Notice of Funding Opportunity 

(NOFO) CE-24-0027

Rape Prevention and Education

Informational Call 

October 13, 2023

2:00 – 3:30 PM EST


Welcome

Notice of Funding Opportunity 

(NOFO) CE-24-0027

Rape Prevention and Education
Agenda 

▪ RPE Introductions

▪ Purpose

▪ Eligibility & Requirements

▪ Collaborations

▪ Strategies & Activities

▪ Evaluation Components

▪ Work Plan

▪ CDC Monitoring & Support

▪ Funding Information

▪ FAQs

▪ Closing
RPE Team Presenters on Today’s Webinar 

Taneshia Knight 

Project Officer

Team 1

Dora Ducak 

Project Officer

Team 2

Tristi Bond 

Project Officer

Team 2

Alexia Ng 

Evaluation Fellow

Team 1
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Meet the Team!
CDC Sexual Violence Prevention Team 1

Sexual Violence Prevention Team, Prevention Practice and Translation Branch (PPTB), 

Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)

Phil Williams

Team Lead

Kristy Orisma

Project Officer

Taneshia Knight

Project Officer

Brooke Douglas

Project Officer

Brianna Williams

Project Officer

LaShaundra Everhart

Project Officer

Kaleb White

Project Officer

Arianna Siler

Project Officer

Ishaka Oche 

Evaluation Officer

Grace Hazlett 

Evaluation Officer

Alexia Ng

Evaluation Fellow
CDC Sexual Violence Prevention Team 2 

Sexual Violence Prevention Team, Prevention Practice and Translation Branch (PPTB), 

Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)

LaTonya Tripp-Dinkins 

Team Lead

Shayla Wilkinson 

Project Officer

Dora Ducak

Project Officer

Ceiara Hyde 

Project Officer

Tristi Bond 

Project Officer

Allayna DeHond

Evaluation Officer

Emmanuel Fonseca Trujillo

Evaluation Officer
Purpose of NOFO 

CE-24-0027

This NOFO aims to promote health 

equity and prevent sexual violence 

by enhancing the capacity of state 

and territorial health departments to 

expand sexual violence prevention 

programs, practices, and policies 

implemented and evaluated at the 

community- and social level.
Eligibility, Application Requirements, 

& Organizational Capacity
Eligibility & Recipient 

Requirements

• Eligible Applicants: State Governments

• Additional Information:

• Based on the VAWA legislation.

• States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, and the U.S. Territories.

• State health departments or their Bona 

Fide Agents.

• Cost sharing or matching funds are not 

required for this program.
Application 

Requirements 

• Table of Contents (no page limit)

• Project Abstract Summary (BRIEF SUMMARY)

• Project Narrative (max 20 pages, single spaced, 12-point 

font, 1-inch margins, number all pages).

Includes:

• Background

• Approach

• Strategies & Activities (to include collaborations & 

population(s) of focus

• Organizational Capacity of Applicants to Implement the 

Approach

• Work Plan

• Evaluation Summary (max 5 pages, appendix)

• Budget Narrative (no page limit)
Organizational 

Capacity

Applicants must clearly describe & demonstrate 

their organizations' capacity within the following 

domains:

• General capacity

• Partnership & collaboration

• Training & technical assistance

• Sub-recipient capacity

• Sustainability & leverage

• Evaluation capacity
Collaborations
Recipients are strongly 

encouraged to...

1. Work with multisectoral partners and 

other CDC- and RPE-funded 

organizations

2. Collaborate with DELTA AHEAD (CE23-

2301) State Domestic Violence 

Coalition recipients and Core State 

Injury Prevention Program (Core SIPP) 

recipients funded in their states.

3. Sustain partnerships and collaborate 

with non-CDC funded entities.
Overview of Strategies 

and Activities
Strategy 1:

Build Infrastructure 

for Sexual Violence 

(SV) Prevention
Activity 1A

To build internal capacity to facilitate and monitor implementation

Examples of capacity building activities can include:

• Increasing education, support, and training

• Hiring, contracting, or partnering with evaluators to expand capacity

• Organizing/participating in learning collaborative or coalitions

• Attending/presenting at conferences
Activity 1B

To conduct/promote trainings to build capacity of partner organizations to 

promote health equity

Supportive educational and capacity building 

activities:

• Integrating primary prevention into the 

education, support and TA provided to service 

providers and local coalitions.

