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The County of Summit, Ohio will receive $749,979 through September 2025 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant funds the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), which aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, Summit County will use the grant to continue improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice...

This $496,365 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women will fund the Judiciary Courts of the State of Colorado to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the grant awarded under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) will support activities focused on victim safety and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Transitional Housing Assistance Grant (CFDA 16.736) to the Battered Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina County, a non-profit organization located in Akron, Ohio. The grant will fund the provision of transitional housing and support services for up to 24 months to 10 survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and their families. The project will collaborate with two partners,...

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to improve the county's criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by implementing a coordinated community response. Key activities include: 1) developing an action plan to...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $700,000, 36-month Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County, Colorado. The grant will fund the "Prevent, Protect, Prevail" project, which aims to disrupt sexual assault in Eagle County through a multi-pronged approach: Prevention activities in schools, colleges, and the community to raise awareness and prevent sexual...

The Utah Domestic Violence Advisory Council, doing business as the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition (UDVAC), was awarded a $114,533 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions program (CFDA 16.556). This one-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, supports UDVAC's coordination of statewide victim services activities and collaboration with federal, state, and...

The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office received a $500,000 Project Grant (Award ID: 15JOVW24GG01509POLP) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant aims to enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies and the District Attorney's Office to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $750,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition (UDVAC) to implement the "Fostering Safety & Support: Empowering Indigenous, Plural Family, and Marginalized Communities through Strategic Partnerships, Improved Systems Responses, and Needs-Based Support" project. This 36-month project aims to: 1) provide training for...

The County of Boulder, Colorado will receive $499,998 from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) federal grant program. The Project Grant award will fund the Boulder County Domestic Violence Acute Response Team from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The Response Team will work to improve the criminal justice system's response to...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $750,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program grant (CFDA 16.589) to the Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation. This 36-month project, titled "Prevent, Protect, Prevail: A Multigenerational Approach to Disrupting Sexual Assault in Eagle County," will: Provide evidence-based sexual violence prevention education to at least 700 high school students annually and 150...