The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) recently awarded $20.59 million to support the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence, and 26 Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children Demonstration Grants. Funded through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), these programs make services for immediate crisis intervention and safety planning available to victims of domestic violence nationwide; reduce the prevalence of domestic violence in geographically isolated Alaskan Native villages; and promote resiliency and healing for children exposed to domestic violence.
Since 1984, FVPSA has been an integral part of the Nation’s response to domestic violence by providing funding, oversight, training, technical assistance, and guidance to emergency shelters, crisis hotlines, prevention programs, specialized resource centers, and a wide range of federal, state, local, and tribal partners across the United States. 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.
“FVPSA funding supports important partnerships for faith and community-based organizations, state agencies, and other service providers who work with survivors of domestic violence, their children and their families, to help them heal and to reduce the risk of trauma and abuse,” said Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families Elizabeth Darling.
The following agencies were awarded fiscal year 2020 funding to address and prevent domestic and dating violence:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
This five-year Cooperative Agreement began September 30, 2020, and ends September 29, 2025.
National Domestic Violence Hotline |
Austin, TX |
$11,750,000 |
Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence (ANTRC)
This three-year Cooperative Agreement began September 30, 2020, and ends September 29, 2023.
Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center |
Fairbanks, AK |
$1,000,000 |
26 Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children (SSAPC) Demonstration Grants
These two-year Cooperative Agreement began September 30, 2020, and end September 29, 2022.
ORGANIZATION | LOCATION | AMOUNT |
---|---|---|
A New Leaf, Inc. |
Mesa, AZ |
$301,539 |
Bradley Angle |
Portland, OR |
$301,539 |
Caminar Latino, Inc |
Doraville, GA |
$301,538 |
Center for Domestic Peace |
San Rafael, CA |
$301,539 |
Center For Family Services, Inc. |
Camden, NJ |
$301,538 |
Child and Family Services |
Ewa Beach, HI |
$301,538 |
Child Saving Institute, Inc. |
Omaha, NE |
$301,538 |
Children's Home & Aid |
Chicago, IL |
$301,539 |
Children's National Medical Center |
Washington, DC |
$301,539 |
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
Durant, OK |
$301,538 |
Community Advocates for Family & Youth |
Capital Heights, MD |
$301,539 |
East Los Angeles Women's Center |
Los Angeles, CA |
$301,539 |
Interface Children & Family Services |
Camarillo, CA |
$301,538 |
My Sisters' Place, Inc. |
White Plains, NY |
$301,538 |
Pueblo Young Women’s Christian Association |
Pueblo, CO |
$301,538 |
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
Bayfield, WI |
$301,539 |
Retreat, Inc. |
Riverhead, NY |
$301,538 |
Sanctuary for Families, Inc. |
New York, NY |
$301,539 |
South Bay Community Services |
Chula Vista, CA |
$301,538 |
The Center for Women and Families |
Louisville, KY |
$301,539 |
The Regents of the University of Colorado |
Boulder, CO |
$301,539 |
The Wellspring Alliance for Families, Inc. |
Monroe, LA |
$301,538 |
Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence |
Montpelier, VT |
$301,539 |
Violence Intervention Program |
New York, NY |
$301,539 |
W.E.A.V.E. Incorporated |
Sacramento, CA |
$301,538 |
Women In Safe Homes |
Ketchikan, AK |
$301,538 |
Get more information on the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program.
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“FVPSA funding supports important partnerships for faith and community-based organizations, state agencies, and other service providers who work with survivors of domestic violence, their children and their families, to help them heal and to reduce the risk of trauma and abuse.”— Elizabeth Darling, Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families
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