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The Administration on Children and Families (ACYF) and the Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) are very pleased to announce the availability of funding through the Family Violence Prevention Services Act (FVPSA Program). The Standing Announcement for Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services/Grants to States. 

The Administration on Children and Families (ACYF) and the Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) are very pleased to announce the availability of funding through the Family Violence Prevention and Services (FVPSA Program). The Standing Announcement for Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions is available online. 

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 presentation provides an overview of frequently asked questions about the implementation of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) American Rescue Plan (ARP) COVID-19 Testing, Vaccines, and Mobile Health Units supplemental funding for FVPSA State Domestic Violence Coalitions.

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.

FY 2021 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act States and Territories Grant Awards Table

FY 2021 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Tribes and Tribal Organizations Grant Awards Table 

FY 2021 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act State/Territory Domestic Violence Coalitions Grant Awards Table

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.