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OMB Number - 1122-0020 Expiration Date: 01/31/2022

U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

OVW Fiscal Year 2020 Grants to Prevent and Respond to

Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Against

Children and Youth Program

Solicitation

Release Date: On or about February 12, 2020

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are limited to: nonprofit, nongovernmental entities; tribal organizations; Indian tribal governments; and units of local government or agencies of units of local government in the

United States or U.S. territories.

(See “Eligibility Information”)

Deadlines

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (E.T.) on March 30, 2020.

(See “Submission Dates and Times”)

Registration Information: To submit an application, all applicants must obtain a Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number and register online with the System for Award Management (SAM) and with Grants.gov. To ensure sufficient time to complete the registration process, applicants must obtain a DUNS number and register online with SAM and with Grants.gov immediately, but no later than March 11, 2020.

(See “Registration”) https://www.grants.gov/ http://www.grants.gov/ ii

Letter of Intent: Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a non-binding Letter of Intent to ovw.consolyouth@usdoj.gov by March 11, 2020. This letter confirms that the applicant has registered with SAM and Grants.gov. Submitting a Letter of Intent will not obligate a potential applicant to submit an application. Interested applicants who do not submit a Letter of Intent are still eligible to apply.

(See “Letter of Intent”)

Pre-Application Information Session: OVW will post a pre-recorded Pre-Application Information Session on its website for entities interested in submitting an application for this program. Listening to this session is optional. Interested applicants who do not listen to the pre-recorded session are still eligible to apply. The session is tentatively scheduled to be available by February 27, 2020 on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-applicants.

Contact Information

For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, email OVW at ovw.consolyouth@usdoj.gov. Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at 202-307-6026.

Submission and Notification Information

Submission: Applications for this program will be submitted through Grants.gov. For technical assistance with Grants.gov, contact Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726.

The Grants.gov number assigned to this announcement is OVW-2020-18272.

Notification: OVW anticipates notifying applicants of funding decisions by October 1, 2020.

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Contents A. Program Description

Overview of OVW

About the OVW Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Against Children and Youth Program

Program Scope

Purpose Areas

OVW Priority Areas

Activities that Compromise Victim Safety and Recovery or Undermine Offender Accountability………………………………………………………………………………...…………3

Out-of-Scope Activities

Activities Requiring Prior Approval

B. Federal Award Information Availability of Funds

Award Period and Amounts

Types of Applications

Mandatory Program Requirements

C. Eligibility Information Eligible Applicants

Cost Sharing or Matching

Other Program Eligibility Requirements

D. Application and Submission Information Address to Request Application Package

Content and Form of Application Submission

Formatting and Technical Requirements

Application Contents

Summary Data Sheet Proposal Abstract

Project Narrative

Budget Detail Worksheet and Narrative

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Additional Required Information

Unique Entity Identifier (DUNS Number), System for Award Management (SAM), and Grants.gov Registration iv

Submission Dates and Times

OVW Policy on Late Submissions

Funding Restrictions

Other Submission Requirements

Submitting a Grant Application

E. Application Review Information Criteria

Review and Selection Process

Anticipated Announcement and Federal Award Dates

F. Federal Award Administration Information Federal Award Notices

Administrative and National Policy Requirements

Reporting

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contact(s) H. Other Information

Application Checklist

Federal Award Information:

Funding Type: Grant Estimated Total Funding: $4,800,000 Expected Number of Awards: 11 Award Ceiling: $500,000 Award Floor: N/A Registration Due: March 11, 2020 Letter of Intent Due: March 11, 2020 Application Due: March 30, 2020 Anticipated Start Date: October 1, 2020 Length of Award Period: 36 months

OVW Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Against Children and

Youth Program

(CFDA #16.888)

A. Program Description Overview of OVW OVW is a component of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Created in 1995, OVW administers grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent legislation and provides national leadership on issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. OVW grants support coordinated community responses to hold offenders accountable and serve victims.

Statutory Authority This program is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-93, 133 Stat. 2317, 2404 (2019).

About the OVW Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Against Children and Youth Program (CY Program) The CY Program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. For additional information about this program, see https://www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs and https://www.vawamei.org/grant-program/consolidated-youth-program/.

