Let's Get Honest! Absolutely Uncommon Analysis of Family & Conciliation Courts' Operations, Practices, & History

You’d think we had this problem solved, by now, surely.

Old prejudices die hard, I guess, but some more “education” will surely root them out and change human  nature….

LOOK at these:

This kind of reminds me of how the Catholic interpretation of the 10 commandments eliminates the second one (No graven images) and to come up with a total of 10 (a handier number, don’t you think?) simply divides the last one “Thou Shalt Not Covet” into “Thou shalt not covet THIS” and “Thou shalt not covet “THAT.” 

Simiarly, while I DO recognize that there are cultural differences as to WHO is abused that affect the ability to get free OR make it stop (where is the one entitled “Grants To Prevent Spiritualizing Violence Against Women”?) the main doorstopper to us getting free is basically two-fold:

• Social acceptance of it
• Economic benefits from it.

You can’t DOMESTICATE an abuser.  He or she is not a dog; he or she has confused a person (or more than one person) with a dog.

Now I think at some level, we are going to have to admit that certain branches of our government have confused certain sectors of our society now, as historically, with dogs requiring obedience training, as well as for manual labor and (at will) companionship.  Or for simply the thrill of watching them sit up and beg, roll over and play dead, or fight each other. 

Is it really realistic to think we can train all of us out of all that privilege by simply paying more?

How much MORE realistic to stop your neighbor from beating his wife or daughter BEFORE it becomes habit-forming and addictive?

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Program

93.591 Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants For Battered Women’s Shelters-Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions

Federal Agency

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Administration for Children and Families

Authorization

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act as extended by the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act 2009, Public Law 111-8, 42 U.S.C 10401-10421.

Program Number

93.591

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

To further the purposes of domestic violence intervention and prevention through coordination, training, and collaboration with systems that affect victims of domestic violence; to provide services, community education and technical assistance to such programs to establish and maintain shelter and related services for victims of domestic violence and their dependents.

Types of Assistance

FORMULA GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

State domestic violence coalitions may use funds under the Act to support a range of activities, including working with local domestic violence programs and providers of direct services to encourage appropriate responses to domestic violence within the State; working with judicial and law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to domestic violence cases and examine legal issues; working with family law judges, criminal court judges, Child Protective Services agencies, and children’s advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues in domestic violence cases as well as cases where domestic violence and child abuse are both present; conducting public education campaigns regarding domestic violence through the use of public service announcements and informative materials that are designed for print media, billboards, public transit advertising, electronic broadcast media, and other vehicles for information including information aimed at underserved racial, ethnic or language-minority populations; and participating in planning and monitoring the distribution of grants and grant funds within the State under Section 303(a) of the Act. (See CFDA 93.671, Family Violence Prevention and Services: Grants to State and Indian Tribes.).

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

To be eligible for a grant under this Section, an entity shall be a statewide nonprofit State Domestic Violence Coalition, or a membership organization consisting of the battered women’s shelters in the state, or territory.

Beneficiary Eligibility

This program will benefit victims of domestic violence, their children and other dependents, their families, and other persons affected by such violence including friends, relatives, and the general public.

Credentials/Documentation

Applications must be submitted for approval by the Secretary of Heath and Human Services. Costs will be determined in accordance with 45 CFR 74. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Applications must be submitted to the Administration on Children, Youth and Families. No standard application forms are required. Specific instructions are published via the Internet under the Form section at the following website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants. Contact Headquarters Office listed below for further information.

Award Procedure

Funds are awarded directly to State Domestic Violence Coalitions.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

From 30 to 60 days.

Appeals

See 45 CFR 16, Procedures of the Department Appeals Board.

Renewals

Not Applicable.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

The annual grant award must be expended by each State Domestic Violence Coalition by the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which funds are awarded. Payments are made through the Electronic Transfer System. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. Recipients submit an annual Performance Progress Report by December 29 of each year. Recipients submit annual financial status reports. No performance monitoring is required.

Audits

In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations,” nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Audits are conducted in accordance with the requirements in 45 CFR 74 and 92 and OMB Circular No. A-133. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133, (Revised, June 27, 2003), “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations,” nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal Awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for the year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.

Records

State coalitions are required to maintain records documenting the purposes for which expenditures were made. Requirements are found in 45 CFR Part 92.

Program Accomplishments

Not Applicable.

Financial Information

Account Identification

75-1536-0-1-506.

Obligations

(Formula Grants) FY 08 $12,255,200; FY 09 est $12,777,600; FY 10 est $12,777,600

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

Each State Domestic Violence Coalition received $241,086 in Fiscal Year 2009.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

Not Applicable.

Related Programs

Not Applicable.

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

None.

Headquarters Office

Allison Randall Family Violence Division
Family and Youth Services Bureau
1250 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, District of Columbia 20024 Email: allison.randall@acf.hhs.gov Phone: 202-205-7889 Fax: 202-401-7038

Web Site Address

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb.

Examples of Funded Projects

Not Applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Not Applicable.