Cooperative Agreement 72011220LA00001

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $1,007,407 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to strengthen regional capacities for coordinated interventions to respond, protect, and prevent human rights violations of environmental defenders in Colombia. This funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support the LGBTQ+ Legal Access Project. The two-year award, made on October 1, 2021 under OVW's Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), will provide critical legal resources to help communities forge partnerships to effectively respond to violent crimes against women. As the...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE), doing business as the American Bar Association, received a $987,654 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor on September 30, 2022. The grant-funded project aims to ensure fundamental freedoms by expanding and improving access to accountability and transparency (ATI) for affected individuals residing in Bahrain through August 31, 2024. This award is provided through the...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $987,654 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to provide protections against human rights violations for Malaysians and equip lawyers with skills and access to marginalized populations to effectively advocate for human rights. The grant was awarded on September 20, 2022 with a completion date of March 26, 2025 under the International Programs to Support Democracy,...

The American Jewish World Service Inc. will receive a $2.5 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor to strengthen organizational capacity, leadership, and impact for mid-sized autonomous intersex and transgender human rights organizations in the United States. The funding period is from August 26, 2022 to August 30, 2024. The award will support the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a two-year, $740,740 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The grant will support ABA FJE's work to promote religious freedom in Indonesia through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). Specifically, ABA FJE will work to better inform legal advocates and the public in Indonesia about...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Inc. (APA) under the Judicial Training on Child Maltreatment for Court Personnel Juvenile Justice Programs (CFDA 16.757). The purpose of the project is to develop a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, trauma-informed, and culturally competent guide to investigate and prosecute cases involving children victimized in out-of-home and custodial care...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will fund a $2,000,000 activity to improve equitable justice sector service delivery for women, youth, and marginalized groups in targeted communities in Nepal. The 5-year "USAID Community Justice Activity" aims to strengthen local judicial institutional capacity, justice sector coordination and...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a $987,654 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) to enhance the capacity of defenders and local communities to safely advocate for greater environmental protection at the national and regional levels in Uganda. The grant funding will support ABA FJE's work under DRL's International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345)...

The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC), operating as Arizona Corrections Support, was awarded a $129,616 Formula Grant under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) program by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant, effective from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will enable ACJC to establish and maintain a statewide student loan repayment assistance program for local, state, and federal public defenders as well as...