Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2016 ACF ACYF EV 1160
Apply for HHS 2016 ACF ACYF EV 1160
- The HHS-ACF in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: National Capacity Building Center on Safe and Supportive Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.592.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 26, 2016 and posted on Apr 26, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 27, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: National Capacity Building Center on Safe and Supportive Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors (HHS 2016 ACF ACYF EV 1160; CFDA 93.592) is a federal discretionary funding opportunity from HHS, Administration for Children and Families (ACF). It funds a single national center through a cooperative agreement, meaning the selected recipient would not only receive funding but would also work closely with the federal agency in carrying out the project. The overall aim is to strengthen the national infrastructure that helps domestic violence survivors and their children access safe, stable housing options while receiving survivor-centered supports that prioritize safety, confidentiality, and long-term stability.
At the core of the grant is the creation of one national capacity building center that delivers comprehensive training and technical assistance to communities across the country. The center is meant to improve how domestic violence programs, housing providers, and homeless service systems coordinate with each other, since survivors often have to navigate multiple systems that do not always share the same rules, definitions, or priorities. A major focus is helping these systems align in ways that reduce barriers and improve outcomes for survivors, especially during the time-sensitive period when someone is trying to escape abuse and quickly secure safe shelter and housing.
A key deliverable is the development of practical resources and guidance for integrating domestic violence survivor needs throughout the crisis-response system. That includes improving approaches to assessment and coordinated entry processes, strengthening safety planning practices, and promoting voluntary, flexible supportive services that respond to the survivor's circumstances rather than forcing survivors into rigid program requirements. The center is expected to address the full housing spectrum that survivors may use depending on their immediate risk and longer-term needs, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent housing options. In other words, the work is not limited to one program model; it is about helping communities build pathways that allow survivors to move between options without losing safety supports or being screened out due to system mismatches.
Another major component is training and technical assistance around victim privacy and confidentiality, particularly in relation to data collection and information sharing. Because housing and homelessness systems often rely on shared databases and coordinated tracking, survivors can face serious risks if personally identifying information is entered, shared, or disclosed in ways that could expose their location or circumstances to an abusive partner. The center would help jurisdictions and providers understand confidentiality obligations, create safer data practices, and design policies that protect survivors while still allowing programs to meet reporting requirements and evaluate services responsibly.
The opportunity also emphasizes strengthening the role of domestic violence service providers within local Continuums of Care (CoCs), which are the community-level planning bodies that coordinate homeless services and funding. The center is expected to provide strategies and training that help domestic violence organizations participate as full partners in CoC planning and implementation. This includes helping CoCs adopt approaches that are client-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant, recognizing that survivors experience domestic violence differently depending on factors such as culture, language, disability, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and community context. The intent is to ensure systems are not only technically coordinated, but also designed to respect survivor choice and respond to the needs of children and families.
In addition to training and partnership-building, the center is tasked with documenting and sharing best practices and lessons learned across the domestic violence, housing, and homelessness fields. Specific areas of interest include rapid rehousing and Housing First approaches for domestic violence survivors, coordinated assessment models, transitional housing program innovations, and progressive engagement and supportive services that can scale up or down based on what the survivor needs over time. This documentation function is meant to move the field forward by identifying what works, what challenges persist, and what implementation strategies help communities adopt effective models without compromising safety or survivor autonomy.
Finally, the center is expected to identify promising practices that support the broader well-being and resilience of families impacted by domestic violence, not just immediate shelter placement. That includes approaches that promote physical and emotional well-being, improve long-term safety and security, and increase sustained housing stability. The emphasis on "promising practices" signals a practical, field-driven focus: capturing replicable strategies that communities can adopt and adapt to reduce repeated housing crises and help survivors build stable lives after violence.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was posted and created on April 26, 2016, with an application closing date of June 27, 2016. The award ceiling is $1,000,000, and only one award was expected. Eligible applicants are broad and include various levels of government, public and private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. The broad eligibility reflects the national scope and the expectation that the selected organization will have strong capacity to convene partners, deliver training and technical assistance at scale, and translate policy and practice knowledge into usable tools for local and state systems.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is the Family Violence Prevention and Services (FVPSA) Discretionary Grants opportunity titled: National Capacity Building Center on Safe and Supportive Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors (HHS 2016 ACF ACYF EV 1160; CFDA 93.592). It is a federal discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
2) What is the main purpose of the grant?
The main purpose is to strengthen the national infrastructure that helps domestic violence survivors and their children access safe, stable housing options while receiving survivor-centered supports that prioritize safety, confidentiality, and long-term stability.
3) What will the grant fund?
The grant will fund the creation and operation of a single national capacity building center that provides comprehensive training and technical assistance to communities across the United States focused on safe and supportive housing for domestic violence survivors.
4) How many awards are expected?
Only one award was expected under this opportunity.
5) What is the award ceiling?
The award ceiling is $1,000,000.
6) What type of award is this?
The award is a cooperative agreement. That means the selected recipient would receive funding and also work closely with the federal agency in carrying out the project.
7) Who is the federal agency offering this opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by HHS, Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
8) What is the role of the national capacity building center?
