NOFO 004: Violence Against Women and Substance Use Prevention Initiative

Funding Opportunity Number: WH-AST-22-004
Opportunity Title: Violence Against Women and Substance Use Prevention Initiative
Estimated Total: $3,000,000
Award Amount: Up to $750,000 per budget period
Application Due Date: July 13, 2022 at 6:00 PM ET

This notice solicits applications that create a statewide pilot project to train substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers on intimate partner violence (IPV) and address the intersection of IPV and SUD during the pregnancy and postpartum period.

Recipients will be expected to develop a statewide pilot project that includes partnerships with domestic and sexual violence organizations at the state and local level, and that will:

Incentivize SUD providers treating pregnant and postpartum women to be trained on identifying and addressing IPV;
Train SUD treatment providers to address IPV with patients and train IPV staff on SUD;
Identify, utilize, and disseminate best practices;
Integrate IPV and SUD protocols into medical practice;
Integrate perinatal and postpartum programs into existing substance use programs; and
Implement a process and outcomes evaluation to demonstrate whether there was an improvement in IPV-SUD health outcomes in the pregnant and postpartum period.

This video was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH).