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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
93.671: Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered
Women's Shelters: Grants to States and Indian Tribes
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: The 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Beneficiary Eligibility: This program will benefit victims of family violence and their dependents.
Credentials/Documentation: States and Indian Tribes must submit an application for approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Costs will be determined in accordance with 45 CFR, Parts 74 and 92.
Preapplication Coordination: Grants to States are covered under E.O. 12372 for State plan consolidation and simplification only. Federally-recognized Indian tribes are exempt from all provisions and requirements of E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Applications must be submitted to the Administration for Children and Families. No standard application forms are required. The annual Federal Register notice contains all necessary application information. Contact Headquarters Office listed below for further information.
Award Procedure: Formula grants are awarded directly to States, U.S. territories and insular areas, and eligible Indian Tribes.
Deadlines: Deadlines are specified in the Federal Register announcement. Contact Headquarters Office listed below for further information.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable.
Appeals: See 45 CFR, Part 16, Procedures of the Department Appeals Board.
Renewals: Not applicable.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Each State and eligible jurisdiction, including eligible federally-recognized Indian Tribes, will receive its respective share of funds if the application submitted meets the necessary requirements.
Examples of Funded Projects: States determine the sub-State services and activities to be funded. These may include funding for shelters for victims of family violence, counseling and self-help services, and projects to address elder abuse.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: States: $400,000 to $4,185,940. Indian Tribes: $20,126 to $1,761,030.
During fiscal year 1999, grants were made to States and Indian Tribes for immediate shelter and related assistance. Support continued for shelters in rural and underserved areas, special programs for children of victims of family violence, support for public awareness programs to break the cycle of violence, and demonstration of service models that address elder abuse. The same services will be provided in fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
Federal Agency: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Type of Assistance: Formula Grants.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 99 $71,040,000; FY 00 est $80,894,400; and FY 01 est $93,534,400.
Budget Account Number: 75-1536-0-1-506.
Authorization: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended; Child Abuse Amendments of 1984, Title III, Public Law 98-457; Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1988, Title III, Public Law 100-294, as amended; Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption, and Family Services Act of 1992, Title III, Public Law 102-295, as amended; Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322; 42 U.S.C. 10401; Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-235.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: No regulations codified in 45 CFR 1300. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published December 10, 1993, at 45 CFR 1370.
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: William Riley, Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC, 20447. Phone: (202) 401-5529. FTS is not available.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: Each State shall be allotted for payment in a grant an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums as the population of such State bears to the population of all States, except that: (1) Each State shall be allotted not less than one percent of the amounts available for grants, or $400,000, whichever is the lesser amount; (2) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, will be allocated not less than one eighth of 1 percent of the amounts available for grants; and (3) not less than 10 percent of the amount available for grants shall be allotted to Indian tribes, Tribal organizations, and nonprofit private organizations approved by the Indian Tribe.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: State allocations must be (expended) by States and Indian tribes by the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the grant was received.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Federal funds are used by States for grants to local public agencies and nonprofit private organizations to prevent incidents of family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related assistance to victims of family violence. States must give special emphasis to the support of community-based projects of demonstrated effectiveness carried out by nonprofit private organizations, particularly those projects where the primary purpose is to operate shelters for victims of family violence, and those which provide counseling, advocacy, and self-help services to victims and their children. States and Indian Tribes may not impose an income eligibility standard on individuals receiving services supported by funds appropriated under this Act and Federal funds may not be used as direct payment to any victim of family violence. No less than 70 percent of the funds distributed must be used for immediate shelter and related assistance, and no less than 25 percent for related assistance.
Reports: Fiscal and program reports are required annually.
Audits: Audits are conducted in accordance with the requirements in 45 CFR 74 and 92.
Records: Grantees are required to maintain records documenting the purposes for which expenditures were made. Requirements are found in 45 CFR 74 and 92.
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