Cooperative Agreement 2007FWAXK001

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $575,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to the Atlantic Street Center, a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington. Through this 3-year grant, Atlantic Street Center will provide culturally relevant services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking from Black/African American and other underserved racial/ethnic...

The Seattle City Attorney's Office, in partnership with the YWCA of Seattle, King, and Snohomish Counties, was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2027, aims to enhance the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence,...

This Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women $591,457 Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) federal grant award will support a 3-year project focused on improving the capacity of courts and communities in King County, Washington to respond to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse. Key project activities include: 1) developing parenting plans to increase safety for survivors and their children,...

This $548,341 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will enable the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) and Washington County Health & Human Services Department to establish a new co-responder team. The team, comprising a sheriff's deputy and a mental health clinician, will respond to mental health crisis calls in the community, providing...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the District Attorney of Tulsa County, Oklahoma a $773,746 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund a Domestic Violence Diversion Initiative to improve identification and treatment of domestic violence offenders with mental illnesses and substance use disorders in Tulsa County. Specifically, the grant will fund three...

The City of Seattle is receiving a $230,439 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) to support the launch of its Civilian Assisted Response & Engagement (CARE) pilot program in October 2023. The CARE program will dispatch diverse behavioral health professionals to respond to non-emergent 911 calls, with the goal of reducing the burden on law enforcement and providing trauma-informed crisis response. Key...

This $255,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) will fund the Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island to implement a Countywide Co-Responder Team (CRT) in partnership with the Providence Center behavioral health organization and Thundermist Health Center. The CRT model embeds a full-time behavioral health clinician to respond to calls with CIT-trained police officers...

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Consejo Counseling & Referral Inc., a nonprofit organization, a $400,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). The funding will support Consejo Counseling & Referral Inc.'s provision of culturally and linguistically tailored services to Hispanic/Latino victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in King County, Washington. Specific...

The City of Santa Monica, in partnership with Exodus Recovery, Inc., has received a $514,145 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The funding will be used to create a prosecutor-led, collaborative diversion court to connect justice-involved individuals in Santa Monica who have mental health and/or substance abuse disorders and are experiencing...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $963,000 to the King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) to support the hiring of term-limited mental health professionals (MHPs) for the KCSO Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and Co-Responder Program. The MHPs will serve as subject matter experts to assist KCSO in addressing mental health service needs for emergent and non-emergent calls...