The Virginia Sexual And Domestic Violence Action Alliance

VIRGINIA SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION ALLIANCE DELTA III

IMPROVING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR VIRGINIA''S VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS

STRENGTHENING LEGAL ADVOCACY ACROSS VIRGINIA.

THE OVW STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS PROGRAM, AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. § 10441(C), SUPPORTS THE CRITICAL WORK OF STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS AND IS A SET-ASIDE PROGRAM UNDER THE OVW STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM STATUTE. THESE ORGANIZATIONS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADVANCING THE GOAL OF ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. GRANT FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: PROVIDING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, EXPANDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY OF COALITIONS AND/OR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, DEVELOPING OR ENHANCING APPROPRIATE STANDARDS OF SERVICES FOR MEMBER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, CONDUCTING STATEWIDE, REGIONAL AND/OR COMMUNITY-BASED MEETINGS OR WORKSHOPS FOR VICTIM ADVOCATES, SURVIVORS, LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REPRESENTATIVES, BRINGING LOCAL PROGRAMS TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN SERVICES AND TO COORDINATE ACTIVITIES, INCREASING THE REPRESENTATION OF UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN COORDINATION ACTIVITIES, ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE COALITION-BUILDING AT THE LOCAL AND/OR STATE LEVEL, OR COORDINATING AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND TERRITORY LEVEL WITH JUDICIAL OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO DEVELOP OR ENHANCE STRATEGIES. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES A STATUTORY SET ASIDE FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM (SASP) STATUTE, SPECIFICALLY FOR STATE AND TERRITORY SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS (34 U.S.C. § 12511(D)).

VIRGINIA'S RESPONSE TO SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

2019 STATE AND TERRITORIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS PROGRAM

STATE AND TERRITORIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS PROGRAM GRANT

THE VIRGINIA SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION ALLIANCE'S APPLICATION TO OVW FY 2015 STATE AND TERRITORIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE C

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCEMENT & LEADERSHIP THROUGH ALLIANCES

OVW FY10 STATE COALITION GRANT

GRANTS TO STATE AND TERRITORIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM FOR STATE AND TERRITORIAL COALITI

SDVC-2025 - STATEWIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION

THE OVW STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS PROGRAM, (COALITIONS PROGRAM, CFDA 16.556) IS AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. 10441(C) AND 34 U.S.C. 12511(D). THIS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CRITICAL WORK OF STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. IT IS A SET-ASIDE PROGRAM UNDER THE OVW STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM STATUTE AND ALSO INCLUDES A STATUTORY SET ASIDE FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM (SASP) STATUTE, SPECIFICALLY FOR STATE AND TERRITORY SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. GRANT FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE STOP SET-ASIDE MAY BE USED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: 1. COORDINATING STATE AND TERRITORY VICTIM SERVICES ACTIVITIES. 2. COLLABORATING AND COORDINATING WITH FEDERAL, STATE, TERRITORY, AND LOCAL ENTITIES ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACTIVITIES. GRANT FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE SASP SET-ASIDE MAY BE USED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: A) WORKING WITH LOCAL SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROVIDERS OF DIRECT SERVICES TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT WITHIN THE STATE OR TERRITORY. B) WORKING WITH JUDICIAL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES. C) WORKING WITH COURTS, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES AGENCIES, AND CHILDRENS ADVOCATES TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION ISSUES WHEN SEXUAL ASSAULT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A FACTOR. D) DESIGNING AND CONDUCTING PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. E) PLANNING AND MONITORING THE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS AND GRANT FUNDS TO THEIR STATE OR TERRITORY. F) COLLABORATING WITH AND INFORMING FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SDVC-2024

STC6-2022

THE OVW STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS PROGRAM, (COALITIONS PROGRAM, CFDA 16.556) IS AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. 10441(C) AND 34 U.S.C. 12511(D). THIS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CRITICAL WORK OF STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. IT IS A SET-ASIDE PROGRAM UNDER THE OVW STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM STATUTE AND ALSO INCLUDES A STATUTORY SET ASIDE FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM (SASP) STATUTE, SPECIFICALLY FOR STATE AND TERRITORY SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. GRANT FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE STOP SET-ASIDE MAY BE USED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: 1. COORDINATING STATE AND TERRITORY VICTIM SERVICES ACTIVITIES. 2. COLLABORATING AND COORDINATING WITH FEDERAL, STATE, TERRITORY, AND LOCAL ENTITIES ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACTIVITIES. GRANT FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE SASP SET-ASIDE MAY BE USED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: A) WORKING WITH LOCAL SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROVIDERS OF DIRECT SERVICES TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT WITHIN THE STATE OR TERRITORY. B) WORKING WITH JUDICIAL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES. C) WORKING WITH COURTS, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES AGENCIES, AND CHILDRENS ADVOCATES TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION ISSUES WHEN SEXUAL ASSAULT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A FACTOR. D) DESIGNING AND CONDUCTING PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. E) PLANNING AND MONITORING THE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS AND GRANT FUNDS TO THEIR STATE OR TERRITORY. F) COLLABORATING WITH AND INFORMING FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SDVC-2023

