in an effort to build healthy, safe, and supportive communities. The FVPSA Program also administers the Stronghearts Native Helpline and the statutorily mandated network of information and technical assistance centers, collectively forming DVRN. Additionally, the statute provides for a set aside for grants to support state resource centers (SRC) to reduce the disparities in states with high populations of American Indian, Alaska Native, or NH populations. Congress appropriated $1million for NHRCDV in the FY 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

To ensure the safety of adult, youth, and child victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, and their families, FVPSA grantees and subgrantee shall protect the confidentiality and privacy of such victims and their families (45 CFR § 1370.4). FVPSA grantees and subgrantees shall not do the following:

1. Disclose any personally identifying information (as defined in 45 CFR § 1370.2) collected in connection with services requested (including services utilized or denied) through grantees’ and subgrantees’ programs.

2. Reveal any personally identifying information without informed, written, reasonably time-limited consent by the person about whom information is sought, whether for this program or any other Federal, Tribal or State grant program, including whether to comply with Federal, Tribal or State reporting, evaluation, or data collection requirements; or

3. Require an adult, youth, or child victim of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence to provide a consent to release his or her personally identifying information as a condition of eligibility for the services provided by the grantee or subgrantee.

The FY 2022 appropriation included a $1million increase to support a NHDVRC under the FVPSA SRC program. Through this NOFO, ACYF/FYSB announces funding available to support one NHDVRC as a SRC as authorized under FVPSA, 42 U.S.C. § 10410(b)(3).

FYSB Priorities The mission of FYSB is to support the organizations and communities that work every day to put an end to youth homelessness, adolescent pregnancy and domestic violence. FYSB achieves this by supporting programs that provide shelter, community services and prevention education for youth, adults, and families.

NHRCDV

There is a critical need to provide additional support to NH victims of domestic violence to address the lack of culturally-specific domestic violence resources, service needs and information gaps to help inform efforts that are intended to prevent and respond to domestic violence in NH communities.

In 2018, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs reported that Native Hawaiians have experienced high rates of intimate partner violence. Twenty percent of NH women ages 18 to 29 years old report experiencing intimate partner violence (compared with 13.3 percent of non-Hawaiian women of the same age range). Twenty-nine percent of NH women ages 45 to 59 years old report experiencing intimate partner violence. This rate is nearly twice as high as non-Hawaiian women in the same age category. There is a clear need for additional assistance to support Native

Hawaiian’s effort to preventatively address domestic violence as well as identify the needs of NH survivors and their dependents.

Through this grant program, FYSB will fund one cooperative agreement to enhance the capacity of NH, NH organizations, service providers, and other professionals to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in a culturally sensitive, relevant, and effective manner. NHRCDV will support family violence, domestic violence and dating violence prevention and intervention efforts for NH.

In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 10410(b)(3), NHRCDV expectations are as follows:

To offer a comprehensive array of technical assistance and training resources to increase the capacity of NH, NH organizations, and other service providers and professionals to respond to domestic violence, including offering the resources in states in which the population of NH exceeds 10 percent of the total population of the state;

To provide comprehensive community education and domestic violence prevention initiatives in a culturally sensitive and relevant manner; and

To coordinate activities with state and federal agencies, offices, and grantees that address the needs of NH that experience domestic violence.

Definitions

Dating Violence: Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim and where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship (42 U.S.C. § 13925(a))

Domestic Violence: Felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws or jurisdiction receiving grant monies;

or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction (42 U.S.C. § 13925(a))

Family Violence: Any act or threatened act of violence, including any forceful detention of an individual, which: (a) results in or threatens to result in physical injury, and (b) is committed by a person against another individual (including an elderly person) to whom such person is, or was, related by blood or marriage, or otherwise legally related, or with whom such person is, or was, lawfully residing (42 U.S.C. § 10402)

Intimate Partner Violence: A term used interchangeably with “domestic violence or dating violence” (for purposes of this announcement)

Native Hawaiian: The term "Native Hawaiian: means any individual who is:(a) a citizen of the United States; (b) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now comprises the State of Hawaii, as evidence by: (i) genealogical records; (ii) Kupuna (elders) or Kamaaina (long-term community residents) verification; or (iii) certified birth records (20 U.S.C § 7517)

