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has the authority to act on behalf of each 

provider and complies with other 

Federal requirements, an authorized 

official of the EFIO must sign a 

certification statement and mail it to the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS). Form Number: CMS– 

10175 (OMB# 0938–0984); Frequency: 

Once; Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or other for-profits; Number of 

Respondents: 300; Total Annual 

Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours: 

300. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Leslie Jones at 410– 

786–6599. For all other issues call 410– 

786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 

e-mail your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on May 4, 2009. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer. 

Fax Number: (202) 395–6974. 

E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–7498 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[HHS–2009–ACF–ACYF–FVPS–0035] 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services/Grants for Domestic Violence 

Shelters and Related Assistance/ 

Grants to States 

Program Office .................................................... Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau 

(FYSB). 

Funding Opportunity Number ............................. HHS–2009–ACF–ACYF–FVPS–0035. 

Announcement Title ............................................ Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Domestic Violence Shelters and Related 

Assistance/Grants to States. 

CFDA Number .................................................... 93.671. 

Due Date for Applications ................................... May 4, 2009. 

Executive Summary: This 

announcement governs the proposed 

award of mandatory grants under the 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Act (FVPSA) to States 

(including Territories and Insular 

Areas). The purpose of these grants is to 

assist States in establishing, 

maintaining, and expanding programs 

and projects to prevent family violence 

and to provide immediate shelter and 

related assistance for victims of family 

violence and their dependents (42 

U.S.C. 10401). 

This announcement sets forth the 

application requirements, the 

application process, and other 

administrative and fiscal requirements 

for grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. 

Starting in FY 2009, applications should 

cover FYs 2009, 2010 and 2011 (see 

Section II, Funds Available, Length of 

Project Period). 

I. Description 

Legislative Authority: The Family 

Violence Prevention and Services Act, 

42 U.S.C. 10401 through 10421, as 

extended by the Department of Health 

and Human Services Appropriations 

Act, 2009, Public Law 111–8. 

Background 

The purpose of this legislation is to 

assist States and Indian Tribes, Tribal 

organizations, and non-profit private 

organizations approved by an Indian 

Tribe in supporting the establishment, 

maintenance, and expansion of 

programs and projects to prevent 

incidents of family violence and to 

provide immediate shelter and related 

assistance for victims of family violence 

and their dependents that meet the 

needs of all victims, including those in 

underserved communities (42 U.S.C. 

10401). 

During FY 2008, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

made 52 grants to States. 202 grants 

were made to Indian Tribes, Tribal 

organizations, and non-profit private 

organizations approved by Indian 

Tribes. The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) also made 53 

family violence prevention grant awards 

to non-profit State Domestic Violence 

Coalitions. 

The National Domestic Violence 

Hotline (Hotline) is funded by FVPSA to 

ensure that everyone has access to 

information and emergency assistance 

wherever and whenever it is needed. 

The Hotline is a 24-hour, toll-free 

service that provides crisis assistance, 

counseling, and local shelter referrals 

for people across the country who need 

assistance. Hotline counselors also are 

available for non-English speaking 

persons and for people who are hearingimpaired. The Hotline number is 1– 

800–799–SAFE (7233); the TTY number 

for the hearing-impaired is 1–800–787– 

3224. 

Annual State Administrators Grantee 

Meeting 

The annual grantee meeting for the 

State FVPSA Administrators is a 

training and technical assistance 

activity that FVPSA State 

Administrators should expect to attend. 

Subsequent correspondence will advise 

the State FVPSA Administrators of the 

date, time and location of their grantee 

meeting. 

Client Confidentiality 

FVPSA programs must establish or 

implement policies and protocols for 

maintaining the safety and 

confidentiality of the adult victims of 

domestic violence and their children 

whom they serve. It is essential that the 

confidentiality of individuals receiving 

FVPSA services be protected. 

Consequently, when providing 

statistical data on program activities and 

program services, individual identifiers 

of client records will not be used by the 

State or other FVPSA grantees or 

subgrantees. The address or location of 

any FVPSA-supported shelter facility 

will, except with written authorization 

of the person or persons responsible for 

the operation of such shelter, not be 

made public and the confidentiality of 

records pertaining to any individual 

provided family violence prevention 

and treatment services by any FVPSAsupported program will be strictly 

maintained (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(E)). 


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Confidentiality requirements have 

been strengthened and clarified with the 

passage of the Violence Against Women 

and Department of Justice 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 

109–162). In the interest of establishing 

a consistent Federal standard for 

domestic violence programs, HHS 

intends to follow the confidentiality 

provisions and definition of ‘‘personally 

identifying information’’ in sections 

40002(b)(2) and 40002(a)(18) of the 

Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 13925(b)(2) and 42 U.S.C. 

13925(a)(18)) as a more detailed 

guidance for grantees about how to 

comply with the FVPSA confidentiality 

obligations, and requires FVPSA-funded 

programs to comply with the VAWA 

confidentiality provisions. 

In FY 2009 guidance, FYSB requires 

that grantees only collect unduplicated 

data for each program, and that 

information not be unduplicated across 

programs or statewide. No client-level 

data may be shared with a third party, 

regardless of encryption, hashing or 

other data security measures, without a 

written, time-limited release as 

described in section 40002(b)(2) of the 

Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 13925(b)(2)). 

The Importance of Coordinated and 

Accessible Services 

The impacts of family violence may 

include physical injury and death of 

primary or secondary victims, 

psychological trauma, isolation from 

family and friends, harm to children 

living with a parent or caretaker who is 

either experiencing or perpetrating 

family violence, increased fear, reduced 

mobility, damaged credit, 

unemployment, financial instability, 

homelessness, substance abuse, chronic 

illnesses and a host of other health and 

related mental health consequences. 

