HHS/OWH Funds $2 million in FGC Community-Based Grants

The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) is pleased to announce a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Community-Centered Health Care and Prevention Projects. This national initiative (Funding Opportunity Number – WH-AST-16-002) will award a total of $2 million in grants for as many as 6 organizations for a 3-year period. Grantees will be expected to:

1) address gaps in the provision of FGC-related health care services for women living in the U.S who have experienced FGC; or 

2) to help prevent U.S. girls at risk for undergoing this practice from being cut, either in this country or abroad; or 

3) to focus on both populations. We encourage applications from U.S. communities affected by FGC and from organizations who have established trust-based relationships with communities affected by FGC.

The closing date for applications is April 15, 2016, and selections will be made/or work to begin in FY 2016. For more information, visit the website.