Technical Assistance: Specific, detailed guidance, that can include the following: phone calls or emails on a specific topic, provision of written materials, referrals, review and feedback/comments/advice on materials prepared by individuals or organizations, or onsite visits involving intensive assistance and an exchange of information and resources (for purposes of this announcement)

Trainings and Presentations: Pre-scheduled and in-depth information on a particular topic(s) in person, in a targeted geographic area, over the phone, or online (for purposes of this announcement)

Underserved: For purposes of this anouncement, “underserved population”, “underserved communities” or “people who have been historically underserved” should be read to be consistent with FVPSA statutory and regulatory definitions (at 42 U.S.C. § 10402 (14) and 45 CFR § 1370.2). For reference, the definition at 45 CFR § 1370.2 is given here:

“Underserved populations means populations who face barriers in accessing and using victim services, and includes populations underserved because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, underserved racial and ethnic populations, and populations underserved because of special needs including language barriers, disabilities, immigration status, and age. Individuals with criminal histories due to victimization and individuals with substance use disorders and mental health issues are also included in this definition. The reference to racial and ethnic populations is primarily directed toward racial and ethnic minority groups (as defined in section 1707(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300(u–6)(g)), which means American Indians (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts); Asian American; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; Blacks and Hispanics. The term ‘‘Hispanic’’ or ‘‘Latino’’ means individuals whose origin is Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or any other Spanish speaking country. This underserved populations’ definition also includes other population categories determined by the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] or the Secretary’s designee to be underserved."

Program Goals This funding opportunity will support the operation of a national technical assistance provider to enhance the capacity of organizations and providers of services to NH, specifically designed to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in a culturally sensitive and relevant manner. The applicant must have the organizational capacity, leadership, and experience in serving NH from geographically diverse locations as well as experience providing training and technical assistance to programs, communities, and other entities to address disparities faced by NH communities in addressing domestic violence.

This NHRCDV will assist in building the capacity to engage NH communities and programs including those who are geographically isolated where community-level involvement is necessary. The applicant is required to directly support the provision of prevention programming including meetings and gatherings to work collaboratively with community members, domestic violence advocates, and other relevant response systems; to develop policies and protocols and to improve prevention and response skills. Applicants are encouraged to incorporate a six month planning period at the start of the project period in order to successfully implement training, technical assistance, and other activities designed to meet program goals. Planning period activities can include (but are not limited to) hiring staff, developing curriculum, and designing training.

There is a critical need to provide additional support to NH victims of domestic violence to address the barriers faced by victims, the children who witness such violence, responders, and their communities. NH experienced higher rates of interpersonal violence compared to non-NH before the COVID-19 pandemic. This disparity has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 public health crisis and the psychosocial and financial stressors that have been known to lead to increases in interpersonal violence. The issue brief titled Native Hawaiian At-Risk of Intimate Partner Violence during COVID-19 states that “Native Hawaiians are likely to experience increased rates due to the stresses created by the COVID-19 pandemic and its severe consequences such as anxiety, depression, isolation and economic disadvantages which are common for potential victims.”

Note: For the purposes of this NOFO, evidence-informed practices bring together the best available research, professional expertise, and input from communities to identify and deliver services that show promise to achieve positive outcomes for NH populations.

Program Requirements The NHRCDV must do the following:

Provide technical assistance to expand the capacity of NH, NH organizations, domestic violence programs, and other responders to provide survivor- and culturally-centered domestic violence prevention and intervention services.

Create community-level involvement and develop programmatic resources and training tools to assist NH organizations, community-based supports, and non-NH programs.

Increase emergency/safety responses, access to shelter or safe homes, and other supportive services, such as legal assistance and transportation, for NH victims of domestic violence.

Enhance public awareness through the development and promotion of the following: new and/or existing resources, including emerging issues and prevention/intervention strategies that are both broadly relevant and community specific; model program policies;

sheltering policies; screening tools; and promising practices to support NH survivors of domestic violence and families and communities impacted by intimate partner violence.

Synthesize research literature and conduct studies to inform development of frameworks that consider the unique needs of NH victims of domestic violence with special emphasis on the populations that are geographically removed from accessible services.

