Formula Grant U01CE002838

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $449,957 project grant to the University of Illinois under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026). The grant will support the development and evaluation of a gender-based violence capability within the university's existing student smartphone application. Through an iterative design process informed by trauma-informed principles and student input, the awardee will embed tools,...

The University of Pittsburgh is conducting a $496,834 federally funded project under the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women's (OVW) Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026). This 2-year Project Grant award aims to develop and pilot test a violence prevention intervention tailored for sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) and their caregivers. The project involves partnerships with several community organizations and will assess the feasibility,...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. 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), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded $449,819 under the Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to Yale University on November 1, 2022 for a project ending October 31, 2024. The project aims to develop and pilot test a web-based single-session hope intervention for domestic violence survivors. The intervention targets survivors' sense of hope to increase self-worth, empowerment, and emotional well-being. Yale University will conduct process and efficacy evaluations of the...

The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) received a $838,966 Project Grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant supports the development and feasibility testing of a community-based, peer advocacy intervention for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) whose partners are enrolled in abuser intervention programs. The key objectives are to: 1) develop the intervention...

The U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $1,345,684 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to the University of Colorado-Denver to determine the effects of alcohol use and sexual communication on intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) among sexual minority and heterosexual couples. The project aims to examine the proximal and temporal impacts of one's own and one's partner's acute alcohol use, as well as verbal and non-verbal...

This $350,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. 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). The funding will support the DC Coalition To End Sexual Violence in implementing the "Engaging Boys and Men in the Prevention of Technology Facilitated Abuse" program over a 36-month...

The Iowa State University received a $450,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to evaluate the initial effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of the Proactive relationship violence intervention program for men of color. Proactive was created through community-based participatory research as a culturally responsive adaptation of an existing cognitive behavioral relationship...

This Project Grant award of $395,656.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) was made under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026). The grant supports a study to comprehensively explore the strengths and challenges in implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to address sexual violence in carceral settings. The study, conducted by the Urban Institute, aims to elucidate PREA practices identified as most promising for...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560) provides $144,891 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to conduct a mixed-methods study examining the impact of a sexual health education program for justice-involved women and assessing the knowledge and potential biases of VCU medical students regarding sexual and reproductive healthcare for this population. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: 1) Measure the impact of the "Women...