Project Grant 2020WEAX0011

The City of Northampton, MA was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant 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). This three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 will support the Domestic Violence High Risk Team initiative. The program aims to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence,...

The City of Lynchburg, Virginia received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant funding will enable the City of Lynchburg, in partnership with the YWCA of Central Virginia and Lynchburg Police Department, to implement the following key activities over the 3-year project period from Oct 2024 to Sep 2027: Utilize...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded $449,819 under the Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to Yale University on November 1, 2022 for a project ending October 31, 2024. The project aims to develop and pilot test a web-based single-session hope intervention for domestic violence survivors. The intervention targets survivors' sense of hope to increase self-worth, empowerment, and emotional well-being. Yale University will conduct process and efficacy evaluations of the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (CFDA 16.026) program provides $496,834 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop and pilot test a prevention approach tailored for sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) and their caregivers to address adolescent relationship abuse disparities. The project aims to co-design an intervention with SGDY, caregivers, and community leaders informed by theories...

The County of Westchester in New York received a $1,000,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to support the WESTCHESTER COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAM. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding supports the County's work under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This federal program aims to improve the criminal justice response to...

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 Richmond, Kentucky received a $338,089 continuation 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 will enable the city, in partnership with Hopes Wings, to continue improving the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Establishing a domestic violence...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Victims of Crime program (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $537,000 to the Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to enhance the capabilities of the Domestic Violence High Risk Team (DVHRT). The project aims to enable the DVHRT to review and manage a significantly greater number of high-risk domestic violence cases, ensuring timely and comprehensive support for individuals facing imminent...

This Project Grant award of $380,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.525 - Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus) will enable Juniata College, in collaboration with the Huntingdon House, the Abuse Network, Huntingdon Borough Police Department, and Huntingdon County Office of the District Attorney, to continue their efforts to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $500,000 to the Domestic Violence Network through 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) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under this Project Grant, the Domestic Violence Network will implement a comprehensive community-based project in...