Tribal Sites for Phase of Project Connect

Dear Colleagues,

Futures Without Violenceis selecting new Tribal Health sites for Phase 2 of
Project Connect: A Coordinated Public Health Initiative to Prevent and
Respond to Violence Against Women (Project Connect
2.0)<http://fvpf.convio.net/site/R?i=J4-BZWAfNvChHvXscymPgw>, supported by
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office on Women's Health
(OWH).? Since 2010, Futures Without Violence and OWH have worked in
partnership with ten State and Tribal pilot sites to develop policy and
public heath responses to domestic and/or sexual violence in women's health
programs.?? Based on the lessons learned with previous sites, Project
Connect 2.0 is being expanded to include a larger number of Tribal grantees,
with a focus on IHS/Tribal/Urban (I/T/U) health settings.

We are inviting proposals to select five I/T/U health settings to work with
us on this exciting initiative.? Futures Without Violence will work with the
OWH and a selection committee to select sites that demonstrate a strong
history of collaboration between domestic and sexual violence, health care
and public health systems, as well as a capacity and interest in the
proposed program.? The period of funding is January 1, 2013 through December
31, 2015.? Selected grantees will receive $150,000 for the funding period.
In each participating I/T/U, Futures Without Violence will work closely with
new or existing leadership teams made up of domestic and sexual violence
experts, and members of the public health community to develop sustainable
responses to domestic and sexual violence.

Futures Without Violence has developed comprehensive training curricula,
health care provider resources, and patient education materials to be used
in family planning, adolescent health, home visitation and other maternal
and child health settings.? To date we have trained over 2,000 providers,
have distributed a quarter of a million safety cards in 30 pilot sites, and
have several States that worked in partnership with domestic and/or sexual
violence advocates to institutionalize policies to assess for reproductive
coercion and intimate partner violence in public health programs.

As a participant in Project Connect 2.0, you will be part of a coalition of
leaders dedicated to this issue and will have the opportunity to share your
experiences and strategies with other I/T/U health settings, States and
Territories participating in the program.

Futures Without Violence will convene regular meetings between participating
I/T/U health setting leaders and national experts, provide technical
assistance and materials, and will work with you to implement new strategies
to strengthen the public health response to domestic violence.

For the Project Connect 2.0 application, click
here<http://fvpf.convio.net/site/R?i=Ry7L0tYAg0l4qr2NnO4-Iw>.? Applications
are due October 29, 2012.

Futures Without Violence will host a two webinars -Tuesday, 8/28 2pm PDT and
Wednesday, 8/29 10 am PDT - to provide an overview of the Project Connect
initiative for potential applicants.

To register for the Tuesday, 8/28 2pm PDT webinar, click here:
http://bwjp.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=frxpwph&user_id=

To register for the Wednesday, 8/29 10 am PDT webinar, click here:
http://bwjp.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=kbvrtrr&user_id=

If you have any questions about the initiative or the application, please
contact:

Virginia Duplessis
Project Connect Program Manager
415 678-5610
vduplessis@futureswithoutviolence.org

Source: http://nace.samhsa.gov/blog/post/Tribal-Sites-for-Phase-of-Project-Connect.aspx

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