This Cooperative Agreement award of $153,800 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Housing Assistance Program (CFDA 14.401) provides funding to the West Virginia Human Rights Commission, a state government entity, for fair housing training activities. The purpose of the award is to ensure that all staff responsible for administering and enforcing the state's fair housing law have the necessary knowledge to investigate and address housing discrimination cases...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Taller Salud Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned nonprofit organization in Puerto Rico. Through this 3-year project grant, Taller Salud will implement the "Tu Paz Cuenta (Your Peace Matters)" program to provide culturally specific services and resources addressing domestic violence, dating...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). The award will fund TLPI to provide training and technical assistance to tribal governments, justice systems, and potential grantees on the challenges and gaps encountered in planning, implementing, and exercising Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over non-Indians. Key activities...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a 36-month, $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Futures Without Violence to implement the Advancing Safety Through Employment Rights Advocacy Project. This project will build the capacity of OVW-funded attorneys and advocates, particularly those serving Black, Latina, Indigenous, disabled, Deaf, and LGBTQIA+ survivors, to assist survivors in accessing and utilizing their employment protections. Under this award, Futures...
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) for a 36-month project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. Through this award, TLPI will partner with the Native Alliance Against Violence, American Bar Association, Tribal Judicial Institute, and the National American Indian Court Judges Association to promote effective collaboration among...
This $100,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program, will fund a comprehensive set of fair housing enforcement, education, and outreach activities by the Housing Research & Advocacy Center, doing business as the Fair Housing Center For Rights & Research, a non-profit organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. The key services to be delivered include: referring...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), will support the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College (NCJTC) and its partner, the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), in providing training and technical assistance (TTA) to tribal law enforcement agencies responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
This Project Grant award of $402,357.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Staff Training Program (CFDA 84.103). The funding supports the Council for Opportunity in Education, a non-profit organization, in delivering priority training to staff and leadership personnel involved in Federal TRIO Programs. The training focuses on key areas such as assessment of student needs, retention and graduation strategies, and the use of...
The Project Grant award of $450,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016), will support Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio, Inc. (CLUES) in delivering culturally relevant services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. The project will focus on 1) crisis intervention, 2) advocacy and...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives program (CFDA 14.417) to Citizen Action Of New Jersey. The award, dated Sep 1, 2023, will fund the organization's fair housing education and enforcement activities through Aug 31, 2024. Key activities include investigating housing discrimination complaints, conducting fair housing testing and compliance audits, providing counseling and legal assistance to...