Voces Unidas For Justice received a three-year, $400,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047). The organization will leverage its expertise and community partnerships to address underreporting of hate crimes against underserved groups in Colorado Springs, Colorado through September 2025. Key deliverables include expanding an existing social media...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889) to Proyecto Matria, Inc., a Puerto Rico-based non-profit organization. The "Estamos Para Ti" (We Are for You) project aims to provide outpatient services to at least 10,000 victims of gender-based violence who face barriers due to sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or geographic...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $220,000 to Mas Voces Foundation, Inc. to implement the project "Fostering Social Change in Cuba: Increasing Secure Access to Resources for US Public Diplomacy Program Alumni and Independent Content Creators in Cuba, Phase II." The award, effective November 1, 2024 through November 1, 2026, supports activities that...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) 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) will support comprehensive, community-based efforts by Solo POR Hoy, a woman-owned non-profit organization in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over a 36-month period, the funding will enable Solo POR Hoy, in...
Through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), Caminar Latino Inc. has been awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to implement the Advocate Training Institute for Peace and Safety (ADVOCATE TIPS) project. Over 24 months, this project will provide training and technical assistance to culturally specific organizations across OVW grant programs to build their capacity for serving culturally diverse communities...
Through the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, Progreso Latino Inc. will implement the Ayudame Culturally Specific Services Program. This $400,000 project award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026, will provide culturally and linguistically tailored domestic violence services to the Latino population in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Key service components include...
Through a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women 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), Casa Juana Coln, Apoyo Y Orientacin a la Mujer, Inc. (CASA JUANA COLN) will serve children and youth ages 11-18 in Comero, Puerto Rico over a 36-month project period. The funding supports CASA JUANA COLN's...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $299,962 under the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) federal grant program to Voces Unidas For Justice. The three-year project grant will support culturally specific intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, and support services for victims of sexual assault from American Indian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Black, and Hispanic communities in Colorado Springs, Colorado...
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program to In Our Own Voices, Inc. (IOOV), a non-profit organization, for the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. Through this continuation grant, IOOV will partner with Centro Civico to provide outreach and direct services to Black and Latino/a LGBTQ+ victims of sexual...
Through the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, Latin Women In Action will provide $495,000 in culturally relevant services to Hispanic victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in the Chicago area over a 4-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. Key services include counseling, therapy, medical and legal advocacy, immigration assistance,...