• Including prevention information in the 

resources provided to service providers and 

local coalitions.

Work with and educate:

• Local-level coalitions

• Community organizations

• Service providers
Activity 1C

To conduct, or leverage, an existing primary prevention capacity assessment with a focus on 

health equity

Capacity assessment reflections should include:

• Current internal capacity to meet the needs of the program in advancing health equity.

• Data availability and access to additional data needs to advance health equity.

• Current capacity to provide training and TA on health equity and opportunities for 

improvement.

• Current distribution of program activities across the SEM.
Activity 1C

Capacity assessments can be used for various needs, including:

• To determine where gaps exist in capacity to address health equity in the 

implementation of SV

• To increase the use of information and data in decisions around ways to integrate 

health equity into programming.

• A jumping off point for discussions about health equity within organizations and with 

partners.

• To identify needed resources.
Activity 1D

To participate in CDC-sponsored programs and activities

Recipients are asked to participate in:

Activities supporting Implementation 

of NOFO:

• Attendance to the Annual Recipient’s 

Meeting

• Participation in CDC-provided 

regularly scheduled technical 

assistance and training

Training and technical support 

activities:

• RPE leadership and/or regional 

trainings

• Sexual violence prevention and 

evaluation training, technical 

assistance, and resources 
Strategy 2:

Develop State 

Action Plan
Activity 2A

To develop or enhance existing state/territory plan with partners

The State Action Plan will describe:

1. Ways recipient and partners will prioritize primary prevention at the outer layers of the 

SEM

2. Ways health disparities and disproportionate burden will be addressed using data

3. Ways coordination with partners will be increased and/or maintained

4. Ways the recipient plans to leverage partnerships and resources to increase and 

sustain primary prevention

5. Plans for expanding the tracking and use of statewide data

6. A summary of current primary prevention program or policy strategies being 

implemented

7. A sustainability section that describes how RPE work will be sustained
Activity 2A

Focus areas:

• The selected strategies and corresponding focus areas and level of the SEM

• Description of the population of focus and setting

• The evidence, theory, or rationale to support each strategy

• The essential elements and complementary components

• The risk and protective factors and social determinants of health to be addressed by each 

strategy

• A high-level description of how the recipient or sub-recipient intends to implement the 

strategy
Activity 2B

To leverage multi-sector partners and resources toward SV prevention

Functions that partners could perform:

• Collaborating on program selection and implementation.

• Providing guidance on program evaluation and data use

• Providing population specific support

• Providing technical assistance in building program implementation and evaluation capacity 

of sub-recipients
Activity 2C

To engage multi-sector partners including but not limited to 

Sexual Assault and Tribal Coalitions

Meaningful Engagement Examples:

• Providing technical assistance to Sexual Assault (SA) coalitions, Tribal SA coalitions, and other 

sexual violence (SV) partners

• Including SV partners in SV Action Planning to align SV work across the State/Territory

• Collaboration with RPE-funded SA Coalitions and Tribal Sexual Assault Coalitions

• Sharing data and making data available to SA coalitions and Tribal SA coalitions
Strategy 3: 

Implement SV 

Prevention 

Approaches
Activity 3A

Identify, implement, and adapt SV prevention approaches that increase health equity through 

reduced disparities in targeted SDOH, with a focus on implementation at the community- and 

societal-levels

Focus Areas

1. Strengthen Economic Supports

2. Create Protective Environments

3. Promoting Social Norms that Protect Against 

Violence
Focus Area Requirements 

+ Recipients must implement at least one 

program/policy effort in each of the 3 focus 

areas. You may have more than one in each 

focus area. The number of program/policy 

efforts does not have to be equal among focus 

areas.
Focus Area 1: Strengthen Economic Supports 

+ Strengthen household financial security

- Family assistance programs such as TANF and SNAP 

- Tax Credits such as Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) 

and Child Tax Credit

- Subsidized/Affordable childcare

- Livable wages 

- Microfinance programs 

- Comparable worth policies 

+ Family-friendly policies 

- Paid leave policies 

- Workplace flexibility policies 
Focus Area 2: Create Protective Environments 

+ Improve school climate and safety

- Environmental approaches at the building level (e.g., Shifting Boundaries intervention 

program)

