OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Assist Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Invitation to Apply | O OVW 2022 171415

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Assist Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Invitation to Apply is a discretionary federal funding opportunity issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), under CFDA 16.028. The award is made as a cooperative agreement, which generally means OVW expects to have an ongoing, active role in coordinating with the recipient during the project period rather than simply providing funds and stepping back. The program is authorized under 34 U.S.C. 12501 and is part of OVW's broader Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) framework aimed at improving community and institutional responses to domestic violence and sexual violence.

The purpose of the funded project is to operate the Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence. In practical terms, this Resource Center exists to help employers and labor organizations better understand how domestic violence and sexual violence can affect workers and workplaces, and to support them in developing and implementing effective workplace responses. That includes providing information, guidance, and technical assistance that can translate into real workplace policies and practices such as safety planning, leave and accommodation approaches, referral pathways to victim services, and trauma-informed supervisory responses. A specific emphasis is also placed on addressing the needs of underserved communities, meaning the Resource Center's materials and assistance are expected to be relevant and accessible to populations that have historically faced barriers to services or workplace protections.

This particular notice is not an open competition. It is explicitly described as a noncompetitive funding opportunity with only one eligible applicant: Futures Without Violence. Futures Without Violence was selected previously through a competitive process in FY 2019 to receive a five-year award to carry out this work. The FY 2022 invitation is therefore essentially a continuation action intended to fund year four of that original five-year project, rather than a new grant that outside organizations can apply for. Even though the listing shows the eligible applicants category as "Others," the narrative makes clear that this continuation funding is reserved for that single, pre-selected organization.

The funding opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number O-OVW-2022-171415 and falls under the Law, Justice, and Legal Services activity category. The posting lists an award ceiling of $1,000,000 for the FY 2022 year-four funding increment. The opportunity was created on 2022-09-08 and had an original closing date of 2022-09-13, reflecting the limited, invitation-only nature of the application process where timelines are often short because the recipient and project structure are already established from prior years.

OVW also ties the work to its performance measurement and effectiveness framework. The notice points applicants to OVW program information pages and the VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative, signaling that the continuation award is expected to track and report progress using OVW's established performance measures. In other words, the Resource Center is not only expected to deliver services and technical assistance, but also to document outputs and outcomes in a way that connects the project to OVW's broader goals and Congress's interest in the effectiveness of VAWA-funded programs.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Assist Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Invitation to Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.028.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-09-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-09-13. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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