Her Safety Net

Her Safety Net, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, operates exclusively as a federal grant sub-recipient, providing domestic-violence survivor support services, community health worker coordination, and culturally tailored outreach to immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC populations in Maine.

Her Safety Net's federal footprint consists of four sub-grant awards totaling $324 thousand, all routed through state-level prime grantees rather than direct federal relationships. The vendor has worked with two distinct customer agencies: the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (three awards) and the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (one award). Three of the four awards flow through the Maine Department of Public Safety, which serves as the prime grantee on domestic-violence survivor-support initiatives, while a single award from February 2023 came through the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to support Community Health Worker actions during the COVID-19 response. Her Safety Net's most recent award (October 3, 2025) represents an expansion of the vendor's reach and impact, focusing on compassionate, culturally attuned support for survivors; the prior two awards from October 2024 and April 2024 emphasized the same survivor-support mission within immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC communities, with stated involvement in policy advocacy through the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence and strategic partnerships with organizations such as Safe Voices.

Activity has remained modest and episodic — one award in 2023, two in 2024, and one in 2025 — reflecting Her Safety Net's role as a specialized sub-recipient rather than a direct federal contractor or prime grant recipient. The vendor does not hold any federal contract vehicles, IDVs, or prime grant awards.