E-Learning Collaborative for Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention | CDC RFA CE19 1903

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The E-Learning Collaborative for Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention (CDC RFA CE19-1903) is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreement designed to strengthen how the United States prevention field learns, shares, and coordinates around primary prevention of sexual violence (SV) and intimate partner violence (IPV). The opportunity is grounded in the public health framing that violence is widespread but preventable, and it highlights national surveillance findings showing the scale and impact of IPV and SV, including that many people who experience IPV first encounter it before adulthood. By emphasizing both the burden of violence and the timing of early onset, the announcement underscores the value of prevention strategies that reach people and communities before harm occurs and that address underlying risk and protective factors.

This grant sits within a broader federal prevention landscape shaped by major authorizing legislation and long-running CDC investments. It references the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), reauthorized in 2013, which established CDCs Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program to fund state health departments for sexual violence prevention. It also cites the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), which authorizes the DELTA program (Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances) that has funded State Domestic Violence Coalitions since 2002 to advance intimate partner violence prevention. The announcement points out that newer iterations of both funding streams, RPE: A Public Health Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention (beginning February 2019) and DELTA Impact (starting March 2018), are aligned around applying the best available evidence to reduce risk factors and increase protective factors for SV and IPV, with an expectation of implementation and evaluation rather than only awareness activities.

The core purpose of the award is not to fund direct local services, but to support a cross-cutting learning and communications platform that helps prevention practitioners and CDC-funded recipients build capacity, share tools, and accelerate adoption of evidence-informed strategies. The collaborative is meant to function as a peer learning hub spanning SV and IPV, helping participants connect across national, state, and local levels and strengthening prevention systems overall. In practice, the platform is expected to make it easier for funded programs and the broader prevention community to exchange guidance, lessons learned, and implementation know-how, including what works, how to adapt approaches for different contexts, and how to evaluate prevention efforts in realistic community settings.

To accomplish that, the announcement specifies a multi-channel approach, using interactive web conferences as a central learning mechanism and supplementing them with additional formats such as podcasts, an interactive listserv, and social media. The intent is to meet practitioners where they are and provide repeated, accessible opportunities to learn and engage, rather than relying on one-off trainings. These channels are positioned as tools to disseminate CDC guidance and field-generated knowledge, build shared vocabulary and competencies, and support ongoing collaboration among people working on SV and IPV prevention.

The opportunity also recognizes prevention infrastructure beyond traditional public health and community systems by referencing a CDC Division of Violence Prevention partnership with the Department of Defense. It highlights the Air Forces use of Violence Prevention Integrators (VPIs), established in 2015, who coordinate and integrate prevention activities across installations, with a broader expansion anticipated across the DoD. Including this context signals that the collaborative is expected to be relevant to multiple large systems and to support coordination across diverse settings where SV and IPV prevention work is being organized and scaled.

Administratively, this is a discretionary cooperative agreement funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, CDC (NCIPC), under CFDA 93.136. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of organizations may apply, subject to any clarifications in the full notice. The funding opportunity was posted September 13, 2018, with an application due date of November 15, 2018 (11:59 p.m. Eastern). The anticipated award structure is a single award (expected awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $500,000, indicating CDC intended to select one lead organization to build and run the national e-learning collaborative and associated communications and peer-learning functions for the field.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "E-Learning Collaborative for Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 13, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 15, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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