Sexual Assault Projects Expansion Community Developed Models

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The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting competitive grant applications for the Sexual Assault Projects Expansion Community Developed Models for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. This announcement is a limited targeted solicitation for urban Indian organizations as defined by Pub. L. 94-437, the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act (IHCIA), as amended, Title V Urban Health organization. The purpose of the IHS Sexual Assault Projects Expansion Community Developed Models is to increase and expand the number of available sexual assault services, advocates, and community collaborations available in the urban AI/AN communities in the United States. It aims to improve the responsiveness of urban Indian organizations by establishing and sustaining programs that prevent SA against AI/AN. For funding, the pilot sites must address the following seven guiding principles:1. Coordinate services for urban communities to respond to local sexual assault crises; a) This may include outreach activities to coordinate accessibility of services to local Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs.b) Provide local SANE programs with information on AI/AN culture and social issues. c) Assist SANE program in providing an adequate community response to AI/AN victims by establishing orientation/referral systems to support the various interventions available such as behavioral health, social services or victim of crime services that may be available through the urban Indian program.2. Participate in a nationally coordinated program focusing specifically on increasing access to SA prevention or treatment services for survivors and their families; 3. Provide community-focused responses in the urban setting that enhance evidence-based or practice-based SA prevention or treatment services or education programming; 4. Provide communities with resources to develop their own urban based community-focused programs;5. Establish baseline data in the local communities; 6. Adequately document the level of need for the urban Indian community, and;7. Be scaled at a level that will ensure measurable impact.

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