Protecting Women and Girls through Founding and Replication of Existing Long-Term Safe Homes
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- WH-AST-26-002
- Agency
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Public Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $500,000 to $1,900,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Independent School Districts
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- State Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- For Profit Organizations
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- County Governments
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Points of contact
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- 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 Public Health Service Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health seeks applicants for FY 2026 grants to fund founding and replication of long-term safe homes for sexually exploited and abused women and girls, with applications due July 20, 2026. Eligible applicants include tribal governments, independent school districts, nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), city and county governments, special district governments, tribal organizations not federally recognized, public and private higher education institutions, for-profit organizations, state governments, and public or Indian housing authorities. The program requires safe homes to provide months or years of housing alongside comprehensive multidisciplinary care addressing physical, psychological, emotional, social, and educational needs, distinct from emergency shelter. Grantees must strengthen partnerships among state and community-level providers including healthcare systems, domestic or sexual violence organizations, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, and education providers. Awards support up to five years of performance, structured in 12-month budget periods with continuation funding contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of resources. Recent project grants under the parent program (CFDA 93.088, Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health) have ranged from approximately $800,000 to $4.8 million over two to four years. Applications must be submitted electronically through www.grants.gov. Independent merit review panels of subject-matter experts evaluate applications against criteria outlined in the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (WH-AST-26-002), with final recommendations made by program office leadership and the Grants Management Officer following risk assessment.
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 founding or replicating new 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 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 enforcements, behavioral health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, or education providers. By partnering with healthcare and community 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 staffed, around-the-clock care that they need.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| WH-AST-26-002 Founding and Replication of Existing Long-Term Safe Homes FINAL.pdf |
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