With the passage of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act in March 2021, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) program was appropriated $198M to administer to rape crisis centers, $49.5M to award to culturally specific domestic violence and sexual assault programs. Additionally, the program administered $550M to help communities mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic through mobile health units, testing for those with isolation and barriers, and developing support and continuity of survivor services.
We acknowledge that educating, informing, and building relationships with our grantees is paramount to delivering these critical funds, which will improve the COVID-19 related health and well-being outcomes for survivors and reduce health disparities caused by intimate partner violence. Therefore, a short narrative and the program instructions for each ARP grant are listed below to help you navigate the process.
COVID-19 VACCINES AND MOBILE SUPPORT
Read our American Rescue Plan program instructions and approved funding tables for COVID-19 Testing, Vaccines, and Mobile Health Units Supplemental Funding.
SUPPORT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS
Read our American Rescue Plan program instructions and approved funding tables for Support Survivors of Sexual Assault Supplemental Funding.
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Read our American Rescue Plan program instructions and approved funding tables for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from Culturally Specific Populations.
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR DV SUPPORT
Read our program instructions for American Rescue Plan Domestic Violence (DV) Supplemental Funding for Discretionary and Formula grantees.