The Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance (CCFJA) was awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 - Children Exposed to Violence) to lead the Contra Costa Family Justice SKY (Supporting Kids and Youth) Initiative. This three-year project aims to build community and organizational capacity among a collaborative of partner agencies to increase equitable implementation of evidence-based practices...
The Stanislaus Family Justice Center Foundation received a $457,177 project grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to provide services and training to address children exposed to violence ages 0-10 in Stanislaus County, California. The grant funding will support comprehensive, community-based efforts through September 2024 under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $550,000 under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021) to the Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The funding supports court-based and court-related programs, supervised visitation and safe exchange, training for professionals working with families in the court system, civil legal...
The federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will fund the establishment of three Safe Family Justice Center locations in Indio, Riverside, and Temecula, California. The goal is to increase the availability and accessibility of essential services and assistance to at least 3,000 Latin-x victims and survivors of family violence, domestic violence, dating...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Community Solutions For Children, Families And Individuals $500,000 under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls federal grant program (CFDA 16.035) to provide prevention and early intervention services for female-identifying youth at risk of or experiencing commercial sexual exploitation in Santa Clara County, California from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the grantee will screen...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000, 36-month Project Grant through the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) to the North Coast Rape Crisis Team (NCRCT), a nonprofit organization in Arcata, California. The grant funding will support NCRCT's "Best Practices for Del Norte Survivors Project" in partnership with several local agencies, including the Crescent City Police...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $500,000 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 Monarch Services-Servicios Monarca, a non-profit organization in Santa Cruz County, California. The 36-month grant will fund a project to expand school-based prevention, intervention, and treatment services for...
The Community Collective for Youth and Family Resilience and Violence Prevention (CCYFR) project will deliver evidence-based interventions and programs to help families impacted by violence in Boulder and Broomfield counties, Colorado. Funded by a $900,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818), the University of Colorado will lead a...
The Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley will receive $550,000 from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families grant program (CFDA 16.021) to operate the Justice for Families Santa Clara County DV Court and Legal Advocacy Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The project aims to improve the response of the criminal and civil justice systems to families experiencing domestic violence by providing legal advocacy...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded the County of Ventura a $640,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards (CFDA #16.753) program. The grant funding will help establish a new Family Justice Center in the City of Oxnard, California, scheduled to open in 2024. The center will increase accessibility of victim services for the large, underserved population in the greater Oxnard Plains area by hiring bilingual staff and providing an...