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Children and Youth & Engaging Men Program

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The Children and Youth & Engaging Men (CYEM) Program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts that develop and expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In addition, the CYEM Program focuses on boys’ and men’s roles in ending violence against women by supporting projects that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Through its grant awards, the CYEM Program aims to build safe, supportive, and accountable communities by preventing physical and sexual violence.

The CYEM program releases two separate funding opportunities under one program: 1) Children and Youth (CY) and 2) Engaging Men (EM).

The CY opportunity applications that address one of three purpose areas:

  • Services and Training to Address Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (ages 0-10)
  • Creating Safer Communities for Youth: Prevention, Intervention, Treatment, and Response Services for Youth Impacted by Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (ages 11-24); or
  • Providing School-Based Services: Prevention, Intervention, and Response to Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (ages 5-19).

The EM opportunity seeks applications that develop and implement strategies that engage, mobilize, and empower men and boys at individual, group, relational, and societal levels to serve as role models, positive influencers, change agents, and mentors to address and prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Eligible applicants are: nonprofit, nongovernmental entities; tribal organizations; Indian tribal governments; and units of local government or agencies of units of local government in the United States or U.S. territories.

In 2024, the CYEM program gave out 18 awards totaling $8.8 million under the CY program, and 10 awards totaling $3.35 million under the EM program.

Since FY 2012, this program has been authorized by federal appropriations acts, which consolidated four previously authorized and appropriated programs into one comprehensive program.

Children and Youth Program Awards

Center for Domestic PeaceSan AnselmoCalifornia$500,000
Monarch Services-Servicios MonarcaWatsonvilleCalifornia$500,000
Fair Girls Inc.WashingtonDistrict of Columbia$499,993
Governor's Office-Governor's Community Outreach Federal Programs Office (GCO-FPO)HagatnaGuam$500,000
Lake County Crisis Center for the Prevention & Treatment of Domestic Violence IncZionIllinois$500,000
National Center for EconomicsJolietIllinois$500,000
Young Womens Christian Association of Mc Lean CountyBloomingtonIllinois$359,034
Family Resources, Inc.DavenportIowa$446,618
Westcare Kentucky, Inc.AshcampKentucky$500,000
AHA Foundation, IncBethesdaMaryland$500,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez IncDorchesterMassachusetts$500,000
S.A.F.E. PlaceBattle CreekMichigan$500,000
Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual AssaultKansas CityMissouri$500,000
Child & Family Services of Erie CountyBuffaloNew York$500,000
Oswego County Opportunities, Inc.FultonNew York$500,000
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, IncBronxNew York$500,000
Solo Por HoySan JuanPuerto Rico$500,000
Safe City CommissionFort WorthTexas$500,000
 Total Award Amount$8,805,645

Center For Community SolutionsSan DiegoCalifornia$500,000
Peace Over ViolenceLos AngelesCalifornia$500,000
Raksha IncAtlantaGeorgia$500,000
The Partnership Against Domestic ViolenceAtlantaGeorgia$500,000
Children's Home & Aid Society Of IllinoisChicagoIllinois$500,000
Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders In SolidarityDes MoinesIowa$500,000
Safe VoicesLewistonMaine$322,854
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, Inc.NewburyportMassachusetts$500,000
The Child Advocacy Center, Inc.SpringfieldMissouri$499,893
Shoshone-Paiute TribesOwyheeNevada$496,857
Day OneNew YorkNew York$500,000
My Sisters PlaceWhite PlainsNew York$500,000
Retreat Inc.East HamptonNew York$500,000
Young Women's Christian Association Of SchenectadySchenectadyNew York$500,000
Domestic Violence Center Of Chester CountyWest ChesterPennsylvania$271,717
Womens Center ShelterPittsburghPennsylvania$469,882
Casa Juana Colon, Apoyo Y Orientacion A La Mujer, IncComerioPuerto Rico$500,000
Citizens Against Physical And Sexual Abuse IncLoganUtah$500,000
Umbrella IncSt JohnsburyVermont$500,000
Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy CenterSheltonWashington$500,000
 Total Award Amount $9,561,203
 Total Number of Awards 20

Nest Foundation, Inc.Los AngelesCalifornia$500,000
Network For Victim Recovery In The District Of ColumbiaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia$500,000
Columbus Regional Shelter For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Inc.ColumbusIndiana$500,000
Domestic Violence Network Of Greater Indianapolis, Inc.IndianapolisIndiana$500,000
Community Health And Social Services Center, Inc.DetroitMichigan$499,947
Sanctuary For Families, Inc.New YorkNew York$500,000
Community Violence Intervention Center, Inc.Grand ForksNorth Dakota$500,000
A Woman's PlaceDoylestownPennsylvania$498,379
Compass Center, TheSioux FallsSouth Dakota$500,000
Youth And Family Services Inc.Rapid CitySouth Dakota$499,999
Safe Alliance, TheAustinTexas$500,000
Alexandria, City OfAlexandriaVirginia$500,000
Fairfax County VirginiaFairfaxVirginia$500,000
King County Sexual Assault Resource CenterRentonWashington$499,997
Child Protect Of Mercer County Inc.PrincetonWest Virginia$500,000
Pathfinders Milwaukee, Inc.MilwaukeeWisconsin$500,000
 Total Award Amount $7,998,322
 Total Number of Awards 16

 

Engaging Men Program Awards

DC Coalition to End Sexual ViolenceWashingtonDistrict of Columbia$350,000
Hubbard House, IncJacksonvilleFlorida$350,000
The Carrie Meek Foundation IncOpa LockaFlorida$350,000
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence IncBoiseIdaho$350,000
Options for YouthChicagoIllinois$346,728
Tabernacle Church of God in ChristSouthavenMississippi$349,969
Battered Womens Shelter of Summit & Medina CountiesAkronOhio$349,556
Boys & Girls Clubs of P.R., IncSan JuanPuerto Rico$350,000
Malouf FoundationLoganUtah$215,000
Peaceful Families Project IncVirginia BeachVirginia$346,069
 Total Award Amount$3,357,322
 Total Number of Awards10

Tucson Centers For Women & ChildrenTucsonArizona$350,000
Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence IncGlastonburyConnecticut$315,000
Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault And Family ViolenceHagatnaGuam$350,000
The Center For Hope & Healing IncLowellMassachusetts$315,000
Pokagon Band Of PotawatomiDowagiacMichigan$350,000
Justice Innovation IncNew YorkNew York$350,000
The Korean-American Family Service Center IncFlushingNew York$350,000
Young Women's Christian Association Of Northwest Ohio, TheToledoOhio$350,000
The Sexual Assault Resource AgencyCharlottesvilleVirginia$315,000
Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence And Sexual AssaultLaramieWyoming$350,000
 Total Award Amount $3,395,000
 Total Number of Awards 10

Aid To Victims Of Domestic Abuse Inc.Delray BeachFlorida$350,000
Gang Alternative, Inc.North MiamiFlorida$350,000
Tapestri Inc.TuckerGeorgia$233,333
Rockford, City OfRockfordIllinois$349,998
YWCA Metropolitan ChicagoChicagoIllinois$350,000
Shalom Task Force, Inc.New YorkNew York$350,000
Vera House Inc.SyracuseNew York$350,000
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceWarwickRhode Island$350,000
YWCA Nashville & Middle TennesseeNashvilleTennessee$350,000
 Total Award Amount $3,033,331
 Total Number of Awards 9

 

For awards issued before 2022, you can visit our grant awards program page.

Contact Us

If you have questions about the Children and Youth & Engaging Men Program, you can email us or call 202-307-6026.