Notice of Funding Opportunity: Rape Prevention and Education: Using the Best Available Evidence for Sexual Violence Prevention

Rape Prevention and Education: Using the Best Available Evidence for Sexual Violence Prevention Notice of Funding Opportunity

On August 29, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the notice of funding opportunity, Rape Prevention and Education: Using the Best Available Evidence for Sexual Violence PreventionCDC-RFA-CE19-1902. Sexual violence is a serious public health problem that affects millions of people each year. In the U.S., 44% of women and 25% of men experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime. Approximately 1 in 5 women (21%) have experienced rape or attempted rape. and about 1 in 14 men (7%) have been made to penetrate someone at some point in their lives. The overarching purpose of CDC’s Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program is to prevent sexual violence (SV) perpetration and victimization. The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to advance RPE’s goal by using a public health approach to decrease SV risk factors and increase SV protective factors through the implementation and evaluation of prevention strategies based on the best available evidence across multiple levels of the Social Ecological Model (SEM).

CDC will fund up to 59 territorial and state health departments (SHDs) to work with state and local partners, including SV coalitions, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, local health departments, educational institutions, and other stakeholders to implement and evaluate SV prevention programs, practices, and policy efforts.

In addition to individual and relationship-level changes, this NOFO is expected to help achieve the following community and environmental improvements:

• Provide opportunities to empower and support girls and women
• Create protective environments
• Promote social norms that protect against violence

These changes are expected to result in increases in protective factors and decreases in risk factors related to SV, ultimately leading to decreasing rates of SV perpetration and victimization. The CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Division of Violence Prevention is committed to stopping violence before it begins.

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