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Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2018

Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention Program (TDVPIP)
Fund Code: 641

Purpose:	The purpose of this grant is to provide a program in public schools in grades 5 to 12 that promotes healthy relationships and addresses teen dating violence in 10 schools, one of which must be a school located in a municipality with a population of 25,000 or less.
Priorities:	Priority will be given to proposals that: develop educational programs and strategies to prevent teens from becoming involved with dating-related violence and offer safe intervention strategies and skills; design referral systems for students to mental health, legal, or other support services; use the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's (ESE) Guidance for Schools and Districts on Addressing Teen Dating Violence (2013) to develop school- or district-wide policies and procedures for addressing incidents of teen dating violence and restraining orders involving students; implement school-based victim support groups under the supervision of a battered women's service provider or rape crisis center; support the institutionalization of the Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention program (TDVPIP) by integrating it into the district's safe and supportive schools programs and initiatives; create and sustain collaborative relationships between schools, local battered women's programs and/or rape crisis programs, and Department of Health (DPH)-certified batterer intervention programs that provide teen dating violence preventive education, support, and intervention services with the goal of establishing school-based victim support groups and intervention groups establish and enhance collaborations between schools and community based organization programs and services that provide teen dating violence prevention education, support, and intervention services; and strengthen and maintain referral systems for students to mental health, legal, or other support services.
Eligibility:	This is a continuation grant. Only districts that received funding in fiscal year 2015-2016 (FY16) are eligible to apply.
Funding:	The initial FY16 application outlined two years of continued funding; however, funds were not available in FY17. Available funds will be distributed amongst all districts that apply; each applicant should submit an original budget for $5,000.
Fund Use:	These funds may be used to cover the cost of staff training, hiring of local experts, stipends for team members and group facilitators, and program supplies
Project Duration:	Upon approval – 6/30/2018
Program Unit:	Office of Student and Family Support
Contact:	Anne L. Gilligan
Phone Number:	(781) 338- 6303
Date Due:	Friday, March 23, 2018 Proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on the date due.
Required Forms:	Part I — General — Program Unit Signature Page — (Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants) Part II — FY18 New Budget Template — Online Budget Detail Pages (Submit in EdGrants — This is a budget template for the applicant to utilize while working through their final budget request in order to prepare for entering it into EdGrants. Please feel free to use this template when preparing for Application Submission. This Is Not the Budget. The actual final budget the applicant is requesting will be entered directly into EdGrants as part of the application submission process.) Part III — Required Program Information
Submission Instructions:	Submit all required grant materials through EdGrants In EdGrants, districts are required to create and name the project. Please use the following naming convention for your "Applicant Project Name" in EdGrants: FY18 641 TDVPIP Applicant Name All items listed under the required forms section of this RFP should be uploaded / attached in the Attachments List formlet of the Application Submission in EdGrants. This includes a signed / scanned PDF of Part I / Coversheet with Superintendent's signature as well as the Part III required Program Information. The final budget the applicant is requesting will be entered directly into EdGrants as part of the application submission process. For Guidance Documents regarding EdGrants, visit EdGrants: User Guides and Information. Please note: It is up to the district to determine who they want to add as EdGrants Front Office users in order to submit grant application as well as payment request information. Please review the EdGrants: User Security Controls to make informed decisions regarding assigning your district level users.