SDVC-2022

SDC6-2021

SDVC-2021

SDVC-2020

SDVC-2019

FY 2021 OVW STATE AND TERRITORY COALITIONS GRANT PROGRAM

TO BE COMPLETED LATER

SDVC-2018

2017 SDVC

2016 SDVC

2010 SDVC

2009 SDVC

2015 SDVC

2014 SDVC

2011 SDVC

2012 SDVC

2008 SDVC

2013 SDVC

OVW FISCAL YEAR 2014 STATE AND TERRITORIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS PROGRAMS

THE VIRGINIA SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION ALLIANCE ASSESSMENT OF COALITION CAPACITY TO ADVANCE PRIMARY PREVENTION - SEXUAL VIOLENCE (SV) IS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM THAT IMPACTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RACES, GENDERS, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS. WHILE SV IMPACTS PEOPLE OF ALL IDENTITIES, SOME GROUPS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED, INCLUDING WOMEN; RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES; LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) PEOPLE; AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH—THE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH WE ARE BORN, LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY, WORSHIP, AND AGE—ALSO HAVE A ROLE IN PREVENTING OR FACILITATING VIOLENCE. POVERTY AND LACK OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE KNOWN RISK FACTORS FOR SV PERPETRATION. IN VIRGINIA, RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES EXIST; LIFE EXPECTANCY AMONG THE WHITE, NON-HISPANIC POPULATION IN VIRGINIA WAS 78.7 YEARS, COMPARED TO THE BLACK, NON-HISPANIC POPULATION LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 73.9 YEARS. FURTHERMORE, GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES EXIST IN THE COMMONWEALTH. COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST HEALTH PLANNING REGIONS HAVE POORER HEALTH FACTOR RATINGS, INCLUDING FACTORS SUCH AS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IS AN INCREASED APPARENT RISK FOR INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDE, ALSO ON THE BASIS OF RACE AND PLACE. BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2016, AND DECEMBER 31, 2017, THERE WERE 131 HOMICIDES IN VIRGINIA THAT INVOLVED CURRENT OR FORMER INTIMATE PARTNERS. RISK FOR INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDE WAS HIGHEST IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST HEALTH PLANNING REGIONS, WHERE A TOTAL OF 65 FATALITIES OCCURRED DURING THE REPORTED PERIOD. ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, BLACK WOMEN DIED AT THREE TIMES THE RATE OF THEIR WHITE FEMALE COUNTERPARTS. MATERNAL MORTALITY, WHICH IS OFTEN CONSIDERED A GENERAL INDICATOR OF THE OVERALL HEALTH OF A POPULATION AND THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY, MORE THAN DOUBLED BETWEEN 2018 AND 2020 IN VIRGINIA. AMONG BLACK WOMEN IN PARTICULAR, PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED DEATH (DEATHS OCCURRING DURING PREGNANCY OR WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PREGNANCY) IS A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CONCERN. IN THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN 2004 AND 2013, BLACK WOMEN DIED FROM PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED DEATHS AT 2.3 TIMES THE RATE OF WHITE WOMEN IN VIRGINIA. GIVEN THE OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH STATUS AND VIOLENCE ON THE BASIS OF RACE AND PLACE, IT IS VITAL THAT SV PREVENTION STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE DATA-DRIVEN, HEALTH EQUITY-FOCUSED, AND TAKE CARE TO CENTER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THE VIRGINIA SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION ALLIANCE (“ACTION ALLIANCE”) SEEKS TO ASSESS AND ENHANCE COALITION CAPACITY TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT EQUITY-FOCUSED SV PRIMARY PREVENTION STRATEGIES. DURING THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, COALITION STAFF WILL CONDUCT A PRIMARY PREVENTION CAPACITY ASSESSMENT OF THE COALITION’S READINESS TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT EQUITY-FOCUSED STRATEGIES (“CAPACITY ASSESSMENT”), WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON DISPARITIES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE CAPACITY ASSESSMENT WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS IN COLLABORATION WITH KEY PARTNERS, INCLUDING STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF, TO ADVANCE SV PRIMARY PREVENTION ACTIVITIES THAT ALSO ADDRESS HEALTH INEQUITIES IN VIRGINIA. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, THE ACTION ALLIANCE EXPECTS TO HAVE AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF STAFF EXPERTISE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT EQUITY-FOCUSED SV PREVENTION STRATEGIES; AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF AVAILABLE DATA SOURCES USED TO IDENTIFY POPULATION(S) AND COMMUNITIES OF FOCUS; AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS, AND HOW THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE/ARE NOT MEETING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE PRIMARY PREVENTION AND HEALTH EQUITY WORK NEEDS; AND AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVISION AND HOW WELL IT INCORPORATES HEALTH EQUITY. THIS INCREASED CAPACITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING EQUITY-FOCUSED PREVENTION STRATEGIES, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR VIRGINIANS EXPERIENCING DISPARITIES AND INEQUITIES RELATED TO SV.

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

SDC3-2020

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

SUPPORT FOR 2 SESSIONS OF SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING FOR TRAINERS