Block Grant 2020WEAX0005

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the Monroe County District Attorney's Office and Willow Domestic Violence Center in New York. The funding will be used to: 1) Implement a Domestic Violence Response Team, 2) Hire a prosecution-based investigator to enhance the prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...

The City of New York, through its New York County District Attorney's Office, received a $483,520 Project Grant 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 funds a 3-year initiative to improve the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Manhattan, New York. Key project activities...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, in partnership with Coordinadora Paz Para Las Mujeres (CPM), in enhancing investigations and prosecutions of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases throughout Puerto Rico. Key activities include: 1) funding two...

This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) will support the New York State Unified Court System for the Monroe County Integrated Domestic Violence Court (IDVC) and DV Courts, along with partners Legal Aid Society of Rochester and Willow Domestic Violence Center. The project aims to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $374,836 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) project grant to State College Borough, Pennsylvania. Through this 3-year grant, State College Borough, in partnership with Centre Safe, the Centre County District Attorney's Office, and the Centre County Probation and Parole, will implement activities to: Centralize and coordinate the county's response to victims of...

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...

The City and County of San Francisco received a three-year, $1 million Project Grant 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 funds the San Francisco Domestic Violence Multi-Disciplinary Team, which aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. As the direct awardee, the City and County of...

The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Incorporated (NCCADV) was awarded a $580,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities grant program (CFDA 16.529). The goal of this 3-year project is to create sustainable changes that improve the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of...

This $500,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), will enable Advocates Against Family Violence Inc. (doing business as Hopes Door) to implement the "Strengthening Collaborative Response for Rural Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking" project in Canyon and Gem Counties, Idaho. The 36-month...

This $460,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the El Paso District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Center for Sexual Assault and Family Violence, to implement several initiatives in El Paso, Culberson, and Hudson Counties, Texas. Key activities include: 1) Creating a Domestic Violence Unit within the El Paso County...