Coordination and collaboration 

among victim services providers, 

community-based, culturally specific 

and faith-based service providers, 

housing providers and homeless 

services providers, the police, 

prosecutors, the courts, child welfare 

services, employers and business, 

medical and mental health service 

providers, and Federal, State, and local 

public official and agencies is needed to 

provide more responsive and effective 

services to victims of domestic violence 

and their families. It is essential that 

community service providers, including 

those serving or representing 

underserved communities, are involved 

in the design and improvement of 

intervention and prevention activities. 

To help bring about a more effective 

response to the problem of family 

violence, HHS urges the designated 

State agencies receiving funds under 

this grant announcement to coordinate 

activities funded under this grant with 

other new and existing resources for the 

prevention of family violence and 

related issues. 

To serve victims most in need and to 

comply with Federal law, services must 

be widely accessible. Services must not 

discriminate on the basis of age, 

handicap, sex, race, color, national 

origin or religion (42 U.S.C. 10406). The 

HHS Office for Civil Rights provides 

guidance to grantees in complying with 

these requirements. Please see http:// 

www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/ 

specialtopics/origin/ 

domesticviolencefactsheet.html for HHS 

Office of Civil Rights guidance on 

serving immigrant victims. 

The FVPSA specifically makes 

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) applicable to all 

programs and activities conducted with 

any FVPSA funds. Section 504 bars 

organizations and employers from 

excluding or denying individuals with 

disabilities or denying such individuals 

an equal opportunity to receive program 

benefits and services. Organizations 

may not establish eligibility criteria for 

receipt of services or participation in 

programs or activities that screen out or 

tend to screen out individuals with 

disabilities, unless such criteria are 

necessary to meet the objectives of the 

program. Under this law, individuals 

with disabilities are defined as persons 

with a physical or mental impairment 

which substantially limits one or more 

major life activities. Some examples of 

impairments which may substantially 

limit major life activities, even with the 

help of medication or aids/devices, are: 

AIDS, alcoholism, blindness or visual 

impairment, cancer, deafness or hearing 

impairment, diabetes, drug addiction, 

heart disease, and mental illness. 

Please see http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/ 

civilrights/understanding/disability/ 

index.html for HHS Office of Civil 

Rights guidance on the Americans with 

Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. Services must also be 

provided on a voluntary basis; receipt of 

shelter or housing must not be 

conditioned on participation in 

supportive services. 

National Data Collection and Outcomes 

Measurement 

In collaboration with partners at State 

FVPSA programs, State Domestic 

Violence Coalitions (Coalitions), Tribes 

and Tribal organizations, the National 

Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 

and experts on both data collection and 

domestic violence prevention and 

intervention issues, FYSB continues to 

develop informative, succinct, and nonburdensome reporting formats that 

safely measure quantifiable outputs and 

outcomes. During FY 2007, FYSB 

revised and defined the program 

services reporting components for 

recipients of FVPSA State Formula 

Grant funds. Throughout FY 2008, 

grantee workshops, teleconferences, and 

information memoranda provided 

further guidance on performance 

reporting requirements for these 

grantees. In FY 2009, FYSB is requiring 

States and their subgrantees, and Tribal 

grantees to use standardized reporting 

forms to facilitate the collection of 

uniform, aggregate data on FVPSAsupported program services and client 

outcomes, as described in Section VI. 

Definitions 

States should use the following 

definitions in carrying out their 

programs. The definitions are found in 

42 U.S.C. 10421. 

Family Violence: Any act or 

threatened act of violence, including 

any forceful detention of an individual, 

which: (a) Results or threatens to result 

in physical injury; and (b) is committed 

by a person against another individual 

(including an elderly person) to whom 

such person is or was related by blood 

or marriage or otherwise legally related 

or with whom such person is or was 

lawfully residing. 

Shelter: The provision of temporary 

refuge and related assistance in 

compliance with applicable State law 

and regulation governing the provision, 

on a regular basis, of shelter, safe 

homes, meals, and related assistance to 

victims of family violence and their 

dependents. 

Related Assistance: The provision of 

direct assistance to victims of family 

violence and their dependents for the 

purpose of preventing further violence, 

helping such victims to gain access to 

civil and criminal courts and other 

community services, facilitating the 

efforts of such victims to make decisions 

concerning their lives in the interest of 

safety, and assisting such victims in 

healing from the effects of the violence. 

Related assistance includes: 

(1) Prevention services such as 

outreach and prevention services for 

victims and their children, assistance 

for children who witness domestic 

violence, employment training, 

parenting and other educational services 

for victims and their children, 

preventive health services within 

domestic violence programs (including 

services promoting nutrition, disease 

prevention, exercise, and prevention of 

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prevention programs for school-age 

children, family violence public 

awareness campaigns, and violence 

prevention counseling services to 

abusers; 

(2) Counseling with respect to family 

violence, counseling or other supportive 

services provided by peers individually 

or in groups, and referral to community 

social services; 

(3) Transportation and technical 

assistance with respect to obtaining 

financial assistance under Federal and 

State programs, and referrals for 

appropriate health-care services 

(including alcohol and drug abuse 

treatment), but shall not include 

reimbursement for any health-care 

services; 

(4) Legal advocacy to provide victims 

with information and assistance through 

the civil and criminal courts, and legal 

assistance; or 

(5) Children’s counseling and support 

services, and child care services for 

children who are victims of family 

violence or the dependents of such 

victims, and children who witness 

domestic violence. 

II. Funds Available 

In FY 2009, FY 2010, and FY 2011, 

HHS will make available for grants to 

the State-designated, Statewide, 

Domestic Violence Coalitions the funds 

described in this announcement. These 

grant awards are subject to the 

availability of Federal appropriations, 

and as authorized by the Family 

Violence Prevention and Services Act, 

42 U.S.C. sections 10401 through 10421, 

(extended by the Department of Health 

and Human Services Appropriations 

Act, 2009, Pub. L. 111–8, and/or any 

subsequent pertinent legal authorities). 

