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HHS – FY 24 Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Demonstration Program

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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF); Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF); Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) supports organizations and communities that work every day to end youth homelessness and adolescent pregnancy. FYSB’s Division of Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) is accepting applications for the RHY Prevention Demonstration Program (RHY-PDP). RHY-PDP supports the design and delivery of community-based demonstration initiatives to prevent youth from experiencing homelessness. Through the development and coordination of partnerships with youth and young adult service providers, community organizations, and private and public agencies, the RHY-PDP will 1) identify young people at risk of experiencing homelessness; 2) design and develop a comprehensive community-based prevention plan to prevent youth homelessness; and 3) implement robust, holistic prevention services tailored for youth and young adults to respond to the diverse needs of youth who are at risk of homelessness and their families.

HHS – Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: Specialized Services to Abused Parents and their Children (Demonstration Projects)

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The Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services program (OFVPS) Discretionary Grant Program under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA): Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children (Demonstration Projects) will support fifty (50) demonstration projects. These projects will focus on expanding the capacity (of coalitions, local programs, and community-based programs) to prevent future family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by appropriately addressing the needs of children exposed to domestic violence, and the potentially co-occurring impacts of child abuse and neglect.

HHS – Medical Legal Partnerships Plus (+)

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MLP+ leverages the evidence-based model of MLPs and is structured to increase and enhance legal services and include a social service navigator in the multidisciplinary health and legal services team. Through this model, long-standing MLPs will expand and strengthen services to address the health harming legal and social needs of individuals and families with low incomes.

HHS – Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence

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The ANTRC will focus on the intervention and prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by offering statewide
information, training, and technical assistance specifically designed to reduce tribal disparities within Alaska Native (AN) communities and villages. The purpose of this project is to enhance the capacity of AN tribes and tribal organizations to respond to family violence, domestic
violence and dating violence in a culturally sensitive, relevant, and effective manner.

HHS – Family Violence Prevention and Services Culturally Specific Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants

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This funding opportunity will award thirty cooperative agreements to implement culturally relevant sexual assault and domestic violence services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and family violence for a four (4) year project period. The intent of Family Violence Prevention and Services Act’s (FVPSA) Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault discretionary grant program is to build and sustain organizational capacity in delivering trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive, culturally relevant services for children, individuals, and families affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, and other traumas.

DOJ – OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Justice for Families Program

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The Grants to Support Families in the Justice System Program (referred to as the Justice for Families Program) (CFDA # 16.021) was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse.

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DOJ – Services for Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking (2020)

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OVC is seeking applications for states or tribes to develop, enhance, and This program is designed to develop, expand, and strengthen assistance programs for minor victims of sex trafficking. The objective in providing these services is to achieve increased safety, self-sufficiency, and well-being for minor victims of sex trafficking. There is express language for legal aid.

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DOJ – Technology to Assist Crime Victims

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This program supports organizations that demonstrate innovative strategies to create, expand, or enhance the use of technology on a national scale (or regional projects that can be replicated nationally) to improve responses, services, and access for victims of crime.