The stop (services, training, officers, prosecutors) violence against women formula grant program (stop formula grant program) was authorized by the violence against women act (vawa) of 1994 and…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $618,560 under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants program (CFDA 16.588) to the Criminal Justice Planning Agency in the Northern Mariana Islands for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. This formula grant aims to develop and strengthen law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to combat violent crimes against women through partnerships between law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations.

Key services delivered through this funding and its five sub-awards include victim advocacy and emergency shelter services provided by Karidat Social Services; data collection and training activities to improve the response to domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse of minors, and stalking cases by the Department of Public Safety's Family Violence Task Force; prosecution of domestic violence and sexual assault offenders and victim assistance services through the Office of the Attorney General's Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit; and support for a paralegal to manage domestic violence and sexual assault cases in the OAG's Criminal Division.

The stop (services, training, officers, prosecutors