Cooperative Agreement 72052318CA00008

The Fundacion Patria Unida Fundacion Para La Conciencia Ciudadana will provide logistics support to the police in El Salvador to implement the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program. This $799,855 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement will support GREAT programming for at-risk youth in elementary and middle schools through February 2025. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the impact of transnational...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program), provides $800,000 to the American Bar Association (ABA) to standardize and strengthen the SVET (Victim Assistance Unit) in Guatemala. Key objectives include enhancing the SVET's capabilities in addressing sexual crimes, exploitation, and human trafficking through training, equipment, and coordination with local...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA program "National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants" (16.560) provides $180,000 in funding to Texas State University to conduct research to enhance forensic investigations and improve the ability to identify the geographic origin of unidentified human remains, with a focus on Latin American populations. The key products and services to be delivered under this...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) provides $110,998 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to assess key factors related to the solvability of missing persons cases. The study will utilize a mixed-methods approach, including secondary analysis of 1,500 police case files, interviews with 20 community stakeholders, and a national survey of 1,000 adults with missing person...

The Civil Society Anti-Impunity Initiative in El Salvador, funded through a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), intends to build accountability in El Salvador through civil society legal action, civic education, and strategic communications from September 9, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Cristosal, Inc. will deliver products and services...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1,283,590 to Friends of FAFG Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to strengthen investigation protocols, forensic capacity, interinstitutional collaboration, and civil society engagement with truth and justice mechanisms in Colombia addressing crimes of enforced disappearance from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding will...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $495,000 cooperative agreement to Fundación Imss, A.C. of Mexico under the Counter Narcotics program (CFDA 19.704) from April 7, 2022 to September 7, 2022. The award will support Fundación Imss, A.C.'s efforts to deliver substance use disorder training to strengthen the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social's capacity to address substance abuse issues in Mexico. As cooperative agreements involve substantial...

The federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.021 - Justice Systems Response to Families program) supports La Casa, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to implement a comprehensive project addressing the needs of families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities under the 3-year project include: 1) establishing a supervised visitation and safe...

The Texas Attorney General's Office received a $533,200 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to support the state's Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit. The grant will provide additional resources to effectively investigate unsolved homicides referred to the unit from agencies across Texas, leading to an increase in the capacity of local departments to solve and prosecute violent crimes. Since 2021, the Cold Case and...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded 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 Puerto Rico Department of Justice, in partnership with Coordinadora Paz para las Mujeres (CPM), in enhancing investigations and prosecutions of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking across Puerto Rico. Specific activities include: 1) funding two...