Cooperative Agreement A22AC00087

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $700,000 Cooperative Agreement under its Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to Activating Change, Inc., a non-profit organization, for Years 1 and 2 of a 5-year project. Through this award, Activating Change will implement the Disability and Deaf Resource Center to provide training and technical assistance to increase awareness of the needs of survivors with disabilities and deaf survivors,...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) to implement the "Replicating the Cook County Expediter Model: A Pilot Project to Increase Safe Child-Related Relief in Civil Protection Orders (Safer Parenting Facilitation and CPOs Project)." This 36-month pilot project will support selected...

This $349,667 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). This 3-year project, beginning July 1, 2024, aims to examine the potential impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) integration in state court operations. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Mapping the state court workforce using a multi-team systems approach to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International. RTI will implement the "Self-Assessment Toolkit for Economic Empowerment Programs" project, which will create and pilot a self-assessment toolkit for victim service organizations that provide economic empowerment programming. The project includes three phases:...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 16.526 - OVW Technical Assistance Initiative) to Justice Innovation Inc. (doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation), a non-profit organization based in New York. Over a 36-month project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, this funding will support the Abusive Partner Accountability and Engagement Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) project....

Through the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524) administered by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ) was awarded a $600,000 project grant to provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to underserved, low-income survivors of sexual assault in Los Angeles County, California. Under this 2-year grant, LACLJ will partner with several local organizations to deliver a range of legal...

This cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime, under the Services for Victims of Trafficking (CFDA 16.320) federal grant program, provides $1 million to support technical assistance activities addressing the criminalization of minor sex trafficking victims. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges will deliver training and technical assistance to nine project sites from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Key...

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) received a $1,400,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). The 36-month project, titled "Ensuring Safety and Access in Virtual Civil Protection Order Processes," aims to improve survivors' safety and access in virtual civil protection order processes. NCSC will establish a learning collaborative to identify best...

The U.S. Department of Justice's 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 this 3-year award is to develop a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, trauma-informed, and culturally competent program to investigate and prosecute cases involving children and...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) under the OVW Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative (CFDA 16.526). This 2-year project will provide training and technical assistance on the Civil Protection Order (CPO) Guide and emerging issues related to the issuance, service, and enforcement of CPOs. NCJFCJ will develop trainings, host workshops and webinars, coordinate virtual learning...