State Allocation 

FVPSA grants to the States, the 

District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are based 

on a population formula. Each State 

grant shall be $600,000 with the 

remaining funds allotted to each State 

on the same ratio as the population of 

the State to the population of all States 

(42 U.S.C. 10403(a)(2)). State 

populations are determined on the basis 

of the most recent census data available 

to the Secretary of HHS, and the 

Secretary shall use for such purpose, if 

available, the annual current interim 

census data produced by the Secretary 

of Commerce pursuant to 13 U.S.C. 181 

(42 U.S.C. 10403(b)). 

For the purpose of computing 

allotments, the statute provides that 

Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 

Islands, and the Northern Mariana 

Islands will each receive grants of not 

less than one-eighth of one percent of 

the amounts appropriated (42 U.S.C. 

10403(a)(1)). 

Length of Project Periods 

States now apply for three years of 

grant funds in this one application. The 

project period under this program 

announcement continues to be 24 

months for each award. FYSB will 

continue to disperse funds annually. 

States will not be required to submit 

additional applications for the years FY 

2010 through FY 2011 unless there are 

material changes made to the program. 

Therefore, States must address their 

anticipated activities not only for the FY 

2009 project period; i.e., October 2008 

through September 2010, but also for 

the project periods covered by FYs 2010 

through 2011; i.e., October 2009 through 

September 2012. States will have the 

opportunity to amend their applications 

for each of the fiscal years FY 2010 and 

FY 2011 if their anticipated activities 

materially change. This change does not 

affect the amount of the grant award or 

the timing of the grant award, only the 

application process. 

Award year (federal fiscal year) Project period 

(24 months) Application requirements 

FYSB will continue to disperse funds annually. 

The Federal FY is a one-year period from 

September through October.

States will continue to 

have two years to 

spend the funds.

This change does not affect the amount of the grant award or the 

timing of the grant award, only the application process. 

FY 2009 .............................................................. 10/01/08–9/30/10 ........ States apply for three years of grant funds in this one application. 

States must address their anticipated activities for the FY 2009 

project period, and also for the project periods covered by FYs 

2010 and 2011. 

FY 2010 .............................................................. 10/01/09–9/30/11 ........ States will not be required to submit an additional application for FY 

2010 unless there are material changes made to the program. 

FY 2011 .............................................................. 10/01/10–9/30/12 ........ States will not be required to submit an additional application for FY 

2011 unless there are material changes made to the program. 

Expenditure Period 

FVPSA funds may be used for 

expenditures on and after October 1 of 

each fiscal year for which they are 

granted, and will be available for 

expenditure through September 30 of 

the following fiscal year; i.e., FY 2009 

funds may be used for expenditures 

from October 1, 2008, through 

September 30, 2010. 

Re-allotted funds, if any, are available 

for expenditure until the end of the 

fiscal year following the fiscal year that 

the funds became available for reallotment. FY 2009 grant funds that are 

made available to the States through reallotment, under 42 U.S.C. 10403(d), 

must be expended by the State no later 

than September 30, 2010. FY 2010 grant 

funds that are made available to the 

States through re-allotment, under 42 

U.S.C. 10403(d), must be expended by 

the State no later than September 30, 

2011. FY 2011 grant funds that are made 

available to the States through reallotment, under 42 U.S.C. 10403(d), 

must be expended by the State no later 

than September 30, 2012. 

III. Eligibility 

‘‘States’’ as defined in section 320 of 

FVPSA are eligible to apply for funds. 

The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 

States, the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, 

and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands. 

In the past, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 

the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands and American Samoa 

have applied for funds as a part of their 

consolidated grant under the Social 

Services Block grant. These jurisdictions 

need not submit an application under 

this program announcement if they 

choose to have their allotment included 

as part of a consolidated grant 

application. 

Additional Information on Eligibility 

D–U–N–S Requirement 

All applicants must have a D&B Data 

Universal Numbering System (D–U–N– 

S) number. On June 27, 2003, the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

published in the Federal Register a new 


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Federal policy applicable to all Federal 

grant applicants. The policy requires 

Federal grant applicants to provide a 

D–U–N–S number when applying for 

Federal grants or cooperative 

agreements on or after October 1, 2003. 

The D–U–N–S number will be required 

whether an applicant is submitting a 

paper application or using the 

government-wide electronic portal, 

http://www.Grants.gov. A D–U–N–S 

number will be required for every 

application for a new award or renewal/ 

continuation of an award, including 

applications or plans under formula, 

entitlement, and block grant programs, 

submitted on or after October 1, 2003. 

Please ensure that the applicant’s 

organization has a D–U–N–S number. 

To acquire a D–U–N–S number at no 

cost, call the dedicated toll-free 

D–U–N–S number request line at 1– 

866–705–5711 or request a number 

online at http://www.dnb.com. 

IV. Application Requirements 

The project description is approved 

under the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number 0970– 

0280, which expires on December 31, 

2011. 

Content of Application Submission 

The State’s application must be 

submitted by the Chief Executive of the 

State and signed by the Chief Executive 

Officer or the Chief Program Official 

designated as responsible for the 

administration of FVPSA. 

Each application must contain the 

following information or 

documentation: 

(1) The name of the State agency, the 

name and contact information for the 

Chief Program Official designated as 

responsible for the administration of 

funds under FVPSA and coordination of 

related programs within the State, and 

the name and contact information for a 

contact person if different from the 

Chief Program Official (42 U.S.C. 

10402(a)(2)(D)). 

