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AN OVERVIEW OF THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION & SERVICES PROGRAM

OVW’s CLSSP Orientation Sustainability Panel

Shawndell Dawson, Senior Program Specialist Family Violence Prevention and Services Program Administration for Children & Families US Department of Health and Human Services

First authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments

• f 1984 (PL 98–

457), the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act has been amended eight times.

Offering Families Impacted by DV Connections to Safety & Support for 30 Years

FVPSA’s Legacy 1984-2014

www.learnaboutFVPSA.com

FVPSA Network of DV Services

Funding by Statute v. FY12 Allocation

FY12 Appropriation: $129,546,700

FVPSA Formula Grants Overview

 State & Territory grants 70%

 Awards are based on population formula  Managed by FVPSA State Administrators

 Tribal grants 10%

 Awards to tribes and tribal organizations  Annual application to receive funding

 Coalition grants 10%

 Awards to the designated, statewide, domestic violence

Coalitions as described in 10402(11) and 10411(c)(1) of FVPSA

 Annual application to receive funding

FVPSA Discretionary Grant Program Facts

1% of overall funding budget Competitive process Peer reviewed selection process Cooperative Grant Agreements with

substantial involvement

FVPSA’s Culturally Specific Programming History

 Specialized Outreach Demonstration Projects for

Services to Underserved and Diverse Populations (2000 – 2011)

 Expanding Leadership Opportunities within the

Domestic Violence Field for Members of Underrepresented Groups (2010 - 2015)

 Indian Health Care Domestic Violence Initiative

(2005 - 2006)

 Minority Training Grant Stipends in Domestic

Violence for Historically Black, Hispanic-Serving, and Tribal Colleges and Universities (2005 - 2006)

Women of Color Network Leadership Academy

 Completed first 2 years of project to develop18-

month long academy

 Trained 56 DV advocates (Fellows) from

underrepresented communities

 Held 1st Graduation in April 2013

2013 FVPSA Culturally Specific Grant Programs

 LGBTQ Capacity Building Learning Center

 Develop and identify effective approaches for serving LGBTQ

survivors of intimate partner violence

 Educate domestic violence service providers on how to

accommodate LGBTQ survivors

 3-year cooperative agreement, funded at $300k/year

 Culturally Specific Trauma Services for Families Impact by

Domestic Violence

 7 grantees funded to develop trauma-informed domestic violence

services tailored to their cultural community context

 Support from OVW allowed for the funding of 2 additional

grantees

 4-year cooperative agreements, funded at $157K/year

Grant Announcement Resources

 HHS/ACF/FYSB:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/ foa/office/acyf_fysb

 HHS Forecasts:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsfor ecast/

 Grants.Gov: http://www.grants.gov/  VAWnet Funding Alerts:

http://www.vawnet.org/

Programming & Partnerships

FVPSA’s Partnership Vision

Agencies will have the ability to:

• Recognize domestic

violence and its impact;

Recognize

• React appropriately,

with trauma- informed strategies; and

React

• Refer victims and

their children to appropriate assistance

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Focus Areas

• Sustaining domestic violence services and

programming

• Building health and social service collaborations to

meet the needs of survivors and their children

• Improving health care systems responses to

domestic violence

• Ensuring accessibility of DV services and increasing

accessibility awareness which includes rights, responsibilities, and Federal guidance

• Strengthening partnerships between states, tribes,

and coalitions

Our Commitments

• Raise grantees awareness about domestic violence,

trauma-informed and culturally specific programming

• Seek opportunities to foster meaningful partnerships

with culturally specific community based

• rganizations
• Build partnerships with culturally specific

researchers and culturally specific community based

• rganizations to bolster the evidence based
• Prioritize training and partnerships to increase

linguistic and culturally specific accessibility of services

Cross-Agency Collaborations

FVPSA efforts across HHS Vision:

• 1. Every health and human

services agency can… Recognize domestic violence & its impact; React appropriately, with trauma-informed strategies; and Refer victims and their children to appropriate assistance.  Children Exposed to Domestic Violence

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Training & TA for the Children’s Bureau Office of Child Abuse & Neglect

 Home Visitation & Domestic Violence

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Training & TA for the Children’s Bureau/HRSA/Maternal & Child Health Bureau

 Domestic Violence in Refugee Families; Human

Trafficking

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Training & TA for the Office for Refugees & Resettlement

 TANF, Domestic Violence & Economic Security;

Responsible Fatherhood & Healthy Marriage

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Training & TA for the Office of Financial Assistance

 Assets for Domestic Violence Survivors Project

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Partnership with Office for Community Service Assets for Independence

 Primary Prevention by the National Resource

Center on Domestic Violence & State Domestic Violence Coalitions

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Partnership with the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention & Control

 IPV Screening & Counseling Research Symposium

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Co-chaired by ACF, NIH, OWH

Resources

FVPSA State Administrators & Domestic Violence Coalitions

 State & Territorial

Domestic Violence Coalitions

 www.nnedv.org/resourc

es/coalitions.html

 FVPSA State

Administrators

 http://www.acf.hhs.gov

/sites/default/files/fysb /statecontactlist.pdf

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FVPSA’s Resource Centers & Institutes

National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence

Resource Center on DV: Child Protection & Custody

Addressing the Health Consequences of DV

www.healthcaresaboutipv.org

Education Efforts: FVPSA Website www.acf.hhs.gov/fvpsa

 Articles: DV

research, best practices, and training tools

 Getting Help with

Domestic Violence

 Resources: Health

Cares about IPV, DV Evidence Project, & Promising Futures Without Violence

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Visit LearnAboutFVPSA.com

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Contact Information

Shawndell Dawson, Senior Program Specialist Family Violence Prevention & Services Program Family & Youth Services Bureau Administration on Children, Youth & Families Administration for Children & Families U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (202)205-1476 Shawndell.Dawson@acf.hhs.gov www.acf.hhs.gov/fvpsa