SMART FY 18 Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative

The SMART Office seeks applications for the enhancement and advancement of the Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative (SVPI). The SMART Office assists states, the District of Columbia, territories and tribal jurisdictions with developing and/or enhancing programs designed to implement the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and promotes innovation and best practices in protecting the public from sexual violence. This program furthers the work of SVPI, a project designed to utilize research and practice to prevent sexual violence and improve sex offender monitoring and to inform OJP’s research and grant-making efforts in this area.

Eligible applicants are nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), individuals, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), faith-based organizations, and community organizations and consortiums with demonstrated experience in the treatment, assessment and management of adults and juveniles who commit sex offenses, as well as research supporting these practices.