Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grant Awards for National, Special Issue, Culturally Specific Resource Centers, 2011

June 5, 2012
Audience:
Family Violence Prevention and Services (FVPSA)
Topics:
Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Centers
Types:
awards
Tags:
Awards

The Family and Youth Services Bureau, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program awarded nine cooperative agreements in 2011 to support a nationwide network composed of National Resource Centers, Special Issues Resource Centers, and Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Centers focused on the intervention and prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence. The network consists of one National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), one National Indian Resource Center Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for Indian Women (NIRC), three Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Centers (CSIRC), and at least four Special Issue Resource Centers (SIRC). These Resource Centers provide information, resources, training, and technical assistance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, governmental agencies, local communities, Tribes, and tribal organizations to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and to provide effective intervention services

Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: National Resource Centers

Grantee Name
State		 First Year Award
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Pennsylvania		 $1,500,000
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
South Dakota		 $1,150,000

Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: Special Issue Resource Centers

Grantee Name
State		 First Year Award
Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
California		 $1,100,000
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
Illinois		 $1,100,000
Battered Women’s Justice Project: Criminal and Civil Justice Center
Minnesota		 $1,000,000
Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Child Protection and Custody
Nevada		 $1,100,000

Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: Culturally Specific Special Issue Resource Centers

Grantee Name
State		 First Year Award
Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
California		 $550,000
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Minnesota		 $550,000
Casa de Esperanza
Minnesota		 $550,000