Survivor of Homicide Victim & Other Violent Crime Program Narrative Application

1. Survivor of Homicide Victim & Other Violent Crime Program Narrative Application By Donna J. Phillips Administrator Victim Services Support (VSS) Program Iowa Attorney General’s Crime Victim Assistance Division

2. Funding Application Instructionsor Request for Proposal (RFP) • Application Contents • Cover Sheet • Budget • Financial Section • Service Map • Table of Outreach/Satellite Offices • Program Narrative • Appendices • Application Scoring & Page Requirements • Application Checklist • Application Submission • Application Schedule/Cycle • Funding Overview & Eligibility • Availability of Funding • Funding Period • Letter of Intent • Required Match • How to Apply • Application Format

3. Funding Application Instructions/Request for Proposal (RFP) • Appendix C: List of Acronyms • Appendix D: Eligibility Requirement & Information • Appendix E. Certified Assurances Checklist • Application Review Committee or Grant Review • Items for Consideration • Appendix A: Application Checklist • Appendix B: Volunteer Rate & Catalog of Federal Domestic Abuse Numbers

4. Narrative Application • Letters of Intent • Due on or before January 11, 2013 • Mail Original to: Donna Phillips Crime Victim Assistance Division 321 E. 12th Street Lucas Building, Ground Floor Des Moines, IA 50319 • Acceptable to Email letter with original in mail: donna.phillips@ag.state.ia.us

5. Letter of Intent • Agency Letterhead • Signature Required (Electronic Signature Acceptable) • Include in Letter of Intent: • Name of your Agency/Program • Type of Agency • Law enforcement • Prosecution • Statewide agency, etc.

6. Letter of Intent (continued) • Service Area • Region • Funding sources for which you are applying • Type of victims to be served • Contact Information

7. Funding Cycle/Contract Period • 1-Year Application/Funding: • Availability of Funds • Victim Service Programs: • Domestic Abuse programs • Sexual Abuse programs • Shelter-based programs • Survivors of Homicide & Other Violent Crime Programs • Culturally Specific Domestic Abuse Programs • Culturally Specific Sexual Abuse Program • Statewide Domestic Abuse Hotline • Statewide Sexual Abuse Hotline

8. Victims of Crime Act(VA or VOCA) Funds Examples: • Victim Witness Coordinators • Victim Advocates Focus: • Provide Direct Services to victims of violent crimes. Type of Agencies: • Public Agencies • Nonprofit Agencies • or Combination of such agencies

9. Application Checklist and Order of Application – Page 13 Program Budget & Financial Section:  Cover Sheet  Required Information Page  Staff List & Information  Request Amounts by budget line items  Budget Detail/Summary  Match Detail/Summary  Projected Budget  Financial/Staff Questions (if applicable)

12. Application Format – Page 7 • 12 point Times New Roman font • 8 ½ X 11 inch paper • No smaller than 0.7” margins • Single Space is fine. • Page Numbers • Bottom right hand corner • Heading (Roman Numerals) • Correspond to sections of Application Contents

13. Program Narrative • Program/Agency Administration + Volunteer Programming & Staffing • Program Services • Performance Measures & Outcomes • Collaborations/Coordination • Challenges & Accomplishments • Funding Justification

14. I. Program Agency Administration & Volunteer Programming & Staffing • Paint a picture of your agency & program for which you are requesting funds. • Read each question/statement • When you answer make sure you answer the • who • what • where • when • why/how

15. II. Program Services • Describe plan for providing outreach services in your region/zone. • Describe how the program will provide comprehensive services as outlined in the Strategic Services & Funding Plan for SOHP. • Describe any subcontracting of services. • Why should u program be chosen to provide the services you are requesting.

16. III. Performance Measures & Outcomes • Projection of number and type of victims to be served over 2 years. • Use tables and or graphs • Make sure to put numbers associated with graphs. • Explain how you came up with the statistics/estimates. • Describe how you incorporate feedback from victims to improve services. • Provide goals, objectives, measurement & a timetable. • Use tables or other easy to follow format.

17. IV. Collaborations/Coordination • Explain/Describe how you collaborate and/or coordinate services. • Law enforcement • Prosecution • Victim Services • Dept. of Corrections • Other Local Agencies • Include up to 10 letters of support and up to 10 MOUs • See Appendices list on page 10 & 13 for the Application Order

18. V. Challenges/Accomplishments • Describe your accomplishments • Describe your challenges Remember to ask the who, what, where, when, why/how.

19. VI. Funding Justification • Why should your program be funded? • For example, if you are an agency providing a services across the state – How does your program positively affect victims & other agencies. • Describe how the funds will be utilized. • This is your chance to wrap up or give us the reasons we should fund your program • Time to “sale your program”

20. Application Checklist and Order of Application – Page 13 Program Budget & Financial Section:  Cover Sheet  Required Information Page  Staff List & Information  Request Amounts by budget line items  Budget Detail/Summary  Match Detail/Summary  Projected Budget  Financial/Staff Questions (if applicable)

21. Application Checklist Continued – Page 13 Service Area Map and Table of Outreach Offices  Map  Table of Outreach/Satellite Offices Program Narrative  I. Program/Agency Administration  II. Program Services section  III. Performance Measures and Outcomes section  IV. Collaborations/Coordination section  V. Challenges and Accomplishments section  VI. Funding Justification section List of Appendices (Page 10 & 13)

22. Submission of Application • Submit a hard copy original + 20 Copies Donna Phillips Crime Victim Assistance Division 321 E. 12th Street Lucas Building, Ground Floor Des Moines, IA 50319 • Please front & back the copies! • Staple copies at the upper left hand corner

23. Applications Due • There is no online submission of the application. • Email submission of the application is not acceptable. • Hard copy application (original + 20 copies) due by 4:30 pm on February 28, 2013 in the Crime Victim Assistance Division

24. Application Cycle – Page 4 • April 16-18, 2013 • Application Review Committee will review applications for funding • May 3, 2013 • Crime Victim Assistance Board to hear recommendations for funding • May 9, 2013 • Award and Denial Letters Mailed • May 23, 2013 • Appeals or Request for Reconsideration due at 4:30 pm in CVAD office. • June 14, 2013 • Crime Victim Assistance Board to review appeals • June 28, 2013 • Contracts mailed (tentative date)

25. Funding • The Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act has not occurred. • Funding could be delayed or not appropriated. • All contracts are contingent on availability of the funds. • Contracts cannot be issued until receipt of the Federal Award. • May not be able to reimburse program starting in August.

26. Victim Services Support Program (VSS) Staff: Deana Utecht, Community Specialist Phone: 1-515-281-5206, Email: deana.utecht@iowa.gov Nikki Romer, Victim Service Specialist Phone: 1-515-281-0563, Email: nicole.romer@iowa.gov Rhonda Dean, Community Specialist Phone: 1-515-242-6112, Email: Rhonda.Dean@iowa.gov Donna Phillips, Administrator Phone: 1-515-281-7215, Email: donna.phillips@ag.state.ia.us Office Number: 1-800-373-5044 or 1-515-281-5044