Note: Applicants interested in developing projects to engage men and boys as allies should submit a proposal under the OVW Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program.

https://www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs https://www.vawamei.org/grant-program/consolidated-youth-program/

Program Scope Activities supported by this program are determined by statute, federal regulations, and OVW policies. If an applicant receives an award, the funded project is bound by the provisions of this solicitation, the DOJ Financial Guide, including updates to the financial guide after an award is made, the section of the Solicitation Companion Guide on post-award requirements for all federal award recipients, and the conditions of the award.

Purpose Areas In FY 2020, applicants must use funds under the CY Program for one of the following purposes.

Applicants may select only one purpose area.

1. Services and Training to Address Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and/or Stalking (within ages 0-10).

2. Creating Safer Communities for Youth: Prevention, Intervention, Treatment, and Response

Services for Youth Impacted by Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and/or Stalking (within ages 11-24).

3. Providing School-Based Services: Prevention, Intervention, and Response to Dating

Violence, Sexual Assault, and/or Stalking (within ages 5-19).

OVW Priority Areas In FY 2020, OVW is interested in supporting the priority areas identified below. Applications proposing activities in the following areas will be given special consideration.

1. Increase efforts to combat stalking.

To qualify for this priority area, applicants must propose projects where at least 50 percent of the training, educational, and outreach activities address stalking and/or cyberstalking, including the intersection of these crimes with dating violence.

2. Address the specific challenges that rural communities face in responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

To qualify for this priority area, applicants must describe what makes the geographic service area rural (using U.S. Census or other appropriate government data) and how they will address specific challenges in rural communities.

3. Empower victims to become survivors by growing them past their vulnerabilities to a place of self-sufficiency.

To qualify for this priority area, applicants must propose project activities that go beyond immediate victim services such as crisis counseling, short/long term counseling, medical and/or court accompaniment, etc. Examples of ways applicants might address this priority include youth engagement through the development of youth action committees, or developing strong partnerships with workforce development, job training, and/or educational programs.

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Activities that Compromise Victim Safety and Recovery or Undermine Offender Accountability OVW does not fund activities that jeopardize victim safety, deter or prevent physical or emotional healing for victims, or allow offenders to escape responsibility for their actions.

Applications that propose any such activities may receive a deduction in points during the review process or may be eliminated from consideration entirely. Information on activities that compromise victim safety and recovery or undermine offender accountability may be found in the Solicitation Companion Guide.

Out-of-Scope Activities The activities listed below are out of the program scope, and they will not be supported by this program’s funding. See also the list of unallowable costs in the Funding Restrictions section of this solicitation.

1. Research projects: This does not include assessments conducted only for internal improvement purposes (up to three percent of the award). For information on distinguishing between research and assessments, see the heading on this topic in the Funding Restrictions section of this solicitation and the Solicitation Companion Guide.

2. Child Protective Service Investigations: Grant funds may not be used to support child protective service investigations of abuse or neglect.

3. Supervised Visitation or Exchange: Grant funds may not be used to support supervised visitation or exchange services.

4. Perpetrator Services: Grant funds may not be used to provide support services for perpetrators of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, such as counseling, batterer intervention, or anger management.

5. Sexual Harassment, Bullying, and Gender Norms: Grant funds may not be used to develop and/or provide training, products, or policies that focus primarily on sexual harassment, bullying, hazing, or gender norms.

6. Substance Abuse: Grant funds may not be used to implement prevention programs that focus primarily on alcohol and substance abuse as prevention strategies.

7. Ceremonies, Celebrations, and Entertainment: Grant funds may not be used to support award ceremonies or other celebratory events, or the purchase of tickets for entertainment activities such as sporting events, movies, concerts, or museums.

8. Athletics: Grant funds may not be used to support an individual’s or group of individuals’ participation on athletic teams or events, including full-time salaries for individuals who serve as coaches or leaders of athletic teams.

9. Technical Assistance (TA): Grant funds may not be used for projects focused on the provision of TA to other entities.

10. Trademarks: Grant funds may not be used to research, apply for, or register trademarks.

11. Service Area: Grant funds may not be used to conduct or support regional or statewide activities or projects. Applicants must ensure that proposed projects support local, community-specific strategies only, and the applicant and its project partners must be based in the project’s service area.

Applications that propose activities that are deemed to be substantially out-of-scope may receive a deduction in points during the review process or may be eliminated from consideration entirely.

Activities Requiring Prior Approval Recipients must receive prior approval before using grant funds to support surveys, whether conducted as part of a program or needs assessment, or for any other purpose. Prior approval is necessary to determine whether the activity is within the scope of the award and meets the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (see the Solicitation Companion Guide for more information).

