Project Grant 2020VTBX0106

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on October 1, 2023 by the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will fund Activating Change, Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement the "Increasing Services for Victims of Crimes Committed by Personal Care Attendants" project. The project aims to increase options and access to services for victims with disabilities who have experienced...

This $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will support implementation of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences (IMPROVE) platform nationwide. Funded under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582), key objectives include bringing awareness of IMPROVE to victim service providers (VSPs), distributing and sustaining the free-to-use platform, and collecting and analyzing...

The National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) received a $500,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). The grant will fund a project titled "Enhancing Legal Services for Persons with Disabilities Victimized by Crime" to increase the number of attorneys prepared to provide trauma-informed legal advocacy and rights enforcement for crime victims with...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime awarded a 3-year, $440,000 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Engaging Minds Services, Inc. The funding will support the provision of trauma-informed, victim-centered, and evidence-based services to victims of labor and sex trafficking in Horry and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina. Engaging Minds Services will partner with the Interagency Human Trafficking Task Force to maintain a network...

The HR Recovery Initiative will receive $439,893 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to expand services for victims of human trafficking under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). Located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, HR Recovery will utilize a collective impact approach to deliver increased outreach, case management, mental health services, and specialized programming to serve victims in both urban...

Life-Link Inc. received a three-year, $950,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The funding will support Life-Link's expansion of outreach and trauma-informed services to victims of labor trafficking in industries such as oil, gas, mining, and agriculture throughout New Mexico. Leveraging its expertise, Life-Link will develop, strengthen, and expand victim service...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 - Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants) provides $500,000 in funding to Florida Legal Services, Inc. to deliver 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 three-year project aims to enhance legal aid, help victims...

This $750,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.524), supports Caring Unlimited Corporation, a non-profit organization in Sanford, Maine, in providing comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in York County. Through this 3-year continuation project, Caring Unlimited and its partner, the Volunteer Lawyers...

Metropolitan Family Services will receive $375,000 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 to support the ENHANCED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS (E-MDTS) FOR OLDER VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE project. The project aims to deliver enhanced multi-disciplinary teams to provide services for older victims of financial exploitation and...

This $650,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582), will fund an implementation and outcome evaluation of the VictimConnect resource center. VictimConnect, which receives funding from the Office for Victims of Crime, is a national referral helpline for crime victims accessible through softphone, chat, text, and website resources. The Urban Institute...