Develop partnerships and build innovative collaborations between entities such as:

domestic violence providers, NH organizations, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence (API- GBV), the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) and other DVRN members, school teachers, community members, transportation providers, public health organizations, the Hawaii State Domestic Violence Coalition, and social service agencies.

Provide coordinated and topic-specific training and technical assistance to the FVPSA Program through onsite visits; presenting at statewide, regional and national meetings and conferences; developing on-line, self-paced learning modules; presenting webinars;

developing written materials; and coordinating small group meetings such as in-person, https://www.hscadv.org/wp-content/uploads/Native-Hawaiians-Intimate-Partner-Violence-During-COVID19-Report.pdf https://www.hscadv.org/wp-content/uploads/Native-Hawaiians-Intimate-Partner-Violence-During-COVID19-Report.pdf conference calls and video conferencing to encourage peer learning. The recipient will participate in ongoing coordination and collaboration with the FVPSA-funded resource centers especially NIWRC, API-GBV, AKNWRC, and the NNEDV.

Address emerging issues related to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence through the provision of training and technical assistance that is comprehensive and national in scope. Emerging topics of relevance may include violence prevention for children and youth; the co-occurrence of human trafficking and domestic violence; racial equity, family/youth homelessness; services for male victims; services for children of all ages who witness violence; and meeting the needs of survivors with substance use histories.

Conduct needs assessments to address emerging trends, gaps, and accessibility barriers that domestic violence victims may face when accessing health and social services in Hawaii.

Coordinate with NNEDV in their efforts to assure the capacity of the states and domestic violence coalitions, FVPSA recipients and subrecipients to carry out the FVPSA grant program requirements with best practices and in adherence to FVPSA guidance, including legislation and regulations.

Plan meetings, events, and site visits in conjunction with FYSB to allow for participation of FYSB staff. The selected recipient will also assist FVPSA project officers with site visits and provide necessary technical assistance to subrecipients as part of follow-up to a site visit.

Ensure that the grant approach, workplans, and deliverables are consistent with a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality. The recipient will provide a comprehensive community equity plan (or other similar documentation within the application) that demonstrates the processes and policies the recipient has in place to ensure the proactive identification of systemic barriers to opportunities and benefits for people of color and other underserved populations and strategic incorporation of activities to redress such barriers in ongoing workplans. This plan (or other similar documentation within the application) will also address policies and practices that are in place to ensure that the grant staffing plan supports the capacity to address those disparities in an ongoing, strategic, and culturally responsive manner, especially for particular underserved populations with documented history of long-standing significant disparities related to the topic of the grant. Ensure that the grant approach, workplans, and deliverables are consistent with prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation and proactively support access and redress barriers for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Two-Spirit survivors and their children. Also ensure that technical assistance and training in conducted in alignment with FVPSA regulations at 45 CFR part 1370.5(a) and

(c) requiring ensuring that no person shall on the basis of actual or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, any program or activity funded in whole or in part through FVPSA.

DVRN Activities NHRCDV will be expected to participate in DVRN, including twice-yearly meetings, training/webinars, technical assistance coordination, research, reporting, and resource development, as needed. NHRCDV will coordinate with other DVRN members and work collaboratively to coordinate national training, technical assistance, public awareness, and research initiatives.

FYSB expects NHRCDV to participate in two DVRN meetings each year and no fewer than two FYSB-sponsored meetings each project period. These meetings may take place in-person or virtually. For information on DVRN, go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/fysb/family-violence-prevention-services-resource-centers

Please note: Members of DVRN will maintain independent governance of their own organizations but are expected to share their expertise with other DVRN members; actively participate in the coordination of technical assistance; attend semi-annual DVRN meetings; and work collaboratively to develop training, resources, research, or initiatives.

The DVRN is currently comprised of the following members:

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence National Indian Resource Center Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for Indian

Women: National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center The Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence National Network to End Domestic Violence Special Issue Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Criminal and Civil Justice Special Issue Resource Center on Health and Domestic Violence Special Issue Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health Special Issue Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Asian and Pacific Islanders Special Issue Resource Center on Domestic Violence in the African American

Community Special Issue Resource Center on Domestic Violence in the Latino Community National Domestic Violence Hotline Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Questioning Institute on Intimate Partner Violence

Five (5) bonus points will be given to applicants proposing to establish or maintain a resource center in the State of Hawaii.

