OVW Fiscal Year 2024 National Service Line for Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse Program
Agency: Office on Violence Against Women
Assistance Listings
- 16.029 -- Office on Violence Against Women Special Projects
Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(16), which allows OVW to support pilot projects, demonstration projects, and special initiatives designed to improve responses to gender-based violence through an Innovation Fund. The assistance listing number is 16.029.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards, released in 2012, include requirements that are designed to help confinement agencies prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment. PREA Standard 115.53 requires confinement facilities to provide inmates with access to outside victim advocates for emotional support...
services related to sexual abuse. The full text of the PREA Standards can be found on the PREA Resource Center website (Homepage | PREA (prearesourcecenter.org)).
OVW has partnered with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) within the Office of Justice Programs on an initiative to develop a National Service Line for Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse (Service Line Initiative). The Service Line Initiative is being administered as a two-phase project including a planning phase followed by an implementation phase. This solicitation is for the implementation phase.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Eligible applicants must have the capacity to manage a large-scale project on a national level and are limited to 1) Victim service providers with experience providing services to victims of sexual abuse in correctional settings or 2) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations providing training and technical assistance regarding services for sexual abuse victims in correctional settings.
Grantor contact information
Description
For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, email OVW at OVW.PREAServiceLine@usdoj.gov. Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at 202-307-6026.
OVW.PREAServiceLine@usdoj.gov
OVW.PREAServiceLine@usdoj.gov
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
Closed: November 12, 2024
Award
$2,000,000
Program Funding
1
Expected awards
$2,000,000
Award Minimum
$2,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
O-OVW-2024-172228
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Law justice and legal services
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
September 9, 2024
Archive date:
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