Cooperative Agreement 2017TAAXK017

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $600,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (CFDA 16.524) grant to Enlace Comunitario, a non-profit organization in Central New Mexico. This 3-year project grant, effective from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, will enable Enlace Comunitario, in partnership with the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, to provide holistic, culturally-specific legal representation and other comprehensive services to Spanish-speaking...

Through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women's Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524), Saheli, Inc. (dba Asian Family Support Services of Austin) and its partner American Gateways will provide $750,000 in comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to Asian and immigrant survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Central Texas. The 3-year project, which began on October 1, 2023, will address priority...

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $575,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Sepa Mujer, Inc., a non-profit community development corporation serving the Hispanic/Latina immigrant population in Patchogue, New York. Through this 3-year grant, Sepa Mujer will provide culturally and linguistically specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,...

This $400,000 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524) will enable Esperanza United to establish a new legal assistance program. This initiative aims to increase the availability and accessibility of legal information, assistance, and representation for Latina survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in family court matters in...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $750,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant (CFDA 16.524) to the Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco, in partnership with Women Organized to Make Abuse Xistent (WOMAN, Inc.). This 3-year Project Grant will provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services for low-income Latinx survivors of domestic violence residing in San Francisco. The funding will support a holistic system of...

This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women is provided through the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524). The funding will support the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC), in partnership with Solace Sexual Assault Services, La Casa Inc., and Casa Fortaleza, to deliver legal representation, consultation, and advocacy services to immigrant domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in five...

This Project Grant award of $750,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Legal Assistance for Victims (CFDA 16.524) Grant Program will provide legal consultation and representation services for immigrant domestic violence survivors in North Texas, including Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Tarrant Counties. The funding will be used by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc. to address the priority area of advancing equity and...

The Family Violence Law Center was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Legal Assistance for Victims federal grant program (CFDA 16.524). The three-year award runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Through this funding, the Family Violence Law Center and three sub-awardees - Bay Area Women Against Rape, Alameda County Family Justice Center, Incorporated, and Centro Legal De La Raza Inc. -...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $1,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to American University's National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). This 3-year project will provide training and technical assistance to victim advocates, attorneys, law enforcement, prosecutors, law school clinics, state court judges and staff, and shelter/housing program staff on strengthening their knowledge and capacity to serve...

This $800,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women's Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) will fund the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center to provide legal representation, consultation and assistance to Latinx sexual assault survivors in King County, Washington from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The Center will use the funding to directly deliver sexually assault-specific legal services to support survivors in both...