Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2021 37002
The OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations solicitation is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), focused on improving access to victim services for people who are often left out of traditional systems of support. Authorized under 34 U.S.C. 20123, the program is designed to help communities develop and carry out targeted outreach strategies and deliver direct services to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who belong to underserved populations. The central idea is that many survivors face barriers that are practical (transportation, cost, lack of local services), cultural (mistrust of systems, community stigma, norms that discourage reporting), linguistic (limited English proficiency, lack of translated materials), and systemic (discrimination, immigration-related fears, disability access issues). Because of those barriers, survivors in underserved communities often do not receive services that are comprehensive, effective, culturally relevant, and responsive to their lived realities, and the program aims to close that gap.
Funding through this opportunity can be used in several connected ways, all oriented around building more specialized and accessible support. Projects may develop or expand population-specific victim services, meaning services tailored to the needs of a particular underserved group rather than a one-size-fits-all model. Funds can also support the creation or strengthening of outreach strategies intended to reach survivors who may not know help exists or may avoid mainstream service providers due to fear, prior negative experiences, or cultural and language barriers. Another major allowable use is capacity-building: strengthening population-specific organizations so they can better serve survivors of these crimes, and strengthening broader victim service providers so they can offer services that are truly population-specific when working with underserved survivors. The solicitation also emphasizes training and education for community partners and the criminal justice system so that first responders, courts, and allied organizations better understand the needs and barriers faced by underserved survivors. In addition, applicants can use funding to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate materials so that information about rights, safety planning, services, and reporting options is understandable, relevant, and accessible for the communities being served.
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 16.889 and uses the grant funding instrument type. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), along with other eligible entities as further clarified in the solicitation’s eligibility section. The award ceiling is $450,000, and OVW anticipated making about 10 awards under this solicitation cycle. The solicitation was created on January 15, 2021, with an original closing date of March 23, 2021.
Finally, OVW ties this program to broader accountability and effectiveness expectations. Applicants and award recipients are directed to OVW’s grant program information and to performance measures under the VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative, which are intended to track how funded projects contribute to OVW’s goals and outcomes. The solicitation also points to examples of successful projects discussed in OVW’s 2018 Biennial Report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs, offering a reference point for the types of strategies and impacts OVW considers meaningful under this funding stream.Apply for O OVW 2021 37002
- The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.889.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 15, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 23, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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