2022-23 Victim Advocacy in Detention Facilities (KA) Program RFP

Purpose: The Purpose of the KA Program is to increase access to appropriate services for sexual assault victims in local detention facilities including adult detention facilities, juvenile detention facilities, and immigration detention facilities. Subrecipients may work with one or more detention facilities in their service area. The purpose of the KA Program is to increase access to appropriate services for victims of sexual assault in detention facilities. For the purposes of this RFP, local detention facilities include adult detention facilities, juvenile detention facilities, and immigration detention facilities. Subrecipients may work with one or more detention facilities in their service area. The KA Program requires each Subrecipient to fund a Sexual Assault Counselor, per Evidence Code 1035.2, to solely focus on serving victims in local detention facilities, and to act as a point of contact for detention facility staff to assist in removing any physical or programmatic barriers to services for victims. Eligible Applicants: Only Cal OES-funded Rape Crisis (RC) Program Subrecipients are eligible to apply. Eligible Geographies: All California counties. Matching Funding: Applicants may request a partial or full match waiver (match waiver requests are not considered during the Proposal Rating process). To request a match wavier for more than one VOCA fund source, Applicants must submit the VOCA Match Waiver Request form (Attachment A) with their proposal. All sections of the form must be completed. Answers to questions 9 through 11 must be specific and unique to the Applicant and Program.

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