[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22091-22092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08534]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Numbers: 93.592]
Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Grant to the Pennsylvania
Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Harrisburg, PA
AGENCY: Family and Youth Services Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source grant under the Family
Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Technical Assistance (TA)
Project to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)
to support training and technical assistance
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activities by Women of Color Network, Inc. (WOCN).
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth
Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Family Violence and Prevention
Services (DFVPS) announces the award of $175,000 as a single-source
grant to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)
in Harrisburg, PA, to support activities by Women of Color Network Inc.
(WOCN). The grantee, funded under the FVPSA program, is a technical
assistance provider that assists FVPSA service providers to build the
capacity of domestic violence programs.
DATES: The period of support for the single-source program expansion
supplement is September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shena Williams, Senior Program
Specialist, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, 330 C
Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 202-205-5932; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grant funds will support WOCN, through the
PCADV, to provide training and technical assistance to individuals and
organizations dedicated to enhancing services to those in historically
marginalized communities in domestic violence programs across the
country.
The WOCN will provide technical assistance and training to FVPSA
state administrators to strengthen collaborative efforts of state
administrators and community-based organizations for the purposes of
improving services to victims of domestic violence in diverse and
historically marginalized communities.
This project may include such activities as listening sessions to
identify specific needs, challenges and barriers to funding, services
and collaborative efforts; documentation of technical assistance needs;
and development of state-specific technical assistance plans and
written recommendations for fostering and sustaining collaborative
partnerships and capacity-building activities.
In addition to the issue of capacity-building activities, the
grantee will provide support and training to address the identified
barriers including gaps in leadership development. Training will
include such activities as targeted technical assistance for state
administrators, graduates and community-based organizations; resource
sharing for the FVPSA state administrators, graduates and community-
based organizations; evaluation and documentation of how the technical
assistance and processes improved the skills, access, engagement and/or
participation of the graduates, state administrators and community-
based organizations.
Statutory Authority: Section 310 of the Family Violence
Prevention and Services Act, as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA
Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-320.
Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-08534 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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