The center is expected to deliver training and technical assistance that improves coordination among domestic violence programs, housing providers, and homeless service systems, and helps communities reduce barriers so survivors can quickly access safe shelter and housing without losing safety supports.
9) Why is coordination among domestic violence, housing, and homelessness systems a focus?
Survivors often have to navigate multiple systems that do not always share the same rules, definitions, or priorities. The center is meant to help these systems align in practical ways that reduce barriers and improve outcomes, especially during the urgent period when someone is escaping abuse and needs safe housing quickly.
10) What kinds of resources and guidance is the center expected to produce?
A key deliverable is practical resources and guidance for integrating domestic violence survivor needs throughout the broader crisis-response system. This includes resources related to assessment and coordinated entry, safety planning, and voluntary, flexible supportive services that respond to the survivor's circumstances rather than imposing rigid requirements.
11) Does the grant focus on a specific housing model?
No. The center is expected to address the full housing spectrum that survivors may use, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent housing options. The work is about building pathways so survivors can move between options without being screened out due to system mismatches or losing safety supports.
12) What is meant by "survivor-centered" supports in this opportunity?
Based on the opportunity description, survivor-centered supports prioritize safety, confidentiality, and long-term stability, and emphasize voluntary, flexible supportive services that adjust to the survivor's needs instead of requiring survivors to fit strict program rules.
13) What does the opportunity say about safety planning?
The center is expected to strengthen safety planning practices as part of improving how survivor needs are integrated into crisis-response and housing access systems.
14) What does the opportunity emphasize regarding confidentiality and privacy?
A major component is training and technical assistance on victim privacy and confidentiality, especially related to data collection and information sharing. The center would help jurisdictions and providers understand confidentiality obligations, create safer data practices, and design policies that protect survivors while still allowing programs to meet reporting requirements and evaluate services responsibly.
15) Why are data collection and information sharing considered high-risk for survivors?
Housing and homelessness systems often rely on shared databases and coordinated tracking. The opportunity notes that survivors can face serious risks if personally identifying information is entered, shared, or disclosed in ways that could expose their location or circumstances to an abusive partner.
16) What is the expected relationship between domestic violence providers and Continuums of Care (CoCs)?
The opportunity emphasizes strengthening the role of domestic violence service providers within local Continuums of Care (CoCs), which are community-level planning bodies that coordinate homeless services and funding. The center is expected to offer strategies and training that help domestic violence organizations participate as full partners in CoC planning and implementation.
17) What approaches are highlighted for CoC coordination?
The opportunity highlights approaches that are client-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant, with an intent to respect survivor choice and respond to the needs of children and families.
18) How does the opportunity address the needs of diverse survivor populations?
The opportunity explicitly recognizes that survivors experience domestic violence differently depending on factors such as culture, language, disability, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and community context. The center is expected to support approaches that are culturally relevant and responsive to these differences.
19) What kinds of best practices is the center expected to document and share?
The center is tasked with documenting and sharing best practices and lessons learned across domestic violence, housing, and homelessness fields. Specific areas of interest include rapid rehousing and Housing First approaches for domestic violence survivors, coordinated assessment models, transitional housing program innovations, and progressive engagement and supportive services that can scale up or down over time.
20) What is "progressive engagement" in the context of this opportunity?
The opportunity describes progressive engagement as supportive services that can scale up or down based on what the survivor needs over time, with the overall goal of improving safety and housing stability without forcing survivors into rigid service requirements.
21) Is the center expected to focus only on emergency shelter placement?
No. The opportunity emphasizes the full housing spectrum and also calls for promising practices that support broader well-being and resilience of families impacted by domestic violence, including longer-term safety, security, and sustained housing stability.
22) What does the opportunity mean by "promising practices"?
It signals a practical, field-driven focus on capturing replicable strategies that communities can adopt and adapt to improve safety, reduce repeated housing crises, and help survivors build stable lives after violence.
23) When was the opportunity posted and when was the application due?
The opportunity was posted and created on April 26, 2016. The application closing date was June 27, 2016.
24) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are broad and include various levels of government, public and private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses.
25) Why is eligibility so broad?
The eligibility reflects the national scope of the work and the expectation that the selected organization will have strong capacity to convene partners, deliver training and technical assistance at scale, and translate policy and practice knowledge into usable tools for local and state systems.
26) What kind of capacity is implied for the organization that would run the center?
The opportunity description suggests the recipient should be able to convene partners across domestic violence, housing, and homelessness systems; provide training and technical assistance nationwide; and turn policy/practice knowledge into practical tools and guidance for communities and systems.
27) What systems is the center expected to help integrate domestic violence survivor needs into?
The center is expected to help integrate survivor needs throughout the crisis-response system, with particular attention to coordinated entry and assessment practices, safety planning, and service delivery approaches that interact with housing and homelessness systems.
28) What is the ultimate outcome this center is intended to support?
The intended outcomes include improved access to safe and stable housing for survivors and their children, better alignment across systems so survivors face fewer barriers, stronger protections for confidentiality, and improved long-term housing stability, safety, and family well-being.
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