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OVW’s CLSSP Orientation Sustainability Panel AN OVERVIEW OF THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION & SERVICES PROGRAM Shawndell Dawson, Senior Program Specialist Family Violence Prevention and Services Program Administration for Children & Families US Department of Health and Human Services

FVPSA’s Legacy 1984 -2014 www.learnaboutFVPSA.com Offering Families First authorized as Impacted by DV part of the Child Connections to Abuse Amendments Safety & Support for of 1984 (PL 98 – 30 Years 457), the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act has been amended eight times.

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 1 st 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: 12 • Recognize domestic Recognize violence and its impact; • React appropriately, React with trauma- informed strategies; and • Refer victims and Refer their children to appropriate assistance

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 organizations  Build partnerships with culturally specific researchers and culturally specific community based organizations to bolster the evidence based  Prioritize training and partnerships to increase linguistic and culturally specific accessibility of services

 Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Cross-Agency Training & TA for the Children’s Bureau Office of Child Abuse  & Neglect Collaborations  Home Visitation & Domestic Violence FVPSA efforts across Training & TA for the Children’s Bureau/HRSA/Maternal &  HHS Child Health Bureau  Domestic Violence in Refugee Families; Human Trafficking Vision: Training & TA for the Office for Refugees & Resettlement   TANF, Domestic Violence & Economic Security; 1. Every health and human Responsible Fatherhood & Healthy Marriage services agency can… Training & TA for the Office of Financial Assistance  Recognize domestic  Assets for Domestic Violence Survivors Project violence & its impact; Partnership with Office for Community Service Assets for  Independence React appropriately, with  Primary Prevention by the National Resource trauma-informed Center on Domestic Violence & State Domestic strategies; and Violence Coalitions Refer victims and their Partnership with the CDC National Center for Injury  Prevention & Control children to appropriate assistance.  IPV Screening & Counseling Research Symposium Co-chaired by ACF, NIH, OWH 

Resources

FVPSA State Administrators & Domestic Violence Coalitions 17  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

FVPSA’s Resource Centers & Institutes Resource Center on DV: National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Child Protection & Custody

Addressing the Health Consequences of DV www.healthcaresaboutipv.org

Education Efforts: FVPSA Website www.acf.hhs.gov/fvpsa 20  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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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