- School restorative justice programs

+ Improve organizational environments

- Proactive sexual harassment prevention policies and procedures reduce exposure to 

community-level risks

- Assisted housing mobility

- Low-income housing tax credits

- Alcohol-related policies

+ Modify the physical and social environment

- Greening activities

- Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)

- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Focus Area 3: Promoting Social Norms That Protect 

Against Violence 

+ Bystander Approaches

- Green Dot

- Bringing in the Bystander

+ Men and Boys as Allies in Prevention

- Coaching Boys Into Men
Adaptations to Programs and Policies

+ Recipients may determine that one or more adaptations are necessary for the 

purposes of:

- Increasing implementation feasibility given limited time and resources

- Improving the intended community’s ability to understand and engage with the 

program content

- Increasing the relevancy of the program given cultural characteristics of the intended 

population and delivery setting
Strategy 4: 

Use Data to 

Inform Action
Activity 4A

Gather and synthesize publicly available data.

Recipients are expected to:

• Select SV indicators to track

• Select indicators that help identify how social and structural determinants of health 

inequities are linked with disproportionate risk of violence

• Develop a data dissemination plan 
Activity 4B

Utilize state and community-level data to identify and select SV prevention strategies for 

populations and communities with disproportionately high rates of SV.

Recipients are required to use data to:

• Describe how health inequities are linked with disproportionate risk of violence

• Identify specific SDOH and risk/protective factors

• Explain how implementation of complementary programs and policies may influence 

conditions

• Describe how impacting the SDOH that influence these conditions can decrease risk for and 

increase protection against SV
Activity 4C

Develop and implement an equity-focused evaluation plan (in collaboration with SA 

coalitions & Tribal SA coalitions).

Recipients are required to use data to:

• Describe how health inequities are linked with disproportionate risk of violence

• Submit a state-level logic model within 120 days of award 

• Develop and submit a final state-level evaluation plan

• Begin implementation of evaluation plan by the beginning of year 2

• Support sub-recipients to track implementation measures and outcomes

• Ensure sub-recipients’ activities align to state action/evaluation plan

• Report progress using CDC’s DVP Partners Portal.
Activity 4D

Use program monitoring and evaluation data and other available data to improve SV 

prevention strategy implementation.

Recipients are expected to:

• Develop a plan for how evaluation findings and data will be used for continuous program 

improvement

• Engage and promote continuous program improvement practice among sub-recipients

• Share lessons learned with sub-recipients and other partners
Evaluation 

Components
Evaluation & Performance Measurement Plans

+ Recipients are expected to submit a final 

Recipient Evaluation and Performance 

Measurement Plan with their APR

+ This evaluation plan is due 120 days before the 

end of the first fiscal year

- Upon award, CDC will provide recipients with 

guidance & a template for the evaluation plan

- CDC highly recommends that recipients utilize 

this template as required annual reporting 

templates will have a similar format
Evaluation Plan Content

+ As part of the evaluation plan, recipients must provide a logic model 

that demonstrates:

- The overall NOFO strategies, activities, & expected outcomes

- The overall efforts of the NOFO

- Expected short-term, intermediate, & long-termoutcomes

- State/territory-level alignment efforts between activities & outcomes, as well as alignment 

between sub-recipient strategies & activities with state/territory-level outcomes

+ Evaluation plans should also describe how recipients will track:

- The progress of their state/territory action plan

- The implementation of selected prevention strategies & approaches

- The outcomes identified in the NOFO logic model
Evaluation Questions

Recipients' evaluation plans must address:

- Accomplished short term & intermediate outcomes

- Increased internal & partner capacity

- Leveraged multi sector partnerships & resources

- Implemented strategies that address SDOH

- Achieved implementation of SV prevention strategies

- Increased use of data-driven decision-making & monitoring of trends

- Critical factors for implementing selected prevention strategies & 

approaches
Evaluation Indicators/Measures

+ Recipients should include specific measures for the required outcomes and included in 

their evaluation plan. Examples are included in the table below.

