Family Violence Prevention and Services
FYSB’s Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services administers the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) grants, which fund programs that provide shelter and supportive services—such as legal advocacy, support groups and children’s counseling—to victims of domestic violence and their children. FVPSA funding also supports organizations offering a range of resources related to family violence, from training and technical assistance for service providers to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Family Violence Prevention and Services Grants to States and Territories
The FVPSA formula grants to States and territories fund local public, private, nonprofit and faith-based organizations and programs demonstrating effectiveness in the field of domestic violence services and prevention. These domestic violence programs provide shelter, safety planning, crisis counseling, information and referral, legal advocacy, and a range of supportive services for victims of domestic and dating violence and their children.
Family Violence Prevention and Services Grants to Tribes
Grantees of this formula program for Tribes provide culturally competent services, including shelter and supportive services, for victims of domestic violence and their dependents. FVPSA funding is available to the 500 officially recognized Native American Tribes including Alaska native Villages; the program currently funds over 200 Tribes and Tribal Organizations.
State Domestic Violence Coalitions
FYSB funds FVPSA State Domestic Violence Coalition formula grants to provide technical assistance and training to local domestic violence programs and serve as the go-to organizations for coordination of statewide services and emerging issues. Every state and some territories have one federally recognized coalition. Go to www.nnedv.org/resources/coalitions.html for a list.
Ten percent of the funds appropriated by Congress for FVPSA formula grants are allocated to the coalitions. Each coalition receives an equal share of the funding.
Discretionary Programs
Each year, FYSB funds a range of discretionary programs in family violence prevention and services. The programs aim to improve family violence prevention, victim protection, service delivery and design, data collection on the incidence of family violence, and understanding of issues related to family violence.
Past funding priorities have included enhancing services for children exposed to domestic violence and runaway and homeless youth experiencing dating violence, eliminating barriers to service for victims of domestic violence with behavioral health issues, and expanding leadership opportunities in the domestic violence field for people from underrepresented groups.
Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence and Service Providers
To augment the services provided by its family violence prevention and services grant programs and to continually improve the systems that address domestic violence, FYSB funds a national hotline for victims and their families, a network of resource centers specializing in issues related to domestic violence, and culturally specific institutes to promote culturally relevant services for victims of domestic violence, their families and communities.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
The National Domestic Violence Hotline aids victims of domestic violence 24 hours a day. Hotline advocates assist victims, and anyone calling on their behalf, by providing crisis intervention, safety planning and referrals to local service providers. The hotline receives more than 24,000 calls a month.
800-799-SAFE (7233)
www.ndvh.org
National and Special Issue Resource Centers
Comprised of five centers, FYSB’s National Domestic Violence Resource Network works to strengthen the existing support systems serving battered women, their children, and other victims of domestic violence.
Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence 888-792-2873 800-313-1310
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence 800-537-2238
Resource Center on Child Custody Protection 800-527-3223
Resource Center on Civil and Criminal Law (Battered Women’s Justice Project) 800-903-0111
Sacred Circle (National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women) 877-733-7623
Population and Culturally-Specific Institutes
Alianza: The National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence 800-342-9908
Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence APIA Health Forum 415-954-9988
Encuentro Latino National Institute on Family Violence 888-743-7545
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community 877-643-8222
National Immigrant Family Violence Institute 314-773-9090
For more information about the centers and institutes, go to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/content/familyviolence/centers.htm.
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