B. Federal Award Information Availability of Funds All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. There is no guarantee that funds will be available in the future. OVW may elect to make awards in a future fiscal year for applications submitted under this solicitation but not selected for FY 2020 funding, depending on the merits of the applications and the availability of funding.

Award Period and Amounts The award period is 36 months. Budgets must reflect 36 months of project activity, and the total “estimated funding” on the SF-424 must reflect 36 months. OVW anticipates that the award period will start on October 1, 2020.

This program typically makes awards up to $500,000. OVW estimates that it will make up to 11 awards for an estimated $4,800,000.

Awards under this program for FY 2020 will be made for up to $500,000 for the entire 36 months.

OVW has the discretion to make awards for greater or lesser amounts than requested and to negotiate the scope of work and budget with applicants prior to making an award.

Awards will be made as grants.

Types of Applications In FY 2020, OVW will accept applications for this program from the following:

New: Applicants that have never received funding under the Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CYEM Program) or whose previous funding expired more than 12 months ago.

Continuation: Applicants that have an existing or recently closed (within the last 12 months) award under the CYEM Program. Continuation funding is not guaranteed.

Recipients of an FY 2018 or FY 2019 award under the CYEM program are NOT eligible to apply as the lead applicant or as a partner/subrecipient on an FY 2020 proposal. Likewise, an organization that is a partner/subrecipient on an FY 2018 or FY 2019 award is not eligible to apply as the lead applicant or as a partner/subrecipient on an FY 2020 proposal.

Additionally, current CYEM grantees with a substantial amount of unobligated funds remaining (50 percent or more of the previous award) as of March 31, 2020 without adequate justification may not be considered for funding or may receive a reduced award amount if selected for funding in FY 2020.

Mandatory Program Requirements Applicants that receive funding under this program will be required to engage in the following activities:

1. Attend OVW-sponsored training and TA.

2. Participate in an OVW-sponsored assessment or program evaluation, if applicable.

3. Create or expand a coordinated community response (CCR) team to oversee and guide project activities. The CCR must meet regularly to design and implement the needs assessment, develop the strategic plan, discuss project goals and activities, review successes and challenges, and ensure project activities are coordinated across the community served.

4. Provide crisis intervention for children, youth, and community members at all educational, outreach, and training events not specifically targeted to first responders or allied professionals.

5. Engage in a planning phase prior to project implementation. The planning phase is generally six months for new grantees and three months for continuation grantees. To complete the required planning activities, recipients will have access to $75,000 of funding.

During the planning phase, new grantees must:

A. Conduct a community strengths and needs assessment.

B. Develop a strategic plan for implementing project activities. The strategic plan must include all project partners and be submitted to OVW for review and approval.

C. Submit recipient and project partners’ policies related to securing background checks of staff and volunteers who interact with children and youth, client confidentiality, parental consent, mandatory reporting, and information sharing. If no policies exist, the policies must be developed and submitted to OVW.

During the planning phase, continuation grantees must:

A. Revise and update the initial strategic plan to reflect the continuation project. The strategic plan must include all project partners and be submitted to OVW for review and approval.

B. Submit any new project partner’s policies related to securing background checks of staff and volunteers who interact with children and youth, client confidentiality, parental consent, mandatory reporting, and information sharing. If no policies exist, the policies must be developed and submitted to OVW.

In addition, applicants receiving funding under this program will be required to engage in the following activities for the specific purpose area the proposed project will address:

Purpose Area 1 Serving and Training to Address Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and/or Stalking (within ages 0-10):

1. Provide direct services (e.g., crisis counseling, mental health and therapy services, victim advocacy, mentoring, educational support) that address the emotional, cognitive, and physical effects of trauma on children and increase the safety and stability of children (within ages 0–10) exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

2. Develop and deliver educational programs to assist families in creating violence-free homes for children.

3. Provide support services for non-abusing parents or caregivers (e.g., crisis counseling, victim advocacy, childcare, transportation, emergency shelter).

4. Develop and deliver training to assist law enforcement and other allied professionals (e.g., prosecutors, courts, health care providers) to appropriately respond to and support children exposed to violence.

5. Develop and deliver training to assist law enforcement officers in identifying and making appropriate referrals for children exposed to domestic violence.