Subawards Recipients under this grant program may opt to transfer a portion of substantive programmatic work to other organizations through subaward(s). The prime recipient must maintain a substantive role in the project. ACF defines a substantive role as conducting activities and/or providing services funded under the award that are necessary and integral to the completion of the project. Subrecipient monitoring activities alone, as specified in 45 CFR § 75.352, do not constitute a substantive role. Furthermore, ACF does not fund awards where the role of the applicant is primarily to serve as a conduit for passing funds to other organizations unless that arrangement is authorized by statute.

Subrecipient(s) must meet the eligibility requirements identified in the NOFO, Section III.1.

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Eligible Applicants. Additionally, all subrecipient(s) must obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number assigned by the System for Award Management (SAM), if they do not already have one. Prime recipients are required to check the SAM to verify that the subrecipient(s) is/are not debarred, suspended, or ineligible.

Please reference the Award Term and Condition on Subawards on the ACF Administrative and National Policy Requirements website for further requirements involving subawards.

II. Federal Award Information Funding Instrument Type:

CA (Cooperative Agreement) Estimated Total Funding:

$1,000,000 Expected Number of Awards:

Award Ceiling:

$1,000,000 Per Budget Period

Award Floor:

$500,000 Per Budget Period

Average Projected Award Amount:

$1,000,000 Per Budget Period

Anticipated Project Start Date:

09/30/2022 Length of Project Periods:

36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods

Additional Information on Project Periods and Explanation of 'Other' Additional Information on Awards:

Awards made under this funding opportunity are subject to the availability of federal funds.

Applications requesting an award amount that exceeds the Award Ceiling per budget period, or per project period, as stated in this section, will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. This disqualification applies only to the Award Ceiling listed for the first 12-month budget period for projects with multiple budget periods. If the project and budget period are the same, the disqualification applies to the Award Ceiling listed for the project period. Please see Section III.3. Other, Application Disqualification Factors.

Note: For those programs that require matching or cost sharing, recipients will be held accountable for projected commitments of non-federal resources in their application budgets and https://www.acf.hhs.gov/administrative-and-national-policy-requirements#book_content_14 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/administrative-and-national-policy-requirements https://www.acf.hhs.gov/administrative-and-national-policy-requirements budget justifications by budget period or by project period for fully funded awards, even if the projected commitment exceeds the required amount of match or cost share. A recipient's failure to provide the required matching amount may result in the disallowance of federal funds.

For more information on these requirements, see Section III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching.

Description of ACF's Anticipated Substantial Involvement Under the Cooperative Agreement Award

Through the cooperative agreement, FYSB shall be involved as follows:

1. Provide significant guidance and consultation on project design and implementation to the primary recipient throughout the project period to ensure the successful implementation of the project and to improve the outcomes of the program.

2. Review, provide feedback on, and approve the project scope, activities, and work plan, as well as the structure and integrity of the resource center, in conjunction with the recipient. This includes any changes to key personnel on the project.

3. Propose and approve significant changes to project scope, activities, and work plans.

4. Review and approve final drafts of all updated and new materials, articles, major publications, and research reports that are developed or distributed with resources made available under this cooperative agreement.

5. Be involved in the development of strategies for the implementation of the project.

6. Participate in major project activities, such as advisory or other leadership committee meetings, conference, topical meetings, training, or major project meetings.

7. Keep subrecipients informed about ACYF/FYSB/FVPSA priorities.

8. Organize frequent meetings, briefings, teleconferences, webinars, and other forums necessary to review current and planned activities, to share information and to promote national coordination.

The respective responsibilities of FYSB and the successful application will be identified and incorporated into the cooperative agreement of the award during the pre-award negotiations. It is anticipated that the cooperative agreement will not change the project requirements for the recipient under this announcement.

This award will be a cooperative agreement. A cooperative agreement is an award instrument used when substantial involvement is anticipated between the awarding office and the recipient during performance of the contemplated project and extends beyond normal oversight and stewardship responsibilities and functions. The FVPSA Program will collaborate with the recipient in the following ways:

1. Provide consultation on, and approval for, enhancements and changes to the work plan and budget during the project period.

2. Be actively involved in the development of long-term strategies for the implementation of the project, including projects and activities that involve working with the non-NH state and local governments to enhance their capacity to understand the unique needs of NH.

3. Participate in recipient-hosted or recipient-sponsored meetings and conferences.

4. Provide partner participation, and victim/survivor input/feedback, as appropriate.

5. Communicate changes to expectations for performance or changes in FYSB policies and provide appropriate technical assistance to implement the changes.

6. Review and approve significant project documents, such as national and statewide services reports, focus survey reports, and recipient policy and procedure manuals.

7. Consult on current and proposed new data collection elements.

III. Eligibility Information III.1. Eligible Applicants According to FVPSA, 42 U.S.C. §10410, (c) (4) NHRCDV eligible entities must be:

1. located in a state in which the population of Native Hawaiians exceeds 10 percent of the total population of the state; or

2. an entity that is a Native Hawaiian organization that focuses primarily on issues of domestic violence among Native Hawaiians, or an institution of higher education; and

3. demonstrates the ability to serve all regions of the State, including underdeveloped areas and areas that are geographically distant from population centers.

Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. See Section III.3. Other, Application Disqualification Factors.

Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.

Reference to Legal Status See Section IV.2. Legal Status of Applicant Entity for documentation required to support eligibility.

Funding Restrictions Reference Please see Section IV.6. Funding Restrictions for any limitations on the use of federal funds that could affect the eligibility of an applicant or project.

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement:

No For all federal awards, any shared costs or matching funds and all contributions, including cash and third-party in-kind contributions, must be accepted as part of the recipient’s cost sharing or matching when such contributions meet all criteria listed in 45 CFR § 75.306.

For awards that require matching by statute, recipients will be held accountable for projected commitments of non-federal resources in their application budgets and budget justifications by budget period, or by project period for fully funded awards, even if the projected commitment exceeds the amount required by the statutory match. A recipient’s failure to provide the statutorily required matching amount may result in the disallowance of federal funds.

Recipients will be required to report these funds in the Federal Financial Reports.

For awards that do not require matching or cost sharing by statute, where “cost sharing” refers to any situation in which the recipient voluntarily shares in the costs of a project other than as statutorily required matching, recipients will be held accountable for projected commitments of non-federal resources in their application budgets and budget justifications by budget period, or by project period for fully funded awards. These include situations in which contributions are voluntarily proposed by a recipient or subrecipient and are accepted by ACF. Non-federal cost sharing will be included in the approved project budget so that the recipient will be held accountable for proposed non-federal cost sharing funds as shown in the Notice of Award (NoA). A recipient’s failure to provide voluntary cost sharing of non-federal resources that have been accepted by ACF as part of the approved project costs and that have been shown as part of the approved project budget in the NoA, may result in the disallowance of federal funds. Recipients will be required to report these funds in the Federal Financial Reports.

III.3. Other Application Disqualification Factors Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.

Award Ceiling Disqualification

Applications that request an award amount that exceeds the Award Ceiling per budget period or per project period ("per project period" refers only to fully funded awards), as stated in Section II. Federal Award Information, will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. This disqualification applies only to the Award Ceiling listed for the first 12-month budget period for projects with multiple budget periods. If the project and budget period are the same, the disqualification applies to the Award Ceiling listed for the project period.

Required Electronic Application Submission

ACF requires electronic submission of applications at Grants.gov. Paper applications received from applicants that have not been approved for an exemption from required electronic submission will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.

Applicants that do not have an internet connection or sufficient computing capacity to upload large documents to the internet may contact ACF for an exemption that will allow the applicant to submit applications in paper format. Information and the requirements for requesting an exemption from required electronic application submission are found in "ACF Policy for https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ACF_Policy_for_Requesting_an_Exemption_from_Required_Electronic_FINAL_0.pdf

Requesting an Exemption from Electronic Application Submission."

Missing the Application Deadline (Late Applications)

The deadline for electronic application submission is 11:59 pm ET on the due date listed in the Overview and in Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times. Electronic applications submitted to Grants.gov after 11:59 pm ET on the due date, as indicated by a dated and time-stamped email from Grants.gov, will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. That is, applications submitted to Grants.gov, on or after 12:00 am ET on the day after the due date will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.