(2) A plan describing in detail how 

the needs of underserved populations 

will be met (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(C)). 

‘‘Underserved populations’’ include 

populations underserved because of 

geographic location (such as rural 

isolation), underserved racial and ethnic 

populations, populations underserved 

because of special needs (such as 

language barriers, disabilities, 

immigration status, or age), and any 

other population determined to be 

underserved by the State planning 

process or the Secretary of HHS (42 

U.S.C. 13925(a)(32)). 

(a) Identify which populations in the 

State are underserved, describe those 

that are being targeted for outreach and 

services, and provide a brief explanation 

of why those populations were selected 

to receive outreach and services. 

(b) Describe the outreach plan, 

including the domestic violence training 

to be provided, the means for providing 

technical assistance and support, and 

the leadership role played by those 

representing and serving the 

underserved populations in question. 

(c) Describe the specific services to be 

provided or enhanced, such as new 

shelters or services, improved access to 

shelters or services, or new services for 

underserved populations such as 

victims from communities of color, 

immigrant victims, or victims with 

disabilities, etc. 

(d) Describe the public information 

component of the State’s outreach 

program: The elements of your program 

that are used to explain domestic 

violence, the most effective and safe 

ways to seek help, tools to identify 

available resources, etc. 

(3) Provide a complete description of 

the process and procedures used to 

involve the State Domestic Violence 

Coalition, knowledgeable individuals, 

and interested organizations, including 

those serving or representing 

underserved communities, in the State 

planning process, and provide 

assurances that the State grantee is in 

compliance with the requirements of 42 

U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(C). 

(4) Provide complete documentation 

of consultation with and participation of 

the State Domestic Violence Coalition in 

the administration and distribution of 

FVPSA grants and grant funds awarded 

to the State as required by 42 U.S.C. 

10410(a)(5) and 42 U.S.C. 

10402(a)(2)(C)). 

(5) Provide complete documentation 

of policies, procedures and protocols 

that ensure individual identifiers of 

client records will not be used when 

providing statistical data on program 

activities and program services, that the 

confidentiality of records pertaining to 

any individual provided family violence 

prevention or treatment services by any 

FVPSA-supported program will be 

strictly maintained, and the address or 

location of any FVPSA-supported 

shelter will not be made public without 

the written authorization of the person 

or persons responsible for the operation 

of such shelter (42 U.S.C. 

10402(a)(2)(E)). 

(6) Describe the plan to assure an 

equitable distribution of grants and 

grant funds within the State and 

between urban and rural areas within 

such State (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(C)). 

(7) Include a description of how the 

State plans to use the grant funds; a 

description of the target populations; 

the number of shelters to be funded; the 

number of non-residential programs to 

be funded; the services the State will 

provide; and the expected results from 

the use of the grant funds (42 U.S.C. 

10402(a)(2)). 

(8) Provide a copy of the law or 

procedures, such as a process for 

obtaining an order of protection, that the 

State has implemented for the eviction 

of an abusive spouse from a shared 

household (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(F)). 

Note: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, 

the public reporting burden for the project 

description is estimated to average 10 hours 

per response, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and reviewing 

the collection information. The Project 

Description information collection is 

approved under OMB control number 0970– 

0280, which expires on 12/31/2011. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Assurances 

Each application must provide the 

assurances in Appendix A. 

Certifications 

All applications must submit or 

comply with the required certifications 

found in the Appendices as follows: 

Anti-Lobbying Certification and 

Disclosure Form (See Appendix B) 

Applicants must furnish prior to 

award an executed copy of the Standard 

Form (SF) LLL, Certification Regarding 

Lobbying, when applying for an award 

in excess of $100,000. Applicants who 

have used non-Federal funds for 

lobbying activities in connection with 

receiving assistance under this 

announcement shall complete a 

disclosure form, if applicable, with their 

applications (approved by OMB under 

control number 0348–0046). Applicants 

should sign and return the certification 

with their application. 

Certification Regarding Environmental 

Tobacco Smoke (See Appendix C) 

Applicants and subgrantees must 

understand they will be held 

accountable for the smoking prohibition 

included within Public Law 103–227, 

Title XII Environmental Tobacco Smoke 

(also known as the Pro Children Act of 

1994). A copy of the Federal Register 

notice which implements the smoking 

prohibition is included with the forms. 

By signing and submitting the 

application, applicants are accepting 

and agreeing to all terms and conditions 

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Certification Regarding Drug-Free 

Workplace Requirements (See Appendix 

D) 

The signature on the application by 

the chief program official attests to the 

applicant’s intent to comply with the 

Drug-Free Workplace requirements and 

compliance with the Debarment 

Certification. By signing and submitting 

the application, applicants are accepting 

and agreeing to all terms and conditions 

of the certification. 

These certifications can also be found 

at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/ 

forms.htm. 

Notification Under Executive Order 

12372 

For States, this program is covered 

under Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs,’’ for State plan consolidation 

and implication only—45 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) 100.12. The 

review and comment provisions of the 

Executive Order and Part 100 do not 

apply. 

Applications should be sent to: 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Program, 

Family and Youth Services Bureau, 

Administration on Children, Youth and 

Families, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, 

Attention: Edna James or Shannon R. 

Gaskins, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Suite 8214, Washington, DC 20024. 

V. Approval/Disapproval of a State 

Application 

The Secretary of HHS will approve 

any application that meets the 

requirements of FVPSA and this 

announcement and will not disapprove 

any such application except after 

reasonable notice of the Secretary’s 

intention to disapprove has been 

provided to the applicant and after a 

six-month period providing an 

opportunity for the applicant to correct 

any deficiencies. The notice of intention 

to disapprove will be provided to the 

applicant within 45 days of the date of 

the application. 

