Cooperative Agreement 2016HIAXK001

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 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...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $349,556 Project Grant 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) to the Hope And Healing Survivor Resource Center, doing business as the Battered Women's Shelter, in Akron, Ohio. This 36-month grant will fund the implementation of strategies to enhance access to culturally...

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...

This $500,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), supports the Stark County Prosecutor Attorney's initiative to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Stark County, Ohio. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant (10/1/2024 -...

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 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...

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court is the awardee of a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA # 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative). The grant supports the implementation of the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) Alliance in Cleveland, Ohio. The VIP Alliance is designed to prevent juvenile and young adult gun-related crimes from escalating into more serious offenses by implementing a pro-social,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to the County of Erie, New York, in partnership with Community Services for Every1. The grant aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Erie County. Key activities to be funded include: hiring and training a domestic...

The Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) received a $720,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women 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 fund a 3-year project, "Ohio COSTS of Violence," to strengthen partnerships between organizations serving survivors with disabilities and those addressing...