The training and services to end violence against women with disabilities grant program (disability grant program) is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20122

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to Disability Rights Maine under the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities grant program (CFDA 16.529). The award will support a multidisciplinary collaborative team including at least one victim service provider and one nonprofit serving individuals with disabilities through September 2025.

Key deliverables include establishing and strengthening relationships between victim service organizations and disability service providers, increasing organizational capacity to provide accessible victim services to individuals with disabilities, and developing a plan to address needs within the service area. Funding will be used to create sustainable improvements in responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victims with disabilities, as well as holding perpetrators accountable.

The goal of the disability grant program is to create sustainable change within and between organizations that improves the response to individuals with disabilities and deaf individuals who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to hold perpetrators of such crimes accountable. Disability grant program funds are used to establish and strengthen multidisciplinary collaborative relationships; increase organizational capacity to provide accessible, safe, and effective services to individuals with disabilities and deaf individuals who are victims of violence and abuse; and identify needs within the grantee's organization and/or service area and develop a plan to address those identified needs that builds a strong foundation for future work. Funds must be used to support a multidisciplinary collaborative team that includes at least one victim service provider or tribal organization serving victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and at least one nonprofit, nongovernmental organization or tribal organization serving individuals with disabilities and/or deaf individuals.