OVW FY 2019 Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies | OVW 2019 15824

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The OVW FY 2019 Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (often referred to as the CYEM Program) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It is authorized through federal appropriations acts and is designed to help communities strengthen how they prevent and respond to violence affecting young people. The program focuses on building comprehensive, community-based approaches that either create new services or expand and improve existing ones for children and youth impacted by sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking. Alongside direct supports for youth, the program also invests in prevention work that intentionally engages men and boys as allies in efforts to stop violence against women and girls.

At its core, the grant supports a wide range of coordinated strategies that can include prevention, intervention, treatment, and system responses. That means funded projects may address early prevention and education, strengthen intervention pathways when violence occurs, improve access to trauma-informed treatment and healing services, and enhance how local agencies and organizations respond together to keep young victims safe and supported. The emphasis on being community-based and comprehensive signals that OVW is looking for projects that are grounded in local needs and that bring multiple partners and strategies together rather than relying on a single standalone activity.

A distinctive feature of this consolidated program is that it pairs youth-focused work with prevention initiatives that engage men and boys. The purpose of this prevention component is to build allyship and shift norms and behaviors that contribute to violence, with the goal of reducing harm over time. In practice, this can include community education and engagement strategies that encourage men and boys to take active roles in promoting safety, respect, and accountability, and in challenging attitudes and behaviors that enable abuse.

The opportunity is offered as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) and is categorized as discretionary funding. The funding activity categories span education, health, law, justice and legal services, and other related areas, reflecting the program's cross-disciplinary nature and the reality that effective responses to violence against children and youth often require coordination across schools, healthcare providers, victim service organizations, law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and community groups.

Eligible applicants include local governments (county governments and city or township governments), federally recognized Native American tribal governments, other Native American tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). This eligibility structure is meant to capture a broad set of community entities that are positioned to lead or coordinate local prevention and response efforts, including governmental agencies, tribal entities, and nonprofit service providers.

For this FY 2019 cycle, the opportunity number is OVW 2019 15824 and the CFDA number is 16.888. The solicitation was created on January 18, 2019, with an original closing date of March 6, 2019. OVW anticipated making approximately 16 awards, with an award ceiling of $500,000. Overall, the grant is intended to help communities build stronger, more integrated approaches that both address the immediate needs of affected children and youth and advance longer-term prevention by engaging men and boys as part of the solution.

• The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the education, health, law, justice and legal services, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW FY 2019 Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.888.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 18, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 06, 2019. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 16 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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