Cooperative Agreement 2013HIAXK003

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 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 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...

This Project Grant award of $1,422,943.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) will support the Journey Center for Safety and Healing, a non-profit organization in Cleveland, Ohio, in providing a range of housing and supportive services for survivors of domestic violence experiencing homelessness. Specific activities to be performed under this award include establishing and operating projects under three program...

The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center was awarded $500,000 under the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women's Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) Project Grant. The grant will support the Center's efforts to improve the criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Cleveland, Ohio through September 2026. Key deliverables include...

This federal Project Grant award of $349,556 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The grant will be used by the Battered Women's Shelter, a non-profit organization in Akron, Ohio, to enhance and expand access to culturally responsive prevention programming. The project...

The County of Summit, Ohio will receive $749,979 through September 2025 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant funds the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), which aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, Summit County will use the grant to continue improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice...

The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to deliver services under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funds will support the Center's efforts to identify, assess, and appropriately respond to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating...

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office (CCPO) was awarded $500,000 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance's DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to utilize forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) in investigating unsolved homicides from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, the CCPO will leverage its existing expertise in DNA analysis and FGG to identify which of the 282 DNA profiles in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) with no...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736) to Family & Community Services, Inc. (FCS) in Ravenna, Ohio. The grant will enable FCS to provide 17 communal site residences for 25 survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are homeless or in need of...