The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office (CCSAO) in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of this 4-year project is to:
Increase public awareness, identification, and reporting of hate crimes, and
Enhance the CCSAO's ability to respond to hate crimes in a timely and informed...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs awarded a $1,125,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Attorney General's Office to implement the "Building Community Capacity to Report Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents" project under the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act (CFDA 16.048) federal grant program. The project aims to increase the identification and reporting of hate crimes and bias incidents in Washington state by partnering with...
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center received a $299,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) to provide Law Enforcement Action in Democracy (LEAD) training. The LEAD training program equips law enforcement officers with tools for balancing civil rights with societal protection, understanding abuses of authority, and responding effectively to hate crimes and bias incidents. The training...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act (CFDA 16.048) program, is providing a $594,000 Project Grant award to the Washington State Attorney General's Office to increase the identification and reporting of hate crimes and bias incidents in the state. The grant will fund the establishment of a statewide hate crimes and bias incidents hotline, which will be piloted in three jurisdictions starting in July 2025 and scaled statewide by July 2027. The...
The Information And Referral Federation Of LOS Angeles County (211 LA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime under the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act (CFDA 16.048) program. The purpose of this 3-year project is to provide comprehensive training and technical assistance (TTA) to hate crime hotline program grantees across the United States. Key activities include establishing a TTA...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $399,828 Project Grant to The Asian Roundtable of Colorado (ARC) to implement the "United Against Hate: Building a Comprehensive Response to Hate Crimes" initiative. This 3-year project under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) aims to expand ARC's existing Action Against Hate program and intensify support for Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities...
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) received a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The award will fund the "Enhancing Effective Law Enforcement Recognition, Response, and Investigation of Hate Crimes Project" from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.
The project aims to develop and...
This $908,415 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) supports a comprehensive multi-site evaluation of specialized law enforcement bias crime investigative units. The key activities include:
Conducting a survey to develop a taxonomy and classify different models of bias crime units based on their structures, practices, and intended outcomes.
Performing in-depth case studies...
The federal Project Grant award of $400,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) will fund "The No al Odio (No to Hate) Project" from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The project aims to empower and engage Hispanic communities in California to understand, report, and not perpetrate hate crimes, focusing on Los Angeles, Central Valley, and Imperial Valley counties. Key activities include...
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) received a $1.125 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act federal grant program. The three-year award will support CRD's implementation of the Earning Community Trust Project as part of California's statewide hate incident and crime reporting and resource line known as CA vs. Hate. Key deliverables include establishing...