Agency: Indian Health Services
Deadline: September 8, 2015
Available funding: $7,600,000. Award range: $50,000 - $200,000
Estimated number of awards: TBD
Description: The DVPI promotes the development of evidence-based and practice-based models that represent culturally appropriate prevention and treatment approaches to domestic and sexual violence from a community-driven context. The primary purpose of this grant program is to accomplish the DVPI goals listed below:
- Build Tribal, UIHP, and Federal capacity to provide coordinated community responses to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) victims of domestic and sexual violence.
- Increase access to domestic and sexual violence prevention, advocacy, crisis intervention, and behavioral health services for AI/AN victims and their families.
- Promote trauma-informed services for AI/AN victims of domestic and sexual violence and their families.
- Offer healthcare provider and community education on domestic and sexual violence.
- Respond to the healthcare needs of AI/AN victims of domestic and sexual violence.
- Incorporate culturally appropriate practices and/or faith-based services for AI/AN victims of domestic and sexual violence.
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