National Domestic Violence Hotline​ in Austin Secures $11.7M

AUSTIN, TX — A unit of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $11.7 million to support the Austin-based National Domestic Violence Hotline as part of an overall $20.59 million round of funding across the U.S.

The funding is from the Family and Youth Services Bureau at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families, according to an advisory. The funding aims to support the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence and 26 Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children Demonstration Grants, officials explained.

Funded through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, these programs make services for immediate crisis intervention and safety planning available to victims of domestic violence nationwide; reduce the prevalence of domestic violence in geographically isolated Alaskan Native villages; and promote resiliency and healing for children exposed to domestic violence, according to the advisory.

The news release indicates the Austin-based hotline secured $11,750,000 in funding.

About the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act

Since 1984, FVPSA has been an integral part of the nation’s response to domestic violence by providing funding, oversight, training, technical assistance and guidance to emergency shelters, crisis hotlines, prevention programs, specialized resource centers and a wide range of federal, state, local, and tribal partners across the U.S. Each year, FVPSA-funded state and tribal programs serve more than 1.3 million victims and their dependents, and respond to 2.7 million crisis calls.

“FVPSA funding supports important partnerships for faith and community-based organizations, state agencies, and other service providers who work with survivors of domestic violence, their children and their families, to help them heal and to reduce the risk of trauma and abuse,” Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families Elizabeth Darling said in a prepared statement.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline in Austin secured funding a part of a five-year cooperative agreement that began on Sept. 30 and concludes at Sept. 29, 2025, officials noted.

The Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence secured $1 million in a three-year cooperative agreement that began Sept. 30 and ends Sept. 29, 2023. The funding is earmarked for the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center, according to the advisory.

Additionally, 26 Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children (SSAPC) Demonstration Grants were awarded. These two-year Cooperative Agreement began Sept. and end Sept. 29, 2022. The awardees are:

• A New Leaf, Inc., Mesa, Arizona, $301,539.
• Bradley Angle, Portland, Oregon, $301,539.
• Caminar Latino, Inc., Doraville, Georgia, $301,538.
• Center for Domestic Peace, San Rafael, California, $301,539.
• Center For Family Services, Inc., Camden, New Jersey, $301,538.
• Child and Family Services, Ewa Beach, Hawaii, $301,538.
• Child Saving Institute, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, $301,538.
• Children's Home & Aid, Chicago, $301,539.
• Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., $301,539.
• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant, Oklahoma, $301,538.
• Community Advocates for Family & Youth, Capital Heights, Maryland, $301,539.
• East Los Angeles Women's Center, Los Angeles, California, $301,539.
• Interface Children & Family Services, Camarillo, California, $301,538.
• My Sisters' Place, Inc., White Plains, New York, $301,538.
• Pueblo Young Women’s Christian Association, Pueblo, Colorado, $301,538.
• Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Bayfield, Wisconsin, $301,539.
• Retreat, Inc., Riverhead, New York, $301,538.
• Sanctuary for Families, Inc., New York, New York, $301,539.
• South Bay Community Services, Chula Vista, California, $301,538.
• The Center for Women and Families, Louisville, Kentucky, $301,539.
• The Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, $301,539.
• The Wellspring Alliance for Families, Inc., Monroe, Lousiana, $301,538.
• Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, Montpelier, Vermont, $301,539.
• Violence Intervention Program, New York, New York, $301,539.
• W.E.A.V.E. Inc., Sacramento, California, $301,538.
• Women In Safe Homes, Ketchikan, Alaska, $301,538.

Learn more at the Family and Youth Services Bureau website.