6. Develop processes and provide training for educational, after-school, head start and childcare, and/or child welfare and foster care programs to identify children and families experiencing violence and make appropriate referrals for services.

7. Develop and implement prevention programming for children (within preschool through age 10), including those who are at high risk for victimization or perpetration.

Purpose Area 2 Creating Safer Communities for Youth: Prevention, Intervention, Treatment and Response Services for Youth Impacted by Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and/or Stalking (within ages 11-24)

1. Provide direct services (e.g., crisis counseling, mental health and therapy services, victim advocacy, mentoring, educational/work support, family strengthening services, building social capital, and transportation) that address the emotional, cognitive, and physical effects of trauma on youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

2. Develop and deliver training to assist law enforcement and other allied professionals (e.g., prosecutors, courts, health care providers, juvenile justice system) to appropriately respond to and support youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

3. Develop and deliver educational programs that address the prevention of and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking for youth-serving organizations (e.g., community centers, youth homeless services) and programs.

4. Develop and deliver prevention programming for youth, including those who are at high risk for victimization or perpetration, that are inclusive of youth-led strategies, assist youth in understanding and recognizing abusive behavior, and address by-stander intervention.

Purpose Area 3 Providing School-Based Services: Prevention, Intervention, and Response to Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and/or Stalking (within ages 5-19)

1. Develop and implement school-based policies, practices, and programs to prevent and respond to dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking of students, including policies and practices that address safety planning, referrals for support services, protection orders, and interim accommodations (e.g., change of class schedule, location of locker) for victims.

2. Provide developmentally appropriate prevention programming for students, including those at high risk for victimization or perpetration.

3. Provide by-stander intervention training for students.

4. Provide victim services for students, including increasing the ease of access to on or off-site victim advocates and counselors. The counselors and victim advocates must be trained in providing mental health and victim services for youth victims of dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

5. Develop and deliver training for school resource officers, teachers, school faculty and employees, and coaches on creating trauma informed educational environments and programming for students.

6. Provide training to assist law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and schools in investigations and/or prosecutions of incidents of dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking when the student and/or the student’s caregiver chooses to report to law enforcement.

7. Develop and deliver training to assist school faculty and employees (including administrators, teachers, coaches, school resource officers, counselors, nurses, and volunteers), law enforcement, and parents or caregivers in supporting students impacted by dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking.

8. Implement programs within the school and/or school system designed to change attitudes and behaviors in relation to dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

C. Eligibility Information

Applications that are submitted by ineligible entities or that do not meet all program eligibility requirements will not be considered for funding. In addition, an application that is deemed deficient in one or more of the following categories may not be considered for funding: 1.

activities that compromise victim safety, 2. out-of-scope activities, 3. unallowable costs, 4. pre-award risk assessment, 5. completeness of application contents, and 6. timeliness. An applicant with past performance issues, long-standing open audits, or an open criminal investigation also may not be considered for funding.

Note: Any nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is not eligible for a grant from this program. See 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(16)(B)(ii).

Eligible Applicants The following entities are eligible to apply for this program:

1. A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity, or tribal organization with:

a. a demonstrated primary purpose of developing or providing programming or services for children or youth; or

b. a demonstrated primary purpose of providing direct victim services for children or youth who are victims of and/or exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or

c. a demonstrated primary purpose of serving adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, but has a designated program that provides direct services to children or youth who are victims of and/or exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

2. An Indian tribe.

3. A unit of local government or an agency of a unit of local government.

Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this solicitation (see “Faith-Based Organizations” on the OVW website for more information).

Cost Sharing or Matching This program has no match or cost sharing requirement.

Other Program Eligibility Requirements In addition to meeting the eligible entity requirements outlined above, applicants for this program must also meet the requirements below. All certification and other eligibility related documents must be current and developed in accordance with the FY 2020 solicitation.

Delivery of Legal Assistance Certification Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(12), to be eligible for an award, any recipient or subrecipient providing legal assistance with funds awarded under this program must certify in writing that:

1. any person providing legal assistance with funds through this program

(A) has demonstrated expertise in providing legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in the targeted population; or (B)

i. is partnered with an entity or person that has demonstrated expertise described in subparagraph (A); and

ii. has completed, or will complete, training in connection with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking and related legal issues, including training on evidence-based risk factors for domestic and dating violence homicide;

2. any training program conducted in satisfaction of the requirement of paragraph (1) has been or will be developed with input from and in collaboration with a tribal, state, territorial, or local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking victim service provider or coalition, as well as appropriate tribal, state, territorial, and local law enforcement officials;

3. any person or organization providing legal assistance with funds through this program has informed and will continue to inform state, local, or tribal domestic violence, dating violence, or sexual assault programs and coalitions, as well as appropriate state and local law enforcement officials of their work; and

4. the grantee’s organizational policies do not require mediation or counseling involving offenders and victims physically together, in cases where sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or child sexual abuse is an issue.

Eligible Service Area Applicants must ensure that proposed projects support local, community-specific strategies only. The applicant and its project partners must be based in the project’s service area. Grant funds may not be used to conduct or support regional or statewide activities or projects.

Required Partnerships Applicants must establish multidisciplinary partnerships through a CCR to ensure the proposed project meets its goals and objectives, including the necessary expertise, experience, and capacity to meet the needs of the targeted age group. Applications that fail to include the required partnerships will be removed from further consideration. In addition, applicants and partners may serve in only one role as outlined below.

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1. Purpose Area 1 (within ages 0-10)

a. A victim service provider, if not the applicant; and

b. A community-based organization with demonstrated expertise in developing or providing specialized programming or services to children, if not the applicant.

2. Purpose Area 2 (within ages 11-24)

b. A community-based organization with demonstrated expertise in developing or providing specialized programming to youth, if not the applicant.

3. Purpose Area 3 (within ages 5-19)

b. A school or school district.

Note: A victim service provider is a nonprofit, nongovernmental or tribal organization or rape crisis center, including a state or tribal domestic violence and/or sexual assault coalition, that assists or advocates for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, including a domestic violence shelter, faith-based organization or other organization, with a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(43). Victim service providers must provide direct services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking as one of their primary purposes and have a demonstrated history of effective work in this field.

In addition, applicants are strongly encouraged to think creatively, develop broad CCR teams, and include additional partners that represent the diversity and experiences of the community, and include the necessary expertise and knowledge to meet the goals and objectives of the proposed project.

Limit on Number of Applications OVW will consider only one application per organization for the same service area. In addition, if an applicant submits multiple versions of the same application, OVW will review only the most recent system-validated version submitted before the deadline.

D. Application and Submission Information Address to Request Application Package The complete application package (this solicitation, including links to required forms) is available on Grants.gov and on the OVW website. Applicants wishing to request a paper copy of these materials should contact 202-307-6026 or ovw.consolyouth@usdoj.gov.

Pre-Application Information Session: OVW will post a pre-recorded Pre-Application Information Session on its website for entities interested in submitting an application for this program. Listening to this session is optional. Interested applicants who do not listen to the pre-recorded session are still eligible to apply. The session is tentatively scheduled to be available by February 27, 2020 on the OVW website https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-applicants.

The session will be captioned in English and Spanish. Interested applicants needing additional language assistance should contact this program’s POC at ovw.consolyouth@usdoj.gov or at 202-514-0390 as soon as possible, but no later than March 4, 2020.

http://www.grants.gov/ https://www.justice.gov/ovw/how-apply

Content and Form of Application Submission The information below (“Letter of Intent” through “Additional Required Information”) describes the full content and form of application submission.

Letter of Intent Applicants intending to apply for FY 2020 funding under this program are strongly encouraged to submit a Letter of Intent. The letter should state that the applicant is registered and current with SAM and with Grants.gov. The letter should be submitted to OVW at ovw.consolyouth@usdoj.gov] by March 11, 2020. This letter will not obligate the applicant to submit an application. See https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-applicants for a sample Letter of Intent.

Formatting and Technical Requirements Applications must follow the requirements below for all documents, unless otherwise noted.

Points may be deducted for applications that do not adhere to the following requirements:

1. Double spaced (Summary Data Sheet, and charts may be single spaced).

2. 8½ x 11 inch paper.

3. One-inch margins.

4. Type no smaller than 12 point, Times New Roman (TNR) or Arial font, except for footnotes, which may be in 10-point font.

5. Page numbers.

6. No more than 20 pages for the Project Narrative.

7. Word documents in the following formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), PDF files (.pdf), or Text

Documents (.txt).

8. Headings and sub-headings that correspond to the sections identified in this section of the solicitation.

Application Contents Applications must include the required documents and demonstrate that the program eligibility requirements have been met. For a complete checklist of the application contents, see the Other Information section in this solicitation.

