Grants Management Unit (GMU)

Child Welfare Grant Funding Opportunity

• SFY-2026-Child Death Review Funding (CDR) Notice of Funding Opportunity
• SFY-2026- Children’s Justice Act (CJA) Notice of Funding Opportunity

Title IV-E Reimbursement Program for Legal Services Notice of Funding Opportunity

• SFY-2025- Title IV-E Reimbursement Program for Legal Services NOFO

Victim Service Grant Funding Opportunity

• SFY-2026 Aid to Victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Violence, Mariage License (ML) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
• SFY-2026 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

Fillable versions of the application are available by request. Email your request to: dcfsgrants@dcfs.nv.gov 

GMU Trainings

• DCFS Victim Services GMU Workbook Webinar SFY25
• DCFS Grant Instructions and Requirements (GIRs) SFY25
• iMPRoVE Tool – Measuring Outcomes in Nevada for Service Providers
• Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) – Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) SFY25 Program Requirements
• Victims of Crime (VOCA) 101 Webinar for SFY25
• Nevada’s Protective Factors Survey Training - Database
• Nevada Funded Agency Protective Factors Survey (PFSODS) Implementation Training

Grants Management Unit
Child Welfare Unit
Notice of Funding Opportunity Schedule

 Child Death Review (CDR)  

Purpose: The purpose of this funding announcement is to support innovative programming that supports the activities of the Executive Committee to Review the Death of Children (Executive Committee). Activities funded by the Executive Committee funding include public awareness, education campaigns and training to prevent the death of children pursuant to NRS Chapter 432B.403 to 432B.4095.

There are five primary responsibilities of the Executive Committee, as outlined in NRS 432B.409:

1. Create statewide protocols on the functioning of the Regional CDR teams; ensure these teams are functioning appropriately and oversee training and development of these teams as needed
2. Create regulations and carry out the regulations outlined in NRS 432B.403-432B.4095
3. Create Bylaws for this committee and operate within those Bylaws
4. Create an annual Statewide report of child deaths in our state, including up to date statistics and policy change recommendations
5. Oversee the Review of Death of Children Account

Children's Justice Act (CJA) 

Purpose: The Children's Justice Act (CJA) provides grants to States to improve the investigation, prosecution, and judicial handling of cases of child abuse and neglect, particularly child sexual abuse and exploitation, in a manner that limits additional trauma to the child victim. CJA grantees are responsible for implementing the requirements of the CJA grant program to reform state processes for responding to child abuse and neglect.

Children's Trust Fund (CTF)   

Purpose: The Children's Trust Fund (CTF) is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. It was established in 1985 by the State Legislature (NRS 432.131) and is administered by the Division of Child and Family Services Grant Management Unit (GMU).

The CTF is a special account that receives fees from Nevada birth and death certificates. To supplement the Fund, the GMU submits an annual application for federal Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) grant funds, established by Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1996 and most recently reauthorized by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010.

Community Based Child-Abuse (CBCAP)   

Purpose: Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) programs, which are authorized as part of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), has a rich history of promoting efforts to support families and prevent child maltreatment. The law emphasizes support for community-based efforts to develop, operate, expand, enhance, and coordinate initiatives, programs, and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Educational and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program 

Purpose:  The ETV program provides monetary assistance to eligible youth who are enrolled in an accredited postsecondary institution of higher education. Title IV-E federal funding is designed to provide postsecondary educational and training vouchers to eligible youth who are in or age out of foster care or who have been adopted from foster care after turning 16 years old.

Financial Assistance to Former Foster Youth (FAFFY) 

Purpose:  The Nevada Independent Living Program is designed to assist and prepare foster and former foster youth in making the transition from foster care to adulthood by providing opportunities to obtain life skills for self-sufficiency and independence. Nevada provides financial assistance to former foster youth through the passage of Assembly Bill 94, also known as the Financial Assistance to Former Foster Youth Program (FAFFY). Each of these programs provides a variety of services and may have special requirements.

Chafee Foster Care Independent Living (CHAFEE) 

Purpose:  The John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood offers assistance to help current and former foster care youths to achieve self-sufficiency. Grants are offered to States and Tribes who submit a plan to assist youth in a wide variety of areas designed to support a successful transition to adulthood.

Activities and programs include, but are not limited to, help with education, employment, financial management, housing, emotional support and assured connections to caring adults for older youth in foster care. The program is intended to serve youth who are likely to remain in foster care until age 18, youth who, after attaining 16 years of age, have left foster care for kinship guardianship or adoption, and young adults ages 18-21 who have "aged out" of the foster care system. 

Promoting Safe and Stable Families- Title IVB, subpart 2 (IVB-2)

Purpose: The purpose of the PSSF program is to promote flexibility in the development and expansion of a coordinated child and family services program that utilizes community-based agencies and ensures all children are raised in safe, loving families, by:

1. Protecting and promoting the welfare of all children.
2. Preventing the neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children.
3. Supporting at-risk families through services which allow children, where appropriate, to remain safely with their families or return to their families in a timely manner.
4. Promoting the safety, permanence, and well-being of children in foster care and adoptive families; and
5. Providing training, professional development and support to ensure a well-qualified child welfare workforce.

Title IV-E Reimbursement Program for Legal Services

Purpose:  The Title IV-E Reimbursement Program for Legal Services ensures that parents, children and youth and child welfare agencies receive high quality legal representation at all stages of child welfare proceedings, and to maximize allowable Title IV-E administrative reimbursement for children in Title IV-E foster care and their parent(s) in foster care legal proceedings. Numerous studies and reports point to the importance of competent legal representation for parents and children in ensuring that salient information is conveyed to the court, parties' legal rights are protected and that the wishes of parties are effectively voiced.

GMU Grant Instructions Requirement (GIRs)

• SFY25 Grant Instructions and Requirements (GIRs)

Service Data Reporting

• Community Based Child-Abuse (CBCAP) and Children's Trust Fund (CTF) Service Data Reporting – SFY 2025
• TITLE IVB-2-Quarterly Service Data Reporting – SFY 2025
• Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Assistance Service Data Reporting – SFY 2025

Grievances

• Grievance Process

VOCA Needs Assessment

• 2020 Meetings/Trainings

Civil Rights

• Civil Rights Complaint Procedure
• Civil Rights-Written Statement of Concern / Complaint with Grant Programs

SFY-2024-DCFS Community service Directory

• SFY-2024-DCFS Community service Directory

2022 Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Assessment

• 2022 Needs Assessment on the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect in Nevada
• 2022 Strategic Plan for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect in Nevada

GMU Unit Forms

• Agency Self-Assessment Form
• Subaward Section B- Scope of Work Form
• DCFS GMU Budget Modification Form
• Budget Narrative Form (Excel Format)
• SFY-23 Title IVB-2 Referral Number Report (Excel Format)
• GMU Travel Request Form

Grants Management Unit
Victim Services
Notice of Funding Opportunity Schedule

Purpose: Provides funding to non-profit and public agencies (including state and local governmental agencies, universities and community colleges) interested in providing services that do not duplicate services provided by another agency in the same geographical location and are in compliance with grant specific requirements. Eligible organizations include victim services organizations whose sole mission is to provide direct services to crime victims. These organizations include, but are not limited to the following:

• Sexual assault and rape treatment centers;
• Domestic violence programs and shelters;
• Child abuse programs;
• Centers for missing children;
• Mental health services;
• Other community-based victim coalitions and support organizations;
• Criminal Justice Agencies
• Religiously Affiliated Organizations
• Hospitals and Emergency Medical Facilities
• Others

Purpose: The Family Violence Prevention and Services (FVPSA) formula grants to states and territories. FVPSA funds more than 1,600 local public, private, nonprofit and faith-based organizations and programs demonstrating effectiveness in the field of domestic violence services and prevention. These domestic violence programs provide victims of domestic and dating violence and their children with:

• Shelter
• Safety Planning
• Crisis Counseling
• Information and referral
• Legal advocacy
• Additional support services/ Related Assistance