The National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) was awarded a $400,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA #16.526) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Under this cooperative agreement, NCVLI will provide technical assistance resources to help communities forge partnerships across agencies and disciplines to effectively respond to violent...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on October 1, 2023 by the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will fund Activating Change, Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement the "Increasing Services for Victims of Crimes Committed by Personal Care Attendants" project. The project aims to increase options and access to services for victims with disabilities who have experienced...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded $700,000 under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA #16.526) federal grant program to Activating Change, Inc. to provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to OVW Disability Grant Program grantees from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. This new cooperative agreement award will support training initiatives, peer consultations, and targeted assistance allowing current and prospective OVW...
The Victim Rights Law Center Inc. was awarded a $799,997 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant falls under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524), which provides funding to increase access to comprehensive civil and criminal legal services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking for matters relating to or arising from the abuse suffered. Under this three-year...
The Disability Law Center of Virginia will provide $500,000 in training, consultation, and outreach services to end violence against women with disabilities through September 2024 under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The goal of the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities program (CFDA 16.529) is to create sustainable improvements in how organizations respond to...
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...
This $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative (CFDA 16.526) will fund a 24-month project to provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to OVW grantees of the Disabilities Grant Program. The project, led by the non-profit organization Activating Change, Inc., will orient new grantees, facilitate assessment and planning processes with continuation grantees,...
The Victim Rights Law Center Inc. was awarded a $350,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to conduct the CAMPUS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE CONDUCT PROJECT from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. Under this award, the Victim Rights Law Center will provide technical assistance to communities and conduct outreach through the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA #16.526). This federal grant program aims to...
The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Activating Change, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to relaunch the National Center for Reaching Victims (NRC). The overarching goal of the NRC is to transform victim services by providing culturally and linguistically specific, trauma-informed, and accessible services that identify, reach, and meet the needs of...
This $5 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will support the Crime Victims Advocacy Program, launched by Equal Justice Works. Over three years, the program will place 21 attorney fellows and 21 summer law student fellows with competitively selected legal services organizations across the U.S. The attorney fellows will expand the capacity of partner organizations to provide civil legal assistance to victims of crime in...