The Administration for Children and Families is soliciting proposals for the Special Issue Resource Center (SIRC) to address family violence.
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Program (FVPSA Program) in the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) will award four cooperative agreements to Special Issue Resources Centers (SIRCs) which shall enhance family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention and prevention efforts in at least one of the following areas: 1) criminal and civil justice systems; 2) child protective services and child custody; 3) health care systems; or 4) mental health systems.
Each SIRC shall be national in scope and shall provide comprehensive training and technical assistance (T&TA) to State and local domestic violence service providers, State domestic violence coalitions, State Administrators, national, statewide and local community based organizations, Tribes, tribal organizations, governmental agencies, and other relevant stakeholders.