The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) a $500,000 Project Grant under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program (CFDA 16.035). Over three years, SDYS will provide prevention, early intervention, and support services to 90 girls experiencing homelessness who are at risk of or victims of sex trafficking in San Diego, California. Services will include case management, crisis intervention, expressive arts and prevention...
The Dakota Children's Advocacy Center will deliver comprehensive treatment services for children and families impacted by problematic or illegal sexual behavior through a $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543). The awardee will provide evidence-based treatments including Adolescent PSB-CBT-A, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral...
The Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) received a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). Over a 36-month project period, this grant will enable PADV, in partnership with the Family Wellness Center, to implement the First Decade program. The program...
This $1.475 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will fund the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services in Maryland to improve outcomes for child and youth victims of human trafficking through September 2025. Under the Domestic Trafficking Victim Program, the awardee will enhance training for the state's Regional Navigator Program, implement a child welfare response to labor trafficking, and develop a...
This $500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), will fund the implementation of the Youth Trafficking Program by Child & Family Services of Erie County (CFS). The program aims to provide direct services to meet the individualized needs of youth aged 11-24...
San Diego Youth Services will provide $800,000 in flexible short-term housing assistance and transitional housing services through September 2025 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). In partnership with the San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition and its 12 member organizations, S.D. Youth Services will deliver culturally appropriate housing, case management, and community...
Just Detention International (JDI), in partnership with The Love More Movement (LMM), will provide $749,999.83 in training and technical assistance services under a cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. The funding supports the Restoring Youth: Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors in Youth Detention project within the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). Specifically, JDI and LMM will build the capacity...
This $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in developing a pre-trial diversion program for youth with problematic sexual behaviors. Through this three-year award under the Missing Children's Assistance program, Mission Kids will train four therapists in cognitive behavioral therapy for problematic sexual behaviors and establish a...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) to provide a mentoring program called "Youth Averted from Delinquency (YAD)" to 90 juvenile justice system-engaged youth ages 10-17 in Kerr County, Texas over three years. The YAD program aims to improve outcomes for this population through evidence-based group mentoring,...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Victims of Crime division (CFDA 16.834 Domestic Trafficking Victim Program), will establish a comprehensive statewide response to address child and youth sex and labor trafficking in Illinois over a three-year period. The primary activities include developing a statewide strategic plan, protocols and procedures for stakeholder identification and service delivery, improving existing gaps in the...