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Sexual Abuse (SA) Comprehensive Services Narrative Application. By Donna J. Phillips Administrator Victim Services Support (VSS) Program Iowa Attorney General’s Crime Victim Assistance Division. Funding Application Instructions or Request for Proposal (RFP). Application Contents
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Sexual Abuse (SA) Comprehensive ServicesNarrative Application By Donna J. Phillips Administrator Victim Services Support (VSS) Program Iowa Attorney General’s Crime Victim Assistance Division
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
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
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
Letters of Intent • 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
Letter of Intent Continued • Agency Letterhead • Signature Required (Electronic Signature Acceptable) • Include in Letter of Intent: • Name of your Agency/Program • Type of Agency • Sexual Abuse Program • Domestic Abuse Program • Victim Shelter Program • Culturally-Specific DA Program • Culturally-Specific SA Program] • Other???
Letter of Intent Continued • Region (Service Area) • NW Region #1…SE Region #6…etc. • Funding sources for which you are applying • Type of application: • Domestic Abuse (DA) Comprehensive Program • Sexual Abuse (SA) Comprehensive Program • Culturally Specific DA Comprehensive Program • Culturally Specific SA Comprehensive Program • Shelter-Based Program • Type of victims to be served – adult domestic abuse victims, teen & adult dating violence victims, children who have witnessed domestic abuse, adult sexual abuse victims, child sexual abuse, etc. • Contact Information
Application Checklist and Order of Application – Page 15 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)
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
Program Narrative • Program/Agency Administration + Volunteer Programming & Staffing • Program Services • Performance Measures & Outcomes • Collaborations/Coordination • Challenges & Accomplishments • Funding Justification • Transition Plan
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
II. Program Services • Describe plan for providing outreach services. • Describe outreach to underserved populations. • Describe how the program will provide culturally-specific comprehensive SA services specific to all SA victims (list on page 9) • Describe any subcontracting of services. • Why should u program be chosen to provide the services you are requesting. • Describe crisis line services. • Steps to ensure services to SA victims are separate. • Why should your program be chosen to provide SA Comprehensive services?
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/survivors to improve services. • Provide goals, objectives, measurement & a timetable. • Use tables or other easy to follow format.
IV. Collaborations/Coordination • Describe how you collaborate and/or coordinate services. • Other SA Comprehensive programs in your service area & statewide • DA Comprehensive programs in your area • Shelter based victims services programs in your area • Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault • Explain/Describe collaborative relationships with other Agencies in your service area. • Include up to 10 letters of support and up to 10 MOUs/Networking Agreements • See Appendices list on page 11 for the Application Order
V. Challenges/Accomplishments • Describe your accomplishments • Describe the challenges your program anticipates in providing services & outreach. • Describe challenges your program has encountered in prior years & how they were addressed. Remember to ask the who, what, where, when, why/how.
VI. Funding Justification • Why is your program the best program to be funded? • Describe your plan for future of the program & funding. • This is your chance to wrap up or give us the reasons we should fund your program • Time to “sale your program”
VII. Transition of Services • Explain plan for transition of services. • If funded… • If changing services… • Describe your plan for information the public of the program and services available.
Application Checklist and Order of Application – Page 15 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)
Application Checklist Continued – Page 15 Service Area Map and Table of Outreach Offices Map Table of Outreach/Satellite Offices Program Narrative I. Program/Agency Administration + Volunteer Program & Staffing II. Program Services section III. Performance Measures and Outcomes section IV. Collaborations/Coordination section V. Challenges and Accomplishments section VI. Funding Justification section VII. Transition Plan section List of Appendices (Page 11 & 15)
Number of Pages Allowed Refer to the table on Pages 11 & 12 for the number of pages allowed.
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
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
Application Cycle – Page 4 • April 16-18, 2013 • Application Review Committee will review applications for funding • May 3, 2013 • Crime Victim Assistance Board to decide on funding recommendations • 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)
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