OVW Fiscal Year 2024 National Service Line for Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVW-2024-172228
- Agency
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Office on Violence Against Women
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- $2,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
Paragraph 1:
This federal grant opportunity, the OVW Fiscal Year 2024 National Service Line for Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse Program, is a cooperative agreement administered by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The program aims to support the implementation of a National Service Line to provide emotional support services and access to victim advocates for incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse, as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards. Eligible applicants include non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and other organizations. The evaluation criteria will focus on the applicant's experience, capacity, and proposed approach to establishing and operating the National Service Line. The proposal submission deadline is November 12, 2024.
Paragraph 2:
The total funding available for this opportunity is not specified, but recent awards under the OVW Special Projects program have ranged from $150,000 to $1,500,000 with durations of 1-3 years. The services provided under this grant must be accessible nationwide to incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse, with the goal of improving responses to gender-based violence in confinement facilities across the United States.
Synopsis
This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(16), which allows OVW to support pilot projects, demonstration projects, and special initiatives designed to improve responses to gender-based violence through an Innovation Fund. The assistance listing number is 16.029. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards, released in 2012, include requirements that are designed to help confinement agencies prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment. PREA Standard 115.53 requires confinement facilities to provide inmates with access to outside victim advocates for emotional support services related to sexual abuse. The full text of the PREA Standards can be found on the PREA Resource Center website (Homepage | PREA (prearesourcecenter.org)). OVW has partnered with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) within the Office of Justice Programs on an initiative to develop a National Service Line for Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse (Service Line Initiative). The Service Line Initiative is being administered as a two-phase project including a planning phase followed by an implementation phase. This solicitation is for the implementation phase.
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