Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children Grantees: Cohorts 1, 2 & 3
In 2016, 2020 and again in 2024 the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) awarded FVPSA grants under the Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children (SSAPC) program to capacity building projects to serve as leaders for improving responses to children, youth and parents experiencing domestic violence.
In the fall of 2024 the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) awarded FVPSA grants under the Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children (SSAPC) program to 55 capacity building projects to serve as leaders for improving responses to children, youth and parents experiencing domestic violence. The program’s goals include:
Improving systems and responses to abused parents and their children exposed to domestic violence.
Coordinating or providing new or enhanced residential and non-residential services for children exposed to violence.
Enhancing evidence-informed and practice-informed services, strategies, advocacy and interventions for children & youth exposed to domestic violence.
Cohort III Demonstration Sites
Catholic Charities of Southern Colorado, CO
Center for Holistic Development, Inc., NE
Center for the Pacific-Asian Family, Inc., CA
Centerstone of Tennessee, Inc., TN
Cherokee Family Violence Center, Inc., GA
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc., AZ
Clackamas Women’s Services, OR
Coburn Place Safehaven II, Inc., IN
Columbus Regional Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence, IN
Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance, CA
CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse), CA
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, DC
Family Service of the Piedmont, Inc., NC
Houston Area Women’s Center, Inc., TX
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, IL
Jewish Child Care Association of New York, NY
Kodiak Area Native Association, AK
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, ME
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, NH
Nassau Coalition Against Domestic Violence (The Safe Center LI, Inc.), NY
National Center for Economics, IL
Nevada Urban Indians, Inc., NV
New York Asian Women’s Center, Inc. dba Womankind, NY
Northern Virginia Family Service, Inc., VA
Oklahoma City Family Justice Center, Inc., OK
One Love Life Center, Inc., MD
One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center, AL
Progressive Life Center, Inc., DC
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, RI
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, Inc., CO
Southern Arizona Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc., AZ
Southern Indian Health Council, Inc., CA
Southwest Georgia Children’s Alliance, Inc., GA
Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, TN
The Children’s Cabinet, Inc., NV
The Regents of the University of California, U.C. San Diego, CA
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, OH
Women Shelter of Long Beach, CA
Working Against Violence for Everyone, AK
Young Women’s Christian Association Kalamazoo, Michigan, MI
In 2020, 26 demonstration sites for Cohort II of the SSAPC project were funded.
Along with the Demonstration Sites, Futures Without Violence was awarded the grant to be the National Capacity Building Center to Expand Services for Children, Youth, and Abused Parents Impacted by Domestic Violence. The goals of the Promising Futures Capacity Building Center include:
Supporting the SSAPC grantees and facilitate peer learning
Supporting the entire field to enhance their capacity to serve children, youth and their caregivers
Increasing visibility and awareness on the need for work with children exposed to violence
Cohort II Demonstration Sites
Center for Family Services, Inc., NJ
Child Saving Institute, Inc., NE
Children’s National Medical Center, DC
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, OK
Community Advocates for Family & Youth, MD
East Los Angeles Women’s Center, CA
Interface Children & Family Services, CA
Pueblo Young Women’s Christian Association, CO
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, WI
South Bay Community Services, CA
The Center for Women and Families, KY
The Regents of the University of Colorado, CO
The Wellspring Alliance for Families, Inc., LA
Violence Intervention Program, NY
2016-2020 Demonstration Sites:
Boston Medical Center Corporation, MA
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc., AK
Domestic Violence Action Center, HI
Durham County Department of Social Services, NC
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, ID
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, KS
Maine Behavioral Healthcare, ME
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, KY
South East Alaska Regional Health Consortium, AK