OVW will not contact applicants for missing items on the list below. Applications that do not include all of the following documents will be considered substantially incomplete and will not be considered for funding:

1. Project Narrative.

2. Budget Detail Worksheet and Narrative.

3. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

In addition, the following documents are required; failure to submit them will not result in removal from consideration but may result in a loss of points:

1. Summary Data Sheet.

2. Proposal Abstract.

Summary Data Sheet (5 Points Total) The Summary Data Sheet should be one to four pages and may be single or double spaced.

The Summary Data Sheet does not count toward the 20 page limit for the Project Narrative. The following information must be provided as part of the Summary Data Sheet:

1. Name, title, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the individual with authority to accept grants on behalf of the applicant.

2. Name, title, address, telephone number, and e-mail address for the grant point-of-contact. This person must be an employee of the applicant.

3. Statement as to whether the applicant (the organization whose DUNS number is being used for the application) will serve as a fiscal agent/sponsor and pass all funds through to an entity or entities that will implement the project. Such an applicant will not be involved with implementation of the project beyond issuing subaward(s) to these entities and conducting minimal administrative activities. A fiscal agent/sponsor applicant must list these subrecipients and include a statement acknowledging that, should an award be made, the applicant will be responsible for all applicable statutory, fiscal, and programmatic requirements, including those of 2 C.F.R. Part 200, as well as all project deliverables. In such situations, the fiscal agent/sponsor must be an eligible applicant for the program.

4. Statement as to whether the applicant has expended $750,000 in federal funds in the applicant’s past fiscal year. If so, specify the end date of the applicant’s fiscal year.

5. Summary of all current and pending OVW grants (if applicable). If the applicant has a current grant or cooperative agreement under any OVW grant program or an award that has been closed within the last 12 months from the date this solicitation closes, the information must be provided in a table using the sample format found on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-applicants. Failure to provide the required table will result in a loss of points. The applicant should also provide the same information regarding any current OVW grants or pending applications on which the applicant is a subrecipient.

6. A list of all other federal grant programs from which the applicant currently receives funding or for which it has applied for funding in FY 2020 to do similar work. Provide this information in a table using the sample format found on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-applicants .

7. Statement as to whether the applicant is a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

8. Statement as to whether the applicant is a nonprofit organization that uses the Internal Revenue Service's three-step safe-harbor procedure to establish a rebuttable presumption that its executives' compensation is reasonable. If the applicant is not a nonprofit organization or is a nonprofit that does not use the safe-harbor procedure, provide a statement to that effect. For additional information about the safe-harbor procedure, see "Disclosure of Process Related to Executive Compensation" in the Additional Required Information section.

9. The percentage of grant activities, should the application be funded, that will address each of the following issues (the total percentages should not exceed 100%):

• Domestic violence.

• Dating violence.

• Sexual assault.

• Stalking.

• Sex trafficking.

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10. Statement as to whether the applicant is a recipient, or partner/subrecipient, on a current grant for the CYEM Program. If so, provide the year of the award and the role of the applicant on the award (recipient or project partner).

11. Statement as to whether any proposed project partner/subrecipient is a recipient, or partner/subrecipient, on a current grant for the CYEM Program. If so, provide the year of the award and the role of the partner(s) on the award (recipient or project partner/subrecipient).

12. Statement as to whether the application addresses the stalking, rural, and/or victim empowerment priority area(s).

13. Statement indicating whether the applicant is a victim service provider, community-based organization, child or youth serving agency or organization, state coalition, unit of local government, agency of a unit of local government, or a tribe or tribal organization.

14. Statement as to whether the application addresses purpose area one, two, or three.

15. The specific ages of the children and/or youth the application addresses.

16. The local community where the project will be implemented (e.g., the name of the city, town, county, village, parish, or township).

17. The name(s) and type of entity of each required partner(s).

18. Statement as to whether the applicant intends to use grant funds to provide legal services.

19. The mission statement of the applicant’s organization (if not a tribe or governmental entity) or specific program within the organization.

Proposal Abstract (not scored but used throughout the review process) The Proposal Abstract must provide a short summary (no more than two pages double-spaced) of the proposed project, including names of applicant and partners, project title, purpose of the project (including goals and intended outcomes), primary activities for which funds are requested, who will benefit (including geographic area to be served), products and deliverables, and how the applicant will measure progress in completing project goals and objectives. Do not summarize past accomplishments in this section.

