Report on Project to Reduce Child Deaths Due to Abuse and Neglect
Learn how five OVC grantees successfully expanded their understanding of how to promote child and family well-being.
Child health and welfare
Report Highlights Efforts To Engage Communities To Address Child Abuse and Neglect
Learn about Michigan’s efforts to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect through the Child Safety Forward initiative.
Report Focuses on Training Multidisciplinary Teams To Reduce Child Maltreatment and Fatality
A new OVC-sponsored report from Cook County Health evaluates recent efforts to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect.
Report Focuses on Parent and Community Organizing for Child Maltreatment Intervention and Prevention
Learn about Child Safety Forward, a nationwide, 3-year demonstration initiative funded by OVC to reduce fatalities or near-death injuries due to child abuse or neglect.
Podcast Discusses Engaging Parents to Reduce Child Injuries and Fatalities
Listen to a podcast about an initiative to address serious or near-death injuries as a result of child abuse/neglect, and to reduce the number of child fatalities.
Mobile App Connects Individuals Impacted by Substance Use with Help
Download this app that connects drug endangered children, families, and professionals to information on substance use, crisis helplines, treatment information, supportive resources, and services within their area.
The Opioid Crisis and the Nation's Youth: Strategies and Solutions To Serve Our Youngest Victims
Date Published
October 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description,
Instructional Material (Programmed),
Conference Material
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored,
OVC-Sponsored
Nez Perce Tribe Child Protection Services
2020-V6-GX-0007
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$449,347
Funding Opportunity: OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting
OVC is seeking applicants for OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM) solicitation.
The goal of this program is to deliver programming to address and help stop the practice of FGM by—
- educating law enforcement, public health professionals, and educators on detecting at-risk girls in localities where FGM is a risk,
- responding to victims by providing appropriate services, and
- forming community networks...
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.
Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Guiding Principles
Date Published
December 2016
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material,
Guideline
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Joining Forces For Children
2019-V3-GX-0036
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$687,481
Zero Abuse Project
This organization seeks to protect children from abuse and sexual assault by providing education and training, research, advocacy, and advancing technology. The Zero Abuse Project’s website offers a victim assistance section which provides information on survivor support programs.
Real Talk - A Resource Guide for Educating Teens on Healthy Relationships
Date Published
March 2012
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material,
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Project
This demonstration project is designed to reach underserved children, youth, and families in Illinois, Montana, Ohio, and Virginia who are victims of crime. The project seeks to provide immediate and long-range services for through collaboration and coordination of systems of care. It also seeks to inform victim service providers and other stakeholders of the most effective strategies and programs to address the needs of this...
A Longitudinal Examination of Teen Dating Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Date Published
January 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Virginia's Vision 21 Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Implementation
2018-V3-GX-K064
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$1,151,067
Community Based Response Team to Respond to Opioid Crisis
2018-V3-GX-0044
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$750,000
Trauma Informed Response to Young Victims of Crime
2018-V3-GX-0052
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$744,668
OVC FY 2018 Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Technical Assistance
2018-V3-GX-K014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$2,000,000
Polyvictimization Prevalence Rates for Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: Breaking Down the Silos of Victimization Research
Date Published
March 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored