Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2022 IHS FHC 0001
The Indian Health Service (IHS), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, offered this discretionary grant opportunity to strengthen forensic healthcare services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. The central aim is to expand access to timely, high-quality treatment and forensic medical care that is both culturally appropriate and trauma-informed. In practical terms, the grant is designed to help Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations develop new forensic healthcare (FHC) capacity or improve and scale existing services so survivors can receive compassionate medical treatment, evidence collection when appropriate, and coordinated support without unnecessary delays or barriers.
A major emphasis of the program is building stronger, coordinated community responses across each IHS Area. The opportunity recognizes that survivors often need more than a medical exam: they may need advocacy, behavioral health support, safety planning, legal assistance, and connections to culturally grounded healing resources. The grant therefore encourages programs that address survivors social, spiritual, and emotional well-being, and it explicitly includes support for victims of child maltreatment as part of the overall domestic and sexual violence response. It also highlights the need to serve victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking, acknowledging that these forms of violence frequently intersect with intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and systemic vulnerabilities.
To improve outcomes and reduce the chance that services break down between agencies, applicants are strongly encouraged to use Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) approaches. These team-based models are community-centered frameworks that bring key partners to the same table so survivors are not left navigating disconnected systems on their own. The opportunity specifically points to coordination among healthcare providers, law enforcement, child protective services, social services, legal services, domestic violence coalitions, behavioral health services, and victim advocates. The grant description also stresses that formal inter-agency agreements can make collaboration real and reliable, improving response time and clarifying roles, responsibilities, referrals, and information-sharing practices in a way that supports both survivor safety and effective case handling.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a grant (not a contract) categorized under health funding, with CFDA number 93.653. The funding opportunity number is HHS-2022-IHS-FHC-0001. It was created on November 4, 2021, with an original application deadline of February 2, 2022. IHS anticipated making about 10 awards, with a maximum award amount (ceiling) of $250,000 per award. Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and other entities as allowed by the opportunitys additional eligibility guidance.
Overall, the opportunity is focused on practical, on-the-ground improvements in how forensic healthcare and survivor support are delivered in AI/AN communities: expanding access, improving the quality and cultural responsiveness of care, strengthening trauma-informed practices, and ensuring that multidisciplinary partners work in an organized, survivor-centered way rather than in isolation.Apply for HHS 2022 IHS FHC 0001
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Domestic Violence Prevention Program: Forensic Healthcare Services" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.653.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 04, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 02, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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What is this grant opportunity?
This is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Indian Health Service (IHS), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), focused on strengthening forensic healthcare services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence.
What is the main purpose of the funding?
The central aim is to expand access to timely, high-quality treatment and forensic medical care that is culturally appropriate and trauma-informed. In practical terms, the funding supports building new forensic healthcare capacity or improving and scaling existing services so survivors can receive compassionate medical treatment, evidence collection when appropriate, and coordinated support without unnecessary delays or barriers.
Who is the grant intended to serve?
The program is intended to benefit AI/AN survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. It also explicitly includes support for victims of child maltreatment as part of the overall domestic and sexual violence response, and it highlights the need to serve victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
What types of services does the grant emphasize?
The opportunity emphasizes forensic healthcare services that combine medical care with survivor-centered supports. It recognizes survivors may need advocacy, behavioral health support, safety planning, legal assistance, and connections to culturally grounded healing resources, and it encourages responses that address social, spiritual, and emotional well-being alongside medical needs.
What does "forensic healthcare" mean in this program?
In this opportunity, forensic healthcare refers to medical treatment for survivors along with forensic medical care that may include evidence collection when appropriate, delivered in a way that is timely, high-quality, culturally appropriate, and trauma-informed.
Does the program require evidence collection in every case?
No. The description notes evidence collection occurs when appropriate, alongside compassionate medical treatment and coordinated support.
What is meant by "culturally appropriate" and "trauma-informed" care in the grant description?
The opportunity stresses that services should be responsive to community needs and delivered in ways that recognize the impacts of trauma. It also encourages programs that connect survivors to culturally grounded healing resources and support survivors' social, spiritual, and emotional well-being.
What is the role of coordinated community responses across IHS Areas?
A major emphasis is building stronger, coordinated community responses across each IHS Area so survivors are not left navigating disconnected systems. The grant encourages organized collaboration among multiple agencies and service providers to reduce breakdowns between systems and improve response time and support.
What approaches are applicants encouraged to use?
Applicants are strongly encouraged to use Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) approaches. These are team-based, community-centered frameworks designed to bring key partners together to deliver a coordinated, survivor-centered response.
Which partners are expected to be involved in MDT/SART coordination?
The opportunity points to coordination among healthcare providers, law enforcement, child protective services, social services, legal services, domestic violence coalitions, behavioral health services, and victim advocates.
Are formal agreements between agencies part of the recommended approach?
Yes. The grant description stresses that formal inter-agency agreements can make collaboration reliable by clarifying roles, responsibilities, referrals, response time expectations, and information-sharing practices in a way that supports survivor safety and effective case handling.
How does the grant address human trafficking and sexual exploitation?
The opportunity highlights the need to serve victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking and notes that these forms of violence frequently intersect with intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and broader systemic vulnerabilities.
Is this funding a grant or a contract?
This funding is a grant (not a contract) and is categorized under health funding.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number is 93.653.
What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is HHS-2022-IHS-FHC-0001.
When was the opportunity created and what was the original application deadline?
The opportunity was created on November 4, 2021, and the original application deadline was February 2, 2022.
How many awards were anticipated?
IHS anticipated making about 10 awards.
What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum award amount (ceiling) was $250,000 per award.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and other entities as allowed by the opportunity's additional eligibility guidance.
What kinds of improvements is this grant meant to support on the ground?
The opportunity is focused on practical improvements in how forensic healthcare and survivor support are delivered in AI/AN communities, including expanding access, improving quality and cultural responsiveness of care, strengthening trauma-informed practices, and ensuring multidisciplinary partners work in an organized, survivor-centered way rather than in isolation.
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