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The Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services/Grants to Native American Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal Organizations is available and open for application submissions. 

This technical assistance document has been developed for Family Violence Prevention and Services Act grant recipients including states, territories, tribes, and coalitions to provide examples for spending down their FVPSA grant awards. This document provides an overview of examples of allowable expenses and purchases.

This document addresses frequently asked questions that are specific to Tribes and Tribal Organizations about the implementation of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) American Rescue Plan (ARP) domestic violence services supplemental funding. 

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) program will award $550 million to grantees to support COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and mobile health units for millions of domestic violence survivors nationwide.

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) program will award $198 million in supplemental American Rescue Plan funding to states, territories, and tribal grantees to provide additional supports survivors and victims of sexual assault during COVID-19 public health emergency. With these supplemental funds, FVPSA grant programs will be able to provide critical supports to even more families all across the country.

2021 FVPSA American Rescue Plan $198 million Grants to Support Survivors of Sexual Assault Funding.

2021 FVPSA American Rescue Plan $198 million Grants to Support Survivors of Sexual Assault Funding Table for Tribes and Tribal Organizations 

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) program will award $550 million to grantees to support COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and mobile health units for millions of domestic violence survivors nationwide. These funds will reduce the barriers to health services that help mitigate the spread of the virus for domestic violence survivors, including in rural communities and in the geographically isolated Alaskan Native villages, and will promote the health and well-being of adults and children exposed to domestic violence. This historic investment will provide 296 supplemental grant awards that will reach states, territories, tribes. This funding will research thousands of programs across the country including 1,500 local domestic violence shelters, as well as 252 tribal domestic violence programs. 

New guidance from FYSB on allowable use of funds and reporting instructions related to the FY2020 CARES Act.