Applications submitted to Grants.gov at any time during the open application period, and prior to the due date and time, which fail the Grants.gov validation check, will not be received at, or acknowledged by ACF.

Each time an application is submitted via Grants.gov, the submission will generate a new date and time-stamp email notification. Only those applications with on-time date and time stamps that result in a validated application, which is transmitted to ACF will be acknowledged.

The deadline for receipt of paper applications is 4:30 pm ET on the due date listed in the Overview and in Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times. Paper applications received after 4:30 pm ET on the due date will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. Paper applications received from applicants that have not received approval of an exemption from required electronic submission will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.

Notification of Application Disqualification Applicants will be notified of a disqualification determination by email or by USPS postal mail within 30 federal business days from the closing date of this NOFO.

IV. Application and Submission Information IV.1. Address to Request Application Package GrantSolutions 1700 Rockville Pike Suite 600 Rockville

MD

20852 1-866-577-0771 help@grantsolutions.gov Application Packages

Electronic Application Submission:

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ACF_Policy_for_Requesting_an_Exemption_from_Required_Electronic_FINAL_0.pdf

The electronic application submission package is available in the NOFO's listing at Grants.gov.

Applications in Paper Format:

For applicants that have received an exemption to submit applications in paper format, Standard Forms (SFs), assurances, and certifications are available in the "Select Grant Opportunity Package" available in the NOFO's Grants.gov Synopsis under the Package tab at Grants.gov. See Section IV.2. Request an Exemption from Required Electronic Application Submission if applicants do not have an Internet connection or sufficient computing capacity to upload large documents (files) to Grants.gov.

Federal Relay Service:

Hearing-impaired and speech-impaired callers may contact the Federal Relay Service (FedRelay) for assistance at www.gsa.gov/fedrelay.

IV.2. Content and Form of Application Submission

FORMATTING APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS

Each applicant applying electronically via Grants.gov is required to upload only two electronic files, excluding SFs and Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-approved forms. No more than two files will be accepted for the review, and additional files will be removed. SFs and OMB-approved forms will not be considered additional files.

FOR ALL APPLICATIONS:

Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) AOR is the designated representative of the applicant/recipient organization with authority to act on the organization’s behalf in matters related to the award and administration of grants. In signing a grant application, this individual agrees that the organization will assume the obligations imposed by applicable Federal statutes and regulations and other terms and conditions of the award, including any assurances, if a grant is awarded.

Point of Contact In addition to the AOR, a point of contact on matters involving the application must also be identified. The point of contact, known as the Project Director or Principal Investigator, should not be identical to the person identified as the AOR. The point of contact must be available to answer any questions pertaining to the application.

Application Checklist Applicants may refer to Section VIII. Other Information for a checklist of application requirements that may be used in developing and organizing application materials.

Accepted Font Style Applications must be in Times New Roman (TNR), 12-point font, except for footnotes, which may be TNR 10-point font. Pages that contain blurred text, or text that is too small to read comfortably, will be removed.

http://www.gsa.gov/fedrelay

English Language Applications must be submitted in the English language and must be in the terms of United States (U.S.) dollars. If applications are submitted using another currency, ACF will convert the foreign currency to U.S. currency using the date of receipt of the application to determine the rate of exchange.

Page Limitations Applicants must observe the page limitation(s) listed under "PAGE LIMITATIONS AND CONTENT FOR ALL SUBMISSION FORMATS:." Page limitation(s) do not include SFs and OMB-approved forms.

All applications must be double-spaced. An application that exceeds the cited page limitation for double-spaced pages in the Project Description file or the Appendices file will have extra pages removed, and those pages will not be reviewed.

Application Elements Exempted from Double-Spacing Requirements The following elements of the application submission are exempt from the double-spacing requirements and may be single-spaced: the table of contents, the one-page Project Summary, required Assurances and Certifications, required SFs, required OMB-approved forms, resumes, logic models, proof of legal status/non-profit status, third-party agreements, letters of support, footnotes, tables, the line-item budget and/or the budget justification.

Adherence to NOFO Formatting, Font, and Page Limitation Requirements Applications that fail to adhere to ACF’s NOFO formatting, font, and page limitation requirements will be adjusted by the removal of page(s) from the application. Pages will be removed before the objective review and will not be made available to reviewers.

