Block Grant 2020UWAX0013

The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 project grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Impact Community Outreach, Inc. and its partner Back to Basics Community Empowerment Center. The 3-year project aims to enhance culturally specific services for African American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the rural Mississippi Delta region. Funded activities include a...

The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $399,870 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Family Care Connection, a non-profit organization located in Dallas, Texas. The 3-year project will enhance culturally specific services for African American/Black victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the southern sectors of Dallas. Specific activities will include crisis counseling, therapy,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Jadasa, a minority-owned non-profit organization in St. Louis, Missouri. Through this 3-year grant, Jadasa will implement a project to enhance traditional services for Black/African American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key services to be provided include African healing...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) project grant to Hope House Day Care Center, Inc. The grant will fund a 3-year project to provide culturally specific services and resources for African American/Black victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes in the Greater Memphis, Tennessee area. Key services to be delivered include individual...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $475,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to The Silent Task Force (TSTF), a Black American-owned non-profit organization located in Seattle, WA. Through this 3-year grant, TSTF will implement a project to provide culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Black/African American community in...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $575,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to the Atlantic Street Center, a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington. Through this 3-year grant, Atlantic Street Center will provide culturally relevant services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking from Black/African American and other underserved racial/ethnic...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Carter's Compassionate Transitional & Supportive Housing (DBA Hagar's House) to provide culturally specific services to Black/African American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area. The 3-year project will implement the following activities: 1)...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $475,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, Inc. The three-year grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will enable the non-profit organization to implement a project addressing the needs of African immigrant communities in New York City. Key activities include: 1) crisis intervention, 2) case...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Jenesse Center, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit domestic violence organization in Los Angeles, CA. Through this 3-year project grant, Jenesse Center will provide culturally relevant emergency shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, and prevention services to African American/Black victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $382,500 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) grant to We All Rise African American Resource Center Inc., a non-profit organization in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will enable the organization to establish, maintain, and expand culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault within the African American community. Services...