VI. Reporting Requirements 

Performance Reports 

Beginning with FY 2009 awards, ACF 

grantees will begin submitting 

Performance Progress Reports using a 

standardized format, the SF–PPR. The 

SF–PPR is the standard governmentwide performance progress reporting 

format used by Federal agencies to 

collect performance information from 

recipients. A version of the SF–PPR has 

been tailored for grantees under this 

announcement as the ACYF–FYSB– 

FVPS–SF–PPR. A Program Performance 

Report must be filed with HHS 

describing the activities carried out, and 

including an assessment of the 

effectiveness of those activities in 

achieving the purposes of the grant. A 

section of this performance report must 

be completed by each grantee or subgrantee that performed the direct 

services contemplated in the application 

certifying performance of such services. 

A copy of the ACYF–FYSB–FVPS–SF– 

PPR will be available in the Web page 

publication of this announcement at 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/ 

content/familyviolence/index.html 

approximately 10 business days after 

the publication of this announcement in 

the Federal Register. 

The performance report must include 

the following data elements and 

narrative examples of the services that 

were provided: 

Funding—The total amount of the 

FVPSA grant funds awarded. Total 

amount of State administrative cost. 

Total number of subgrants awarded. 

Total domestic violence program budget 

for programs that received FVPSA 

subgrants. The number of domestic 

violence programs with residential 

facilities funded. The number of nonresidential programs funded. 

Volunteers—The total number of 

volunteers working in FVPSAsupported programs; total volunteer 

hours. 

Narrative Questions—For services or 

activities in the State supported in 

whole or in part by FVPSA funding, 

provide examples or summaries that 

describe: 

• Stories concerning individual 

clients, services, or community or 

Statewide initiatives; 

• Activities that the FVPSA grant 

allows grantees to do that they wouldn’t 

be able to do without this funding. 

• Efforts to identify and meet the 

needs of underserved populations, 

including populations underserved 

because of ethnic, racial, cultural, or 

language diversity or geographic 

isolation. Include the ongoing 

challenges in addressing these needs. 

• Significant prevention activities 

conducted during the program year. 

• Any additional information that the 

grantee would like to share about the 

State’s FVPSA-supported domestic 

violence programs and their 

effectiveness, the unmet needs of 

victims in the State and what would be 

required to meet those needs, or service 

trends that are emerging in their 

communities. 

People Served— 

• An unduplicated count 

(unduplicated by program but not across 

State) of non-residential clients who are 

women, men, children, and youth who 

are intimate partner violence victims. 

• An unduplicated count 

(unduplicated by program but not across 

State) of residential clients, including 

the number of shelter nights, for 

women, men, children, and youth who 

are intimate partner violence victims. 

Demographics—For Unduplicated 

Clients, include the following 

demographic categories: 

• Race/Ethnicity: Black or African 

American; American Indian/Alaska 

Native; Asian; Hispanic or Latino; 

Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander; 

White; Unknown/Other. 

• Gender: Female; Male; or Not 

Specified. 

• Age: 0–17; 18–24; 25–59; 60+; 

Unknown. 

Residential Services— 

• Total Shelter Nights. 

• Number of Unmet Requests for 

Shelter. 

Related Services and Assistance—List 

the related services and assistance 

provided to victims and their family 

members by indicating the number of 

hours and or number of service contacts 

in each of the following categories: 

• Crisis/Hotline Calls (Number of 

Calls). 

• Supportive Counseling and 

Advocacy: Individual and group. 

• Children’s Services. 

—Supportive Counseling and Advocacy: 

Individual and group. 

—Children’s Activities: Individual and 

group. 

• Batterer Intervention Services (if 

Funded through FVPSA): Individual 

and group. 

Community Education and Public 

Awareness—Report the number of 

presentations and participants that 

attended presentations/training for: 

• Adults/General Population. 

• Youth Targeted. 

• Community Awareness Activities 

(Number of Events Only). 

Outcome Data—Report results from 

FVPSA outcome surveys: 

• Total number of domestic violence 

survivors who have more strategies for 

enhancing their safety, and total number 

completing safety outcome survey; and, 

• Total number of domestic violence 

survivors who have more knowledge 

about community resources, and total 

number completing resource outcome 

survey. 

Performance Reports for the States are 

due on an annual basis at the end of the 

calendar year (December 29). 

Performance Reports should be sent to: 


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Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Program, 

Family and Youth Services Bureau, 

Administration on Children, Youth and 

Families, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, 

Attention: Edna James or Shannon R. 

Gaskins, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Suite 8214, Washington, DC 20024. 

Please note that section 42 U.S.C. 

10402(a)(4) of FVPSA requires HHS to 

suspend funding for an approved 

application if any State applicant fails to 

submit an annual Performance Report or 

if the funds are expended for purposes 

other than those set forth under this 

announcement. 

Financial Status Reports 

Grantees must submit annual 

Financial Status Reports. The first SF– 

269A for FY 2009 grant awards is due 

December 29, 2009. The final SF–269A 

for FY 2009 is due December 29, 2010. 

The first SF–296A for FY 2010 grant 

awards is due December 29, 2010. The 

final SF–269A for FY 2010 is due 

December 29, 2011. The first SF–269A 

for FY 2011 grant awards is due 

December 29, 2011. The final SF–269A 

for FY 2011 is due December 29, 2012. 

SF–269A can be found at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

grants_forms.html. 

Completed reports may be mailed to: 

Frederick Griefer, Division of 

Mandatory Grants, Office of Grants 

Management, Administration for 

Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., 6th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20447. 

Grantees have the option of submitting 

their reports online through the Online 

Data Collection (OLDC) system at the 

following address: https:// 

extranet.acf.hhs.gov/ssi. 

Failure to submit reports on time may 

be a basis for withholding grant funds, 

suspension or termination of the grant. 

