2021 FVPSA $49.5 Million American Rescue Plan Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from Culturally Specific Populations Grants Program Instruction and Funding Tables

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) program will award $49.5 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) supplemental funding for the Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from Culturally Specific Populations Grant Program.

These supplemental grants will address emergent needs arising from the COVID-19 public health emergency with a specific focus on providing services and support to sexual assault and domestic violence victims from racial and ethnic-specific minority groups and underserved populations.

Funds will be allocated to culturally specific special issue resource centers (CSSIRCs), the National Indian Resource Center (NIRC), and the Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence (ANTRCDV). The CSSIRCs, NIRC, and ANTRCDV will implement a process to sub-award these funds to support community-based organizations providing culturally specific sexual assault and domestic violence services to adult, child, and youth survivors from racial and ethnic-specific minority groups and underserved populations.

Funds also will be used to promote strategic partnership development and collaboration in responding to public health concerns for survivors. 

By addressing domestic violence and sexual violence as public health epidemics, FVPSA’s reach is broad and changes lives. Each year, FVPSA-funded state and tribal programs serve more than 1.3 million victims and their dependents and respond to 2.7 million crisis calls; with these supplemental funds, FVPSA grant programs will be able to provide critical supports to even more families all across the country.