Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
The Los Angeles LGBT Center, the nation's oldest and largest community-based LGBTQ service and support organization requests funding from the Administration on Children and Families Family Violence Prevention and Services to implement and manage the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning, LGBTQ, Institute on Intimate Partner Violence, IPV. Working in close collaboration with the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, NCAVP, In Our Own Voices, and a comprehensive range of local, state, and national partners the Institute program will create and continually expand an innovative, collaborative, multidisciplinary, and inclusive program that significantly improves the nation's capacity to effectively respond to and raises visibility of the unique and emerging needs of LGBTQ intimate partner violence survivors. Utilizing ongoing input from providers, experts, and consumers, the Institute will deliver state of the art training and technical assistance, policy, research, and information that expands the capacity of public and private agencies to provide culturally relevant, survivor centered LGBTQ IPV intervention and prevention services, including to LGBTQ persons from underserved communities. The Institute will operate as a collaborative, multidisciplinary, and multi leveled national learning, planning, and action hub that will serve as both a facilitator and a catalyst for bringing about meaningful, long-term improvement and change regarding the issue of LGBTQ IPV, while creating multiple levels and pathways for involving and engaging constituents in its work and activities. The overarching goal of the LGBTQ IPV Institute is to significantly enhance the safety, wellbeing, support, and health of LGBTQ intimate partner and domestic violence survivors throughout the United States. The LGBTQ IPV Institute will be implemented over a five-year period, from April 1, 2022 through September 29, 2026. Key objectives over this pro ject year, September 2024 to September 2025, include, continuing to provide virtual and in person core trainings to providers across the country, creating at least five additional topic specific modules, participating in at least one national conference, maintaining online learning communities, providing comprehensive technical assistance to a minimum of 20 organizations, continue to maintain, update, and organize a comprehensive research and best practices library, produce and distribute a semiannual newsletter, conduct meaningful and impactful policy advocacy, produce at least one policy white paper, conduct and publish the results of an LGBTQ IPV study, produce and disseminate at least three case studies describing real world issues and solutions in LGBTQ IPV service and support.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