All funds reported as unobligated after 

the obligation period will be recouped. 

VII. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Grantees are subject to the 

requirements in 45 CFR Part 74 (nongovernmental) or 45 CFR Part 92 

(governmental). 

Direct Federal grants, sub-award 

funds, or contracts under this ACF 

program shall not be used to support 

inherently religious activities such as 

religious instruction, worship, or 

proselytization. Therefore, organizations 

must take steps to separate, in time or 

location, their inherently religious 

activities from the services funded 

under this program. Regulations 

pertaining to the Equal Treatment for 

Faith-Based Organizations, which 

includes the prohibition against Federal 

funding of inherently religious 

activities, can be found at the HHS Web 

site at http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/ 

waisgate21.pdf. 

A faith-based organization receiving 

HHS funds retains its independence 

from Federal, State, and local 

governments and may continue to carry 

out its mission, including the definition, 

practice, and expression of its religious 

beliefs. For example, a faith-based 

organization may use space in its 

facilities to provide secular programs or 

services funded with Federal funds 

without removing religious art, icons, 

scriptures, or other religious symbols. In 

addition, a faith-based organization that 

receives Federal funds retains its 

authority over its internal governance, 

and it may retain religious terms in its 

organization’s name, select its board 

members on a religious basis, and 

include religious references in its 

organization’s mission statements and 

other governing documents in 

accordance with program requirements, 

statutes, and other applicable 

requirements governing the conduct of 

HHS funded activities. 

Faith-based and community 

organizations may reference the 

‘‘Guidance to Faith-Based and 

Community Organizations on Partnering 

with the Federal Government’’ at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

government/fbci/guidance/index.html. 

VIII. Other Information 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edna James at (202) 205–7750 or e-mail 

at Edna.James@acf.hhs.gov, or Shannon 

R. Gaskins at (202) 205–7891 or e-mail 

at Shannon.Gaskins@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Maiso L. Bryant, 

Acting Commissioner, Administration on 

Children, Youth and Families. 

Appendices—Required Assurances and 

Certifications 

A. Assurances. 

B. Anti-Lobbying and Disclosure. 

C. Environmental Tobacco Smoke. 

D. Drug-Free Workplace Requirements. 

Appendix A 

Assurances of Compliance With Grant 

Requirements 

The undersigned certifies that: 

(1) Grant funds under FVPSA will be 

distributed to local public agencies and nonprofit private organizations (including 

religious and charitable organizations and 

voluntary associations) for programs and 

projects within the State to prevent incidents 

of family violence and to provide immediate 

shelter and related assistance for victims of 

family violence and their dependents in 

order to prevent future violent incidents (42 

U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(A)). 

(2) Not less than 70 percent of the funds 

distributed shall be used for immediate 

shelter and related assistance, as defined in 

42 U.S.C. 10421(4) and (5), to victims of 

family violence and their dependents and not 

less than 25 percent of the funds distributed 

shall be used to provide related assistance as 

defined in 42 U.S.C. 10421(5) (42 U.S.C. 

10402(g)). 

(3) Not more than five percent of the funds 

will be used for State administrative costs (42 

U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(B)(i)). 

(4) In distributing the funds, the States will 

give special emphasis to the support of 

community-based projects of demonstrated 

effectiveness carried out by non-profit, 

private organizations, particularly for those 

projects where the primary purpose is to 

operate shelters for victims of family violence 

and their dependents and those which 

provide counseling, advocacy, and self-help 

services to victims and their children (42 

U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(B)(ii)). 

(5) The State grantee is in compliance with 

the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(C), 

as described in this program announcement 

(Program Announcement Number HHS– 

2009–ACF–ACYF–FVPS–0035) under 

Section IV, Application Requirements, 

Content of Application Submission, 

paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (6). 

(6) Grants funded by the States will meet 

the matching requirements in 42 U.S.C. 

10402(f); i.e., not less than 20 percent of the 

total funds provided for a project under 42 

U.S.C. 110 with respect to an existing 

program, and with respect to an entity 

intending to operate a new program under 42 

U.S.C. 110, not less than 35 percent. The 

local share will be cash or in-kind, and the 

local share will not include any Federal 

funds provided under any authority other 

than this chapter (42 U.S.C. 10402(f)). 

(7) Grant funds made available under this 

program by the State will not be used as 

direct payment to any victim or dependent of 

a victim of family violence (42 U.S.C. 

10402(d)). 

(8) No income eligibility standard will be 

imposed on individuals receiving assistance 

or services supported with funds 

appropriated to carry out FVPSA (42 U.S.C. 

10402(e)). 

(9) The address or location of any shelter 

or facility assisted under FVPSA will not be 

made public, except with the written 

authorization of the person or persons 

responsible for the operations of such shelter 

(42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(E)). 

(10) The applicant will comply with 

FVPSA confidentiality requirements and has 

established policies, procedures and 

protocols that ensure individual identifiers of 

client records will not be used when 

providing statistical data on program 

activities and program services and that the 

confidentiality of records pertaining to any 

individual provided domestic violence 

prevention or treatment services by any 

FVPSA-supported program will be strictly 

maintained (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(E)). 


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(11) All grants, programs or other activities 

funded by the State in whole or in part with 

funds made available under FVPSA will 

prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, 

handicap, sex, race, color, national origin or 

religion (42 U.S.C. 10406). 

(12) Funds made available under the 

FVPSA will be used to supplement and not 

supplant other Federal, State and local public 

funds expended to provide services and 

activities that promote the purposes of the 

FVPSA (42 U.S.C. 10402 (a)(4). 

