Block Grant 2020WEAX0017

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 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $500,000 to the City of Columbus, Ohio under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) cooperative agreement for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. The City of Columbus will partner with the Center for Family Safety and Healing and the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital to reduce domestic violence involving firearms through a Domestic...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded $600,000 to the County of Cuyahoga under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This three-year project grant supports the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court in partnership with the Journey Center for Safety and Healing and the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland to enhance the county's civil and criminal justice response to...

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...

The Onondaga County Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women provides $750,000 to support services addressing domestic violence. Funded under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), the award runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The Unified Court System of New York State, through its Grants and Contracts...

The County of Cobb, Georgia was awarded a $969,380 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 funding will support Cobb County's efforts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the grant will...

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded a $439,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards (CFDA 16.753) program to the Journey Center for Safety and Healing, a non-profit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant will fund increased staff capacity and advocacy efforts to enhance support for domestic violence victims and survivors in Cuyahoga County. Key activities include providing professional trainings, outreach, and referrals to organizations that interface with...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $599,877 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to the Ohio CASA/GAL Association. The grant supports a continuation project spanning October 2024 to September 2027 that aims to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Ohio. Specifically, the grant funds will support: 1) a...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by 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) supports the Bronx District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Urban Resource Institute, to implement a comprehensive program in Bronx County, New York. The key activities funded under this award include: 1) hiring a High-Risk Case Coordinator to develop intelligence-driven...

The County of Anoka, in partnership with Alexandra House, received a $500,000 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). This three-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Anoka County, Minnesota. The key...