OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program | O OVW 2024 171936

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program (often called the Disability Grant Program, CFDA 16.529) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, authorized under 34 U.S.C. 20122. Its central purpose is to drive lasting, structural improvements in how communities and organizations respond to victims and survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors who experience domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and caregiver abuse, while also strengthening accountability for people who commit these crimes. Rather than operating as a short-term service expansion grant, it is designed to create sustainable, permanent organizational change so that services and systems become more accessible, safe, and effective over the long run.

A defining feature of this program is its emphasis on collaboration at the intersection of disability services and victim services. Funded projects are expected to bring together disability-focused organizations and victim service providers in a coordinated, multidisciplinary effort (often referred to as a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Team). The idea is that barriers faced by survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors are not solved by one agency alone; instead, partners work across organizational lines to identify gaps, remove accessibility and communication barriers, improve policies and procedures, and build the internal infrastructure needed to serve survivors in ways that are confidential, appropriate, survivor-centered, and responsive to disability- and Deaf-specific needs.

The grant is primarily capacity-building, especially for new recipients. For initial awards, the program does not fund direct services at the outset. New grantees follow a structured, prescribed process that is split into two phases: a planning and development phase followed by an implementation phase. During planning and development, the team produces required documents that culminate in a strategic plan. That plan is meant to reflect a clear understanding of local or organizational needs and lay out concrete steps to address them. During the implementation phase, the grantee carries out the strategic plan, focusing on institutionalizing changes that endure beyond the grant period. A core expectation is that grantees will participate in intensive technical assistance from an OVW-designated technical assistance provider, reflecting the program’s focus on guided systems-change work rather than stand-alone programming.

Continuation grantees operate a bit differently. They are expected to complete or advance activities identified during the prior project period that could not be fully addressed earlier. Unlike new grantees, continuation grantees may be able to provide direct services, but only if they have already successfully put in place the key initiatives and safeguards that ensure survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors can access services that are safe, confidential, and appropriate. In other words, direct services are treated as something that can be added once the foundational accessibility, policy, and practice improvements are demonstrably in place.

Eligible applicants are limited to a defined set of entities in the United States and U.S. territories. These include states; units of local government (such as counties, cities, or townships); federally recognized Indian tribal governments; tribal organizations; and victim service providers. Examples of victim service providers mentioned include state or tribal domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions, as well as nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations that serve individuals with disabilities and Deaf people. The opportunity is issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically signals substantial federal involvement during the project, consistent with the required technical assistance and structured, phased approach.

Key funding details in the posted opportunity include an award ceiling of $725,000, an anticipated 14 awards, and an original closing date of April 2, 2024. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the opportunity is listed under funding opportunity number O-OVW-2024-171936. Overall, the program is aimed at helping communities move beyond ad hoc accommodations and instead build durable, organization-wide and cross-organizational practices that make victim services and related responses genuinely accessible and effective for survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.529.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-02-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-02. (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 $725,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 14 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, 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, Others.

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