Short-Term Outcomes Intermediate Outcomes Example Indicators/Measures

Increased capacity to 

implement & evaluate 

primary prevention of SV at 

the community- & societallevels within SHDs.

Increased capacity to 

promote & incorporate 

health equity program 

activities relevant to SV 

prevention among partners 

organizations.

Increased capacity for 

statewide program 

implementation and SV 

prevention

# of new staff acquired

# of trainings conducted to build 

internal capacity to facilitate & monitor 

SV prevention strategy implementation

# of staff who have attended a training 

related to facilitating & monitoring SV 

prevention strategy implementation

# of trainings conducted to promote 

health equity
Data Management Plan 

+ Recipients must submit a Data Management Plan with the Annual Performance Report 

describing all the data to be used for the award, including:

- A description of the data

- Quality standards and data elements to be used

- Mechanisms for, and limitations to, access to the data

- Data standards and documentation to ensure fidelity and dissemination of data are 

transparent

- Plans for archiving and long-term preservation of the data

- Data suppression standards to ensure data dissemination does not compromise 

confidentiality

- Description of how data will be securely transmitted to CDC, if applicable

+ Please refer to the NCIPC DMP Template for recipient use
Work Plan
Workplan Overview

+ The work plan is a program management tool intended 

to provide direction and structure for the entire program 

as well as each required activity.

- As part of their application, each applicant will submit a 

detailed work plan for the first year of the project, as 

well as a high-level work plan for the subsequent years 

of funding

- Post award, CDC will work with recipients to finalize the 

format & content of the work plan

- Each year, recipients will submit an updated work plan 

as part of their APR & continuation application
Sample Workplan Template

Objective #: (Corresponds to Logic Model Activity)

Process Measures Outcome Measures

Milestone 

Description

(Provide a concise 

statement of the 

milestone)

Key Activities

(Provide a brief 

description of activities 

that will be

conducted to complete 

the milestone.)

Start Date

(Anticipated Milestone 

Start Date)

End Date

(Anticipated Milestone 

End Date)
CDC Monitoring & 

Support to Recipients
CDC Monitoring

+ Monitoring activities include routine & ongoing communication between CDC & recipients, 

site visits, & recipient reporting (including work plans, performance, & financial reporting).

+ Post-award cooperative agreement monitoring & reporting activities will include, but are 

not limited to:

- Participating in monthly calls with Project Officers

- Communicatingas needed (at a minimum monthly)

- Emailing programmatic & fiscal updates prior to monthly calls

- Participating in webinars & mandatory recipient meetings

- Participating in national conferences

- Reviewing APRs

- Providing recipients with timely feedback based on monitoring, performance, & 

evaluation data

- Site visits as needed
CDC Support to Recipients

+ CDC will deliver technical assistance and feedback by:

- Providing CDC-developed tools & 

resources (e.g., VetoViolence, CDC Violence Prevention 

Resources for Action, SV Indicator Tools, RPE 

Evaluation Plan Guidance)

- Providing individual technical assistance to recipients 

as needed 

- Reviewing & offering feedback regarding APRs, SAPs, 

& evaluation plans

- Facilitating collaborative learning 

opportunities (e.g., webinars, collaborative meetings 

with state & national partners

- Facilitating successful evaluation of the outcomes & 

implementation of the collective activities in the state 

as described in the NOFO
Funding Information 
Funding Information 

+ Total Project Funding: $209,950,000

+ Total Period of Performance: 5 years

+ Expected Number of Awards: 59 state and territorial health departments

+ Funding Strategy:

- U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated 

States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, American Samoa and 

Guam with approved applications will receive $40,000

- The 50 states, District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with approved 

applications will receive a base of $150,000.