Applications that have more than one scanned page of a document on a single page will have the page(s) removed from the review.

For applicants that submit paper applications, double-sided pages will be counted as two pages.

When the maximum allowed number of pages is reached, excess pages will be removed and will not be made available to reviewers.

NOTE: Applicants failing to adhere to ACF’s NOFO formatting, font, and page limitation requirements will receive a letter from ACF notifying them that their application was amended.

The letter will be sent after awards have been issued and will specify the reason(s) for removal of page(s).

Corrections/Updates to Submitted Applications When applicants make revisions to a previously submitted application, ACF will accept only the last on-time application for pre-review under the Application Disqualification Factors. The Application Disqualification Factors determine the application's acceptance for competitive review. See Section III.3. Other, Application Disqualification Factors and Section IV.2.

Application Submission Options.

Copies Required Applicants must submit one complete copy of the application package electronically. Applicants submitting electronic applications need not provide additional copies of their application package.

Applicants submitting applications in paper format must submit one original and two copies of the complete application, including all SFs and OMB-approved forms. The original copy must have original signatures.

Signatures Applicants submitting electronic applications must follow the registration and application submission instructions provided at Grants.gov.

The original of a paper format application must include original signatures of the authorized representatives.

Accepted Application Format With the exception of the required SFs and OMB-approved forms, all application materials must be formatted so that they are 8 ½" x 11" white paper with 1-inch margins all around.

If possible, applicants are encouraged to include page numbers for each page within the application.

ACF generally does not encourage submission of scanned documents as they tend to have reduced clarity and readability. If documents must be scanned, the font size on any scanned documents must be large enough so that it is readable. Documents must be scanned page-for-page, meaning that applicants may not scan more than one page of a document onto a single page. Pages with blurred text will be removed from the application.

PAGE LIMITATIONS AND CONTENT FOR ALL SUBMISSION FORMATS:

The Project Description (File One) is limited to 50 pages and must include the following:

Table of Contents Project Summary/Abstract (one page) Objectives and Need for Assistance Expected Outcomes Approach Timeline and Narrative Program Performance and Evaluation Plan Organizational Capacity Dissemination Plan Protection of Sensitive and/or Confidential Information Line-Item Budget and Budget Justification (exempt from page limitations)

Appendices (File Two) is limited to 75 pages and must include the following:

Staff Position Information (e.g., resumes of key staff, job descriptions, organizational chart)

List of Board Directors or other governing body members (as applicable) Financial Statements (as applicable) Third-Party Agreements/Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) (as applicable) Letters of Support Required Forms, Certifications and Assurances Proof of Legal Status Indirect Cost Rate Letter (as applicable) Other Eligibility Documents (as applicable)

Please note again that staff and OMB-approved forms do not be count toward the page limit.

Remember that shorter applications are often easier for reviewers to fully comprehend. FYSB suggests that applicants use headings, subheadings, bullet points, extra spaces, and formatting such as bold or underline to help grant reviewers easily locate each aspect of your grant application and determine that each point has been addressed in your application.

ELECTRONIC APPLICATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Applicants are required to submit their applications electronically unless they have received an exemption that will allow submission in paper format. See Section IV.2. Application Submission Options for information about requesting an exemption.

Electronic applications will only be accepted via Grants.gov. ACF will not accept applications submitted via email or via facsimile.

Each applicant is required to upload ONLY two electronic files, excluding SFs and OMB-approved forms.

File One: Must contain the entire Project Description, and the Budget and Budget Justification (including a line-item budget and a budget narrative).

File Two: Must contain all documents required in the Appendices.

Adherence to the Two-File Requirement No more than two files will be accepted for the review. Applications with additional files will be amended and files will be removed from the review. SFs and OMB-approved forms will not be considered additional files.

Application Upload Requirements ACF strongly recommends that electronic applications be uploaded as Portable Document Files (PDFs). One file must contain the entire Project Description and Budget Justification; the other file must contain all documents required in the Appendices. Details on the content of each of the two files, as well as page limitations, are listed earlier in this section.

To adhere to the two-file requirement, applicants may need to convert and/or merge documents together using a PDF converter software.