Block Grant 2019V3GX0075

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will receive $39.4 million under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to enhance crime victim services through September 2025. Funding is provided through the Crime Victim Assistance program (CFDA #16.575) to support eligible crime victim assistance programs that directly serve victims of crime. As the state administering agency, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will...

The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ) will receive $400,000 under a two-year Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to increase victim-centered services for underserved populations in Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, LACLJ will work to remove barriers to accessing crime victim assistance and legal services for populations facing challenges due to limited English proficiency, disabilities, immigration...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the Victim Rights Law Center Inc. under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) program (CFDA 16.524). The three-year award will fund the Victim Rights Law Center's provision of comprehensive direct legal services to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in matters relating to or arising from that abuse or violence....

This $800,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims program), will allow Colorado Legal Services (CLS) and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) to provide comprehensive legal services to human trafficking victims in Colorado. Services will include advocacy within the criminal justice system, civil litigation, immigration petition preparation, family reunification, protective order...

The La Center for Law & Justice was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Victims of Trafficking program (CFDA 16.320) to provide trauma-informed comprehensive legal services and case management for victims of human trafficking in East Los Angeles, California from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The overarching goal of the Services for Victims of Trafficking program is to develop, expand,...

The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.582 - Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants) to Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A. Through this 2-year grant, the organization will provide legal advice, representation, counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, and benefits support to approximately 50 survivors of domestic violence (including child abuse) and sexual assault per year throughout New York City, primarily...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to Florida Legal Services, Inc. The three-year project aims to provide victim-centered, trauma-informed, culturally, and linguistically appropriate civil legal assistance and wraparound services for limited English proficient (LEP) Haitian crime victims throughout Florida. The project will establish monthly office...

The Victim Rights Law Center Inc. was awarded a $799,997 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant falls under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524), which provides funding to increase access to comprehensive civil and criminal legal services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking for matters relating to or arising from the abuse suffered. Under this three-year...

This $19.9 million federal Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime funds victim assistance services in Louisiana through September 2025 under the Crime Victim Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #16.575). The primary grantee, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, will provide funding to over 60 sub-awardees statewide to deliver direct services to victims of crime, including counseling, advocacy, forensic interviews of child abuse...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $600,000 to Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) grant program (CFDA 16.524) to increase the availability of comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in matters relating to or arising from the abuse or violence. The 36-month project will implement, expand, and/or...