- The remainder of the funds will be allocated utilizing the percentage of each state's 

population (50 states, DC and Puerto Rico) divided by the total US population, as stated in 

Violence Against Women Act.

- The total estimated funding for fiscal year 2024 is $41,990,000.00.
Frequently 

Asked 

Questions
Frequently Asked Questions 

1. Is there a format or description of what should be covered in the five-page 

evaluation summary attachment?

Answer: There is a description of what should be provided on page 33 in the evaluation 

plan section as well as in the scoring rubric on page 56.

2. Does the Table of Contents need to be on its own page or is it appropriate to have 

one space before I start the Background section?

Answer: The Table of Contents should be on a separate page. 

3. Is an “expected” item a requirement?

Answer: Yes.
Frequently Asked Questions

4. What is the impact of the possible government shut down on our programs? Do you 

have any information/guidance to pass along to the states if the shutdown happens? 

Will there be special instructions and/or information for recipients given a possible 

federal government shutdown?

Answer: We have not received any guidance, but in previous shutdowns OFR has sent a letter 

to recipients with guidance. At this point, business will continue as usual for recipients. 

5. Is there a letter of intent date for the new RPE NOFO?

Answer: No. We will not be requesting a letter of intent from recipients.
Frequently Asked Questions

6. Do applicants need to address all 3 focus areas in their prevention strategies?

Answer: Yes, the intent is to have some implementation across the three focus areas. This 

is encouraged; however, some states might struggle with funding all 3 due to level funding 

amounts and are allowed to spread their efforts as needed within the confines of their 

budget, internal staff capacity, and populations of focus.

7. What do the yellow highlights in the NOFO mean?

Answer: The Logic Model is highlighted.

8. Would CDC like Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and Letters of Support 

included in the application?

Answer: These items are optional. The applicant may submit if they desire to do so but are 

not required. Letters of Support are encouraged. 
Frequently Asked Questions

9. How do we access more concise information about evidence-based strategies that 

can be implemented with small amounts of money?

Answer: Refer to the number of available Resources for Action (formerly called Technical 

Packages)

10. Can you give an example of a milestone vs. activity vs. process measure for the 

workplan?

Answer: An example of a process measure is the level of engagement of partners in the 

state action plan. A milestone example is a first draft of the state action plan completed. An 

example of a key activity is meeting with partners to review the existing state plan and to 

identify updates needed.
Frequently Asked Questions

11. Where will the annual recipients’ meeting be held?

Answer: The annual recipients’ meeting has not been scheduled. 

12. What was the reason for not including policy/programs that provide leadership 

opportunities for women/girls?

Answer: Several of the strategies also fall under strengthen economic supports. It doesn’t 

mean they can’t do it or are not supposed to do it. However, it can be written in the 

application under strengthen economic supports.
Key Dates 

• Letter of Intent is NOT required.

• Applications Due: November 30, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. 

U.S. Eastern Standard Time

• Anticipated Notice of Award: January 31, 2024
Application Requirements Recap

+ Table of Contents

+ Project Abstract

+ Project Narrative

- Background

- Approach

•Purpose

•Outcomes

•Strategies and Activities

•Collaborations

•Target Populations (i.e. Population(s) of Focus)

- Organization Capacity

- Work Plan

+ Evaluation Summary

+ Budget Narrative
Optional Documents/Attachments

• Letters of Support

• Organizational Chart

• Indirect Cost Rate, if applicable

• Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) or Understanding (MOU)

• Bona Fide Agent status documentation (if available)

• Map of the community data (such as census tract, zip code, and neighborhoods) relevant to 

the selected population

• Demographic composition of the selected areas or communities of focus

• The percent of population in the area with income at or below 100% of the federal poverty 

level

• SV prevalence, risk and protective factor data for selected populations demonstrating 

disproportionate risk for SV
Thank you!

For inquiries, please note the

following contacts: 

Program Technical Assistance

Phillip Williams (DPZ4@cdc.gov)

LaTonya Tripp-Dinkins (UAS8@cdc.gov) 

Financial/Awards 

Management/Budget Assistance:

Tajsha LaShore (OKX5@cdc.gov)