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Appendix B—Certification Regarding 

Lobbying 

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, 

and Cooperative Agreements 

The undersigned certifies, to the best of his 

or her knowledge and belief, that: 

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have 

been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of 

the undersigned, to any person for 

influencing or attempting to influence an 

officer or employee of an agency, a Member 

of Congress, an officer or employee of 

Congress, or an employee of a Member of 

Congress in connection with the awarding of 

any Federal contract, the making of any 

Federal grant, the making of any Federal 

loan, the entering into of any cooperative 

agreement, and the extension, continuation, 

renewal, amendment, or modification of any 

Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative 

agreement. 

(2) If any funds other than Federal 

appropriated funds have been paid or will be 

paid to any person for influencing or 

attempting to influence an officer or 

employee of any agency, a Member of 

Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, 

or an employee of a Member of Congress in 

connection with this Federal contract, grant, 

loan, or cooperative agreement, the 

undersigned shall complete and submit 

Standard Form-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to 

Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its 

instructions. 

(3) The undersigned shall require that the 

language of this certification be included in 

the award documents for all subawards at all 

tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and 

contracts under grants, loans, and 

cooperative agreements) and that all 

subrecipients shall certify and disclose 

accordingly. This certification is a material 

representation of fact upon which reliance 

was placed when this transaction was made 

or entered into. Submission of this 

certification is a prerequisite for making or 

entering into this transaction imposed by 

section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person 

who fails to file the required certification 

shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less 

than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for 

each such failure. 

Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan 

Insurance 

The undersigned states, to the best of his 

or her knowledge and belief, that: 

If any funds have been paid or will be paid 

to any person for influencing or attempting 

to influence an officer or employee of any 

agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or 

employee of Congress, or an employee of a 

Member of Congress in connection with this 

commitment providing for the United States 

to insure or guarantee a loan, the 

undersigned shall complete and submit 

Standard Form-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to 

Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its 

instructions. Submission of this statement is 

a prerequisite for making or entering into this 

transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, 

U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the 

required statement shall be subject to a civil 

penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more 

than $100,000 for each such failure. 

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Appendix C—Certification Regarding 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke 

Public Law 103227, Part C Environmental 

Tobacco Smoke, also known as the Pro 

Children Act of 1994 (Act), requires that 

smoking not be permitted in any portion of 

any indoor routinely owned or leased or 

contracted for by an entity and used 

routinely or regularly for provision of health, 

day care, education, or library services to 

children under the age of 18, if the services 

are funded by Federal programs either 

directly or through State or local 

governments, by Federal grant, contract, loan, 

or loan guarantee. The law does not apply to 

children’s services provided in private 

residences, facilities funded solely by 

Medicare or Medicaid funds, and portions of 

facilities used for inpatient drug or alcohol 

treatment. Failure to comply with the 

provisions of the law may result in the 

imposition of a civil monetary penalty of up 

to $1000 per day and/or the imposition of an 

administrative compliance order on the 

responsible entity. By signing and submitting 

this application the applicant/grantee 

certifies that it will comply with the 

requirements of the Act. 

The applicant/grantee further agrees that it 

will require the language of this certification 

be included in any subawards which contain 

provisions for the children’s services and that 

all subgrantees shall certify accordingly. 

Appendix D—Certification Regarding 

Drug-Free Workplace Requirements 

This certification is required by the 

regulations implementing the Drug-Free 

Workplace Act of 1988: 45 CFR part 76, 

subpart, F. Sections 76.630(c) and (d)(2) and 

76.645(a)(1) and (b) provide that a Federal 

agency may designate a central receipt point 

for State-wide and State agency-wide 

certifications, and for notification of criminal 

drug convictions. For the Department of 

Health and Human Services, the central point 

is: Division of Grants Management and 

Oversight, Office of Management and 

Acquisition, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Room 517–D, 200 

Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 

20201. 

Certification Regarding Drug-Free 

Workplace Requirements (Instructions for 

Certification) 

(1) By signing and/or submitting this 

application or grant agreement, the grantee is 

providing the certification set out below. 

(2) The certification set out below is a 

material representation of fact upon which 

reliance is placed when the agency awards 

the grant. If it is later determined that the 

grantee knowingly rendered a false 

certification, or otherwise violates the 

requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace 

Act, the agency, in addition to any other 

remedies available to the Federal 

Government, may take action authorized 

under the Drug-Free Workplace Act. 

(3) For grantees other than individuals, 

Alternate I applies. 

(4) For grantees who are individuals, 

Alternate II applies. 

(5) Workplaces under grants, for grantees 

other than individuals, need not be identified 

on the certification. If known, they may be 

identified in the grant application. If the 

grantee does not identify the workplaces at 

the time of application, or upon award, if 

there is no application, the grantee must keep 

the identity of the workplace(s) on file in its 

office and make the information available for 

Federal inspection. Failure to identify all 

known workplaces constitutes a violation of 

the grantee’s drug-free workplace 

requirements. 

(6) Workplace identifications must include 

the actual address of buildings (or parts of 

buildings) or other sites where work under 

the grant takes place. Categorical descriptions 

may be used (e.g., all vehicles of a mass 

transit authority or State highway department 

while in operation, State employees in each 

local unemployment office, performers in 

concert halls or radio studios). 

(7) If the workplace identified to the 

agency changes during the performance of 

the grant, the grantee shall inform the agency 

of the change(s), if it previously identified 

the workplaces in question (see paragraph 

five). 

(8) Definitions of terms in the 

Nonprocurement Suspension and Debarment 

common rule and Drug-Free Workplace 

common rule apply to this certification. 

