JUNE 2022
NEWS & UPDATES
Volume 20 | Issue 6
JUNE IS LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! We are thrilled to have guest bloggers, James Young and Geoff Peckman of Queery, author our June article in recognition of Pride Month.

Check out the blog to learn more about the connection between the LGBTQ+ community and violence prevention/awareness efforts and identify ways that you can help raise awareness and advance important conversations during Pride Month.
 
For more information and resources, also visit:
  • NYC Anti-Violence Project empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.
  • In Our Own Voices is the only culturally specific nonprofit organization in NYS dedicated to providing services to LGBTQ people of color.
  • QUEERY is a resource for art-based violence prevention educational programs that use creative art and media projects to raise awareness around LGBTQ issues and prevention.
  • The Rainbow Library is an initiative driven by GLSEN Connecticut that sends LGBTQ+ affirming text sets to schools and libraries for free.
  • The LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation is an Australian-based foundation offering awareness tools and resources.
FOCUS GROUPS ON DEI FOR
DV PROGRAM STAFF UNDERWAY
Over the past few months, NYSCADV has been working with Tangible Development, a well-respected diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting firm, to help us grow and sustain our DEI efforts. Tangible Development has a track record of working across a number of fields (including other statewide domestic violence coalitions), in facilitating trainings, conducting organizational assessments, and designing DEI exercises. 
 
NYSCADV staff will be participating in trainings and interviews in the coming weeks to build our internal capacity for this work. This process will help us gather information we can use to develop and drive initiatives and improvements to inform our statewide domestic violence advocacy efforts. 
 
Throughout the month of June, we will gather feedback from DV programs across the state. Specifically, we’re inviting all levels of staff from domestic violence organizations in New York to participate in focus groups about DEI at NYSCADV. These focus groups will be facilitated by Tangible Development; they are voluntary and confidential. 
 
If you are a staff member of a NYS domestic violence organization, please check your email and/or NYSCADV listserv updates for more information about how to sign up to participate in the focus groups. Your feedback is critical, and we thank you for your involvement.
PREVENTION CORNER
Prevention Educators: There’s Still Time to Provide Input!

NYSCADV and NYSCASA are listening – we want to learn from you – prevention educators and program staff – about your experiences with educating, engaging, mobilizing and organizing men and boys in your communities to address and prevent all forms of gender based violence. We are looking to deepen our support for local programs and are seeking input from you in terms of what supports, services, resources, materials and training would be most helpful to you in your efforts. 

The survey is still open for those of you who were not able to take it yet or to attend the listening session on May 25th. Your responses will assist your state coalitions to collaboratively develop a plan for designing meaningful resources and materials that we hope will be of benefit to you and your efforts. We’ve gotten some great feedback so far and invite you to add to our list by completing a brief survey.

This article, Clarifying the "Engaging" in Engaging Men: An Overview by Rus Funk, is helpful in defining what “engagement” looks like. Click here to view the article.
Calling All Prevention Educators: An Invitation to Join the
New York State Prevention Community Listserv!

The New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV,) and our partners at the New York State Coalition against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA,) are delighted to announce that we will be joining together to host and moderate prevention related discussions via our established prevention listserv.

The New York State Prevention Community Listserv will be a discussion group jointly hosted and moderated by the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV) and the New York State Coalition Against NYSCASA (NYSCASA.) The purpose of this listserv is to provide a forum for discussion, sharing resources and support, and a mechanism for collaboratively developing tools and strategies that can be utilized to support prevention strategies at the local, regional and statewide levels.

Listserv subscribers are comprised of prevention stakeholders across the state, which includes but is not limited to: member programs of both NYSCADV and NYSCASA, NYS partner agencies, community partners, organizational allies and funders. Any prevention educators and member program staff tasked with designing and implementing prevention activities, programming, and strategies in their community are encouraged to subscribe and contribute to what will surely be a robust statewide dialogue.

What you need to do:
If you are an individual who was already a member of the NYSCADV's Prevention Community Listserv, you don't need to do a thing. You are automatically subscribed to the "new" listserv. If you have not already joined, please take a moment to sign up by clicking here.

Please allow up to 5 business days for processing. You will receive a welcome email once processing is complete.
POLICY CORNER
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
Virtual Advocacy Days Conference June 7-8
 
NNEDV is hosting its annual Advocacy Days Conference on June 7-8. Each year, NYSCADV’s policy team participates in NNEDV's Advocacy Days to advocate on behalf of NYS domestic violence survivors and programs for more funding and resources. NYSCADV will be talking to NYS Congressional Representatives to share information about the changing needs of domestic and sexual violence survivors in NYS. Although we will miss attending D.C. in person again this year, we are excited to participate virtually!
 
NNEDV and NYSCADV welcome and encourage the participation of domestic violence programs across New York State to attend virtually! Registration fees to participate are as follows:
  • Regular Registration: $100/person
  • Regular Registration for groups of 4+: $75/person
  • Registration is free for those speaking from lived experience and for culturally specific service provider staff
 
Click here to register for NNEDV's Advocacy Days! Once you register, please email Brittni Gulotty, Public Policy Coordinator, at bgulotty@nyscadv.org that you have signed up so NYSCADV can keep you apprised of our activities and meetings!
Save the Date! NNEDV's DV Counts Day 2022
 
NNEDV's DV Counts Census Day will take place on Wednesday, September 7th, 2022. More information is forthcoming and will be shared with all identified program contacts when available. If you have any questions or would like to update your program's contact information, please reach out to Jennifer Clark at jclark@nyscadv.org.
 
Thank you to all the DV Programs and their staff that participated in the 2021 DV Counts Census. We were close to 100% participation, giving us a clear picture of the needs of survivors in New York State. The full 2021 report for NNEDV's DV Counts is available here for review.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
OVC FY 2022 Bridging Inequities - Legal Services and Victims' Rights Enforcement for Underserved Communities
This program supports activities related to expanding access to legal assistance for victims of crime in underserved communities. Such communities include, among others, Black people, Hispanic and Latino/a/e people, Native American and other Indigenous peoples of North America (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. This program also aligns with the May 18, 2021, Presidential Memorandum calling on federal agencies to expand access to legal counsel in both civil and criminal matters to ensure that people of color, individuals with low incomes, and other vulnerable populations have better access to legal services.
Closing Date for Applications: June 16, 2022
For more information, click here. 

Transitional Living Program
The Transitional Living Program (TLP) provides safe, stable, and appropriate shelter for runaway and homeless youth ages 16 to under 22 for up to 18 months and, under extenuating circumstances, can be extended to 21 months. TLPs provide comprehensive services that supports the transition of homeless youth to self-sufficiency and stable, independent living. Through the provision of shelter and an array of comprehensive services, TLP youth will realize improvements in four core outcome areas (i.e., safe and stable housing, education/employment, permanent connections, and social and emotional well-being). 
Closing Date for Applications: June 23, 2022
For more information, click here. 

Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Program (HHS-2022-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-0037) 
The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funding for the Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT- SO) Program. The DVHT-SO Program's goal is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to deliver services to domestic adults and minors who have experienced severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended through victim outreach, identification, case management, direct services, assistance, and referrals.  
Current Closing Date for Applications: June 28, 2022  
For more information, click here. 

Direct Services for Survivors of Torture (HHS-2022-ACF-ORR-ZT-0051) 
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) invites the submission of applications for funding for the Direct Services for Survivors of Torture (DS SOT) Program, with the aim of helping survivors and their families to overcome the severe, pervasive, and long-lasting effects of torture and to achieve sustained physical, social, emotional, and economic well-being. 
Current Closing Date for Applications: July 08, 2022  
For more information, click here. 

Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant– 2022 (CDC-RFA-OT22-2202) 
The Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant Program allows recipients to address their own unique public health needs and challenges with innovative and community-driven methods. Recipients set their own goals and program objectives and implement local strategies to address Healthy People 2030 priorities. 
Current Closing Date for Applications: July 01, 2022 
For more information, click here. 
 
Fostering Access, Rights, and Education (FARE) Grant Program (FOA-WB-22-14) 
The Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, announces the Fostering Access, Rights, and Education (FARE) grant program. This funding opportunity will allow award recipients to undertake projects to assist marginalized and underserved women workers in understanding and accessing their employment rights, public services, and benefits. The grants will build on the successes of recent promising initiatives to enlist trusted messengers and community groups to reach working women, including but not limited to women of color, women with disabilities, justice-impacted women, individuals who identify as LGBTQ, marginalized workers in female-dominated sectors hard-hit by the pandemic, ethnic minorities, immigrants, workers with limited English proficiency, older adults, and workers experiencing intimate partner violence, substance abuse issues, homelessness, or chronic poverty. 
Current Closing Date for Applications: July 01, 2022 
For more information, click here. 

SUPPORT NYSCADV!
Host a Fundraiser for NYSCADV!
Are you interested in hosting a fundraiser to support NYSCADV's work to end and prevent domestic violence?

Reach out to NYSCADV's Deputy Director, Gina Peattie for more information.

GJ Attitude is a clothing company focused on projecting courage, confidence and power to women. The company is generously donating 5% of all sales to NYSCADV. Visit the GJ Attitude website by clicking here to view t-shirt collections and place an order. Thank you, GJ Attitude, for supporting NYSCADV's work!
 
Shop on Amazon Smile by following the link to Amazon Smile, login to your Amazon account, and select New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence as your charity of choice. Amazon gives to NYSCADV every time you shop!

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