Project Narrative (60 Points Total) The Project Narrative may not exceed 20 pages, double-spaced. The Project Narrative must include the following three sections:

Purpose of Application (15 points) This section must:

1. Describe the challenge or need faced by the community and how the goal/vision for the project will meet that need.

2. Describe the local community to be served, including the geographic location and the populations in the service area, including, to qualify for the OVW rural priority, what makes the geographic service area rural (using U.S. Census or other appropriate government data) and how isolated the area is from needed services.

3. Detail the current response to the targeted age group exposed to and/or victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking within the proposed service area. This section must identify available services and programs, as well as gaps and barriers in service provision that address prevention, intervention, and treatment.

4. Identify existing training and/or educational programs provided for those working or engaging with children and youth (e.g., law enforcement, prosecutors, school resource officers, schools, advocates, health care providers, parents or caregivers, juvenile justice system, foster care, homeless shelters, or youth-serving programs) and explain why existing training and/or educational programs do not meet current needs.

5. If the applicant is a current grantee of the CYEM Program, describe the challenges and successes of the current project and the work that remains.

What Will Be Done (30 points)

The application must provide a clear link between the proposed activities and the need identified in the “Purpose of Application” section above. The application must not include any of the activities listed as unallowable costs in the Funding Restrictions section of this solicitation.

This section must describe:

1. The approach to addressing the challenge or need identified in the Purpose of the Application section, including, to qualify for the OVW rural priority, how the project will address the challenges associated with the remoteness of the service area.

2. How the applicant will measure its progress in achieving the project’s goal(s)/vision.

Identify targeted outcome(s) and describe any tool(s) the applicant will use to track the outcome(s) and report them to OVW. Tool(s) may include OVW performance progress reports and logic model templates (both available at www.vawamei.org).

3. How the applicant will move to project sustainability.

4. How the proposed project will establish or support a multidisciplinary CCR to respond to children and youth exposed to and/or impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking, including current and future members, frequency of meetings, and which organization or program is the lead.

a. Continuation applicants must provide details about the CCR created or enhanced through the initial CYEM Program award including:

i. The current status of the CCR organized under the initial CYEM Program award, including whether it still exists, and if not, when it ended and why. If the CCR still meets, how often it meets, and the number of agencies and organizations regularly attending CCR meetings.

ii. Identify key participants of the CCR.

iii. Detail the efforts of the CCR to address children and youth exposed to or impacted by violence.

iv. Identify any activities engaged in by the CCR under the initial CYEM Program award that have been sustained.

5. How the project will provide appropriate crisis intervention and referrals for participants who identify themselves as victims during project activities, including prevention education, community awareness events, and/or other activities that target children and youth, non-offending parents or caregivers, and the general community.

6. How the applicant and project partners will conduct and complete the planning phase, including the community strengths and needs assessment, and development of the strategic plan or logic model.

7. The policies in place or to be developed that address the following: a) confidentiality;

b) information sharing; c) parental consent; d) background checks; and e) mandatory reporting, if applicable. This includes both the applicant and the project partners.

8. The type(s) of direct victim services (e.g., crisis counseling, mental health and therapy services, victim advocacy, mentoring, educational/work support, family strengthening services, building social capital, and transportation) that will be provided for the targeted age group, including (if applicable) the non-offending parent or caregiver.

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9. How the project focuses on a full spectrum of strategies that address prevention, intervention, treatment (if applicable), and response for the specific ages identified in number 15 of the Summary Data Sheet and promotes the dignity and self-sufficiency of victims.

10. All tangible products to be developed with grant funds (e.g., a video, a brochure, a theater piece, public service announcement, or curriculum).

11. If the applicant is submitting a continuation application, how the proposed project enhances and/or expands the current project.

12. Describe how the proposed project will reach each population in the service area identified in the Purpose of the Application section.

In addition, for the specific purpose area the proposed project will address, this section must describe:

Purpose Area 1 The types of training, prevention education, and educational programs to be developed and delivered to the specific groups listed below. Include details on the estimated number and frequency of the trainings and programs:

a. Law enforcement and other allied professionals (e.g., prosecutors, courts, health care providers).

b. Families.

c. Children, including those at high risk for victimization or perpetration.

d. Educational, after-school, childcare, and/or child welfare and foster care programs.

Purpose Area 2 The types of training, prevention programming, and educational programs to be developed and delivered to the specific groups listed below. Include details on the estimated number and frequency of the trainings and programs:

a. Law enforcement and other allied professionals (e.g., prosecutors, courts, health care providers, juvenile justice system).

b. Families

c. Youth, including those who are at high risk for victimization or perpetration.

d. Youth-serving organizations, schools, and programs.

Purpose Area 3

1. The types of training, prevention programming, and educational programs to be developed and delivered to the specific groups listed below. Include details on the estimated number and frequency of the trainings and programs:

a. Law enforcement, campus police, and other allied professionals (e.g., prosecutors, courts, health care providers).

b. School faculty and employees, including administrators, teachers, coaches, school resource officers, campus security, school counselors, school nurses, and volunteers.

c. Students, including those at high risk for victimization and perpetration.

d. Parents and caregivers.

2. The school-based policies, practices, and programs currently in place or to be developed that address the prevention of and response to dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking of students, including how safety planning, referrals, protection orders, and accommodations for students are being or will be addressed.

3. How the proposed activities are designed to change the attitudes and behaviors of school faculty and employees and students in relation to dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking.

Who Will Implement the Project (15 points)

This section must:

1. Identify the key individuals and organizations, including project partners, involved in the proposed project.

2. Demonstrate that the individuals and organizations identified have the capacity to address the stated need and can successfully implement the proposed project activities;

attach resumes or job descriptions of all key personnel. This includes the required education, training, and licensure and/or certification required to provide services and/or engage with the specific age(s) identified in number 15 of the Summary Data Sheet.

3. Provide detailed information that demonstrates the applicant and its partners are based in the community where the project will be implemented.

Budget Detail Worksheet and Narrative (15 Points) All applications must include a detailed budget and budget narrative. See the sample Budget Detail Worksheet and the Creating a Budget webinar available on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-applicants. Keep in mind that budgetary requirements vary among programs. Applicants must submit reasonable budgets based on the resources needed to implement their projects in their specific geographic location.

Award Period and Amount Applicants should carefully consider the resources needed to implement the project and present a realistic budget that accurately reflects the costs involved for a 36-month budget. Proposed budgets should not exceed $500,000, should address only one Purpose Area, and no more than 30 percent of the budget may be focused on activities related to sex trafficking.

The budget and budget narrative will be reviewed separately from the proposed project narrative. The budget narrative must describe each line item requested in the budget and explain all costs included in the budget, including how the costs of goods and services are determined and how they will fulfill the objectives of the project.

The budget must:

1. Display a clear link between the specific project activities and the proposed budget items. The budget should not contain items that are not supported by the project narrative.

2. Include funds to attend OVW-sponsored training and technical assistance in the amount of $40,000 for applicants located in the 48 contiguous states and $45,000 for applicants located in the territories, Hawaii, and Alaska. This amount is for the entire 36 months and NOT per year. Applicants also may budget expenses in excess of the required amount if they are aware of relevant non-OVW sponsored conferences or training for which they would like permission to use grant funds to support staff/project partner attendance.

3. Designate no more than 10 percent of total funding for other supportive services such as childcare, transportation assistance, clothing, or hygiene products, if applicable.

4. Designate no more than 10 percent of the total funding for media purchases (e.g., billboards, bus/subway advertisements, and/or radio/TV public service announcements).

5. Include funds to conduct the community strengths and needs assessment and develop the strategic plan.

6. Include funds or describe other resources available to the applicant to ensure access for individuals with disabilities, Deaf/hard of hearing individuals, and persons with limited English proficiency. See Accessibility under Federal Award Administration Information for more information.

7. Compensate all project partners for their full level of effort, unless otherwise stated in the MOU. For more information on compensating project partners, see the sample Budget Detail Worksheet on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-applicants.

8. Distinguish clearly between subawards and contracts in allocating any grant funds to other entities. Pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.330, a subaward is for the purpose of carrying out a portion of the federal award, such as compensating an MOU partner, and a contract is for the purpose of obtaining goods and services for the grantee’s own use.

The substance of the relationship is more important than the form of the agreement in determining whether the recipient of the pass-through funds is a subrecipient or a contractor. The awarding and monitoring of contracts must follow the recipient’s documented procurement procedures, including full and open competition, pursuant to the procurement standards in 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317-200.329.