Grantees’ attention is called, in particular, to 

the following definitions from these rules: 

Controlled substance means a controlled 

substance in Schedules I through V of the 

Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) 

and as further defined by regulation (21 CFR 

1308.11 through 1308.15); 

Conviction means a finding of guilt 

(including a plea of nolo contendere) or 

imposition of sentence, or both, by any 

judicial body charged with the responsibility 

to determine violations of the Federal or 

State criminal drug statutes; 

Criminal drug statute means a Federal or 

non-Federal criminal statute involving the 

manufacture, distribution, dispensing, use, or 

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Employee means the employee of a grantee 

directly engaged in the performance of work 

under a grant, including: (i) All direct charge 

employees; (ii) All indirect charge employees 

unless their impact or involvement is 

insignificant to the performance of the grant; 

and, (iii) Temporary personnel and 

consultants who are directly engaged in the 

performance of work under the grant and 

who are on the grantee’s payroll. This 

definition does not include workers not on 

the payroll of the grantee (e.g., volunteers, 

even if used to meet a matching requirement; 

consultants or independent contractors not 

on the grantee’s payroll; or employees of 

subrecipients or subcontractors in covered 

workplaces). 

Certification Regarding Drug-Free 

Workplace Requirements 

Alternate I. (Grantees Other Than 

Individuals) 

The grantee certifies that it will or will 

continue to provide a drug-free workplace by: 

(1) Publishing a statement notifying 

employees that the unlawful manufacture, 

distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of 

a controlled substance is prohibited in the 

grantee’s workplace and specifying the 

actions that will be taken against employees 

for violation of such prohibition; 

(2) Establishing an ongoing drug-free 

awareness program to inform employees 

about— 

(a) The dangers of drug abuse in the 

workplace; 

(b) The grantee’s policy of maintaining a 

drug-free workplace; 

(c) Any available drug counseling, 

rehabilitation, and employee assistance 

programs; and 

(d) The penalties that may be imposed 

upon employees for drug abuse violations 

occurring in the workplace; 

(3) Making it a requirement that each 

employee to be engaged in the performance 

of the grant be given a copy of the statement 

required by paragraph (a); 

(4) Notifying the employee in the statement 

required by paragraph (a) that, as a condition 

of employment under the grant, the employee 

will— 

(a) Abide by the terms of the statement; 

and 

(b) Notify the employer in writing of his or 

her conviction for a violation of a criminal 

drug statute occurring in the workplace no 

later than five calendar days after such 

conviction; 

(5) Notifying the agency in writing, within 

10 calendar days after receiving notice under 

paragraph (d)(2) from an employee or 

otherwise receiving actual notice of such 

conviction. Employers of convicted 

employees must provide notice, including 

position title, to every grant officer or other 

designee on whose grant activity the 

convicted employee was working, unless the 

Federal agency has designated a central point 

for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall 

include the identification number(s) of each 

affected grant; 

(6) Taking one of the following actions, 

within 30 calendar days of receiving notice 

under paragraph (d)(2), with respect to any 

employee who is so convicted— 

(a) Taking appropriate personnel action 

against such an employee, up to and 

including termination, consistent with the 

requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended; or 

(b) Requiring such employee to participate 

satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or 

rehabilitation program approved for such 

purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, 

law enforcement, or other appropriate 

agency; 

(7) Making a good faith effort to continue 

to maintain a drug-free workplace through 

implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), 

(e) and (f). 

The grantee may insert in the space 

provided below the site(s) for the 

performance of work done in connection 

with the specific grant: 

Place of Performance (Street Address, City, 

County, State, Zip Code) 

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are not identified here. 

Alternate II. (Grantees Who Are Individuals) 

(1) The grantee certifies that, as a condition 

of the grant, he or she will not engage in the 

unlawful manufacture, distribution, 

dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled 

substance in conducting any activity with the 

grant; 

(2) If convicted of a criminal drug offense 

resulting from a violation occurring during 

the conduct of any grant activity, he or she 

will report the conviction, in writing, within 

10 calendar days of the conviction, to every 

grant officer or other designee, unless the 

Federal agency designates a central point for 

the receipt of such notices. When notice is 

made to such a central point, it shall include 

the identification number(s) of each affected 

grant. 

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[HHS–2009–ACF–ACYF–FVPS–0032] 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services/Grants for Domestic Violence 

Shelters/Grants to Native American 

Tribes (Including Alaska Native 

Villages) and Tribal Organizations 

Program Office .................................................... Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau 

(FYSB). 

Funding Opportunity Number ............................. HHS–2009–ACF–ACYF–FVPS–0032. 

Announcement Title ............................................ Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Domestic Violence Shelters/Grants to Native American Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal Organizations. 

CFDA Number .................................................... 93.671. 

Due Date for Applications ................................... May 4, 2009. 

Executive Summary: This 

announcement governs the proposed 

award of formula grants under the 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Act (FVPSA) to Native 

American Tribes (including Alaska 

Native Villages) and Tribal 

organizations. The purpose of these 

grants is to assist Tribes in establishing, 

maintaining, and expanding programs 

and projects to prevent family violence 

and to provide immediate shelter and 

related assistance for victims of family 

violence and their dependents (42 

U.S.C. 10401). 

This announcement sets forth the 

application requirements, the 

application process, and other 

administrative and fiscal requirements 

for grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. 

Grantees are to be mindful that although 

the expenditure period for grants is a 

two-year period, an application is 

required every year to provide 

continuity in the provision of services. 

(See Section II. Award Information, 

Expenditure Periods.) 

I. Description 

Legislative Authority: The Family 

Violence Prevention and Services Act, 

42 U.S.C. 10401 through 10421, as 

extended by the Department of Health 

and Human Services Appropriations 

Act, 2009, Public Law 111–8. 

Background 

The purpose of this legislation is to 

assist Tribes Tribal organizations, 

nonprofit private organizations 

approved by Tribes and States in 

supporting the establishment, 

maintenance, and expansion of 

programs and projects to prevent 

incidents of family violence and to 

provide immediate shelter and related 


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