Monday, June 5, 2023
6/5/2023
The purpose of this application is to request continued funding to support rape prevention and education activities in Maryland through the Rape Prevention and Education Grant issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The Rape and Sexual Assault Prevention Program (RSAPP) is requesting $674,004 for the budget period of February 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020, which is Year 1 of the 2019-2024 project period. As reflected in the budget narrative, the administrative costs will be limited. The calculation is based on an administrative cap of 5% as required by the issuing agency. The Rape and Sexual Assault Prevention Program (RSAPP) at the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) was created to provide education and training for sexual assault professionals and the general public to prevent sexual violence. To accomplish this goal, MDH will continue to utilize RPE funding to address sexual violence in Maryland by maintaining collaborative partnerships with state agencies, community-based and non-profit organizations, and academic institutions, with an emphasis on community-level strategies. MDH plans to sustain partnerships with the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP), the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA), colleges and universities, and contractors. The budget year incorporates planning objectives aimed at strengthening future prevention efforts, including developing a State Action Plan, a State Evaluation Plan, and an Indicator Tracking Tool as well as selecting indicators and finalizing a logic model. RSAPP will use stakeholder engagement and coalition-building in these efforts and will provide and support training and technical assistance for sub-recipients, including participation in CDC-sponsored activities. The goals and objectives are as follows: GOAL 1: Increase the use of partnerships to implement relationship/community-level strategies and improve coordination of state SV prevention efforts - Objective 1: Develop an approach to improve partner coordination as specified in the State Action Plan (SAP) - Objective 2: Implement an approach to improve partner coordination as specified in the State Action Plan (SAP) GOAL 2: Increase use of data driven decision making for program delivery - Objective 1: Increase the use of data for selection of focus populations and prevention approaches - Objective 2: Demonstrate the selection of sub-recipients based on data-driven decision-making GOAL 3: Increase use of indicator data to track implementation and outcomes - Objective 1: Identify state-level indicators and data sources to include in the state evaluation plan - Objective 2: Track and report on indicators annually GOAL 4: Create environmental and community changes that result from selected community-level strategies - Objective 1: Develop plans for implementation for environmental and community-level prevention strategies Goal 5: Demonstrate changes in selected risk and protective factors - Objective 1: Increase tracking of selected risk and protective factors - Objective 2: Implement state-level evaluation plan with process and outcome measures The target population on an individual-level is residents in Maryland, which totals almost 6 million people. Community-level components are included for each program component as well. Each partnership will target the following populations: - GOCCP: Rape crisis centers will target groups in their community (youth, colleges, workplaces, and/or county systems and programs) - MSDE: Erin’s Law and RPE, local school systems, health educators, and K-12 schools - MCASA: College campuses, MSDE, and rape crisis centers - MDH/Evaluator: RPE sub-recipients, stakeholders, State of Maryland - MWOCN Contractor: professionals As a result of these activities, sexual violence will be reduced over time.
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).
