Protecting and Rehabilitating Sexually Exploited Women and Girls Through Long-Term Safe Homes
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- WH-AST-26-001
- Agency
-
Public Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,000,000 to $2,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
-
- Health
- Eligible applicants
-
- County Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Special District Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- State Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Independent School Districts
- Points of contact
-
- Margaret Snyder margaret.snyder@hhs.gov (202) 690-7540
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health is soliciting applications for grants funding safe residential programs providing longer-term housing and comprehensive multidisciplinary care for sexually exploited and abused women and girls, with applications due July 20, 2026.
Eligible applicants include county governments, tribal organizations (federally recognized and non-federally recognized), special district governments, state governments, city and township governments, independent school districts, public and private higher education institutions, public or Indian housing authorities, for-profit organizations, and 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits. All services must be delivered within the United States.
Approximately $7.6 million in total funding supports approximately 4 awards ranging from $1 million to $2 million each. The period of performance covers 24 months as an initial commitment—12-month first and second budget periods with an optional competitive third year—with an anticipated award date and project start of September 30, 2026.
Safe homes must provide residential housing for months or years sufficient to address rehabilitative needs, distinguished from emergency shelter, paired with comprehensive care addressing physical health, psychological well-being, social support, and educational or vocational development. Grantees must demonstrate trauma-informed therapeutic care, staff tenure stability with specified benchmarks, age-appropriate residential arrangements, and partnerships with healthcare systems, domestic or sexual violence organizations, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, or education providers.
Applications require submission through Grants.gov of a project narrative (25-page limit), appendices including work plans and memoranda of understanding (combined 50-page limit), budget package with SF-424A and detailed justifications, and completion of SF-424, SF-LLL, and Project Abstract Summary. Recipients must submit quarterly financial reports and annual performance reports documenting residential capacity, service delivery, safety outcomes, staffing stability, and resident recovery metrics.
The opportunity is assigned to CFDA 93.088 (Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health).
Synopsis
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Office on Women's Health (OWH) announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 grants under the authority of section 229 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. § 237a) and section 1703(a) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. § 300u-2(a)). Those grants are funded through the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026.This notice solicits applications for initiatives that seek to address sexual violence by providing safe homes for sexually exploited and/or abused women or girls. These safe homes must provide longer-term housing for months or years-sufficient to serve the rehabilitative needs of the populations served-as opposed to emergency shelter, along with comprehensive multidisciplinary care that addresses the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and educational needs of the girls and/or women they serve. Grantees are expected to strengthen partnerships between state- and/or community-level providers which may include healthcare systems, domestic or sexual violence organizations, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, or education providers. By partnering with these and other statewide organizations, these safe homes would improve healthcare providers' ability to help victims of violence and improve prevention of further violence and re-traumatization by providing female victims of sexual exploitation and/or abuse with the comprehensive, therapeutic, and around-the-clock staffed care that they need.
Files
On GovTribe
Work this opportunity
- Track it in your pipeline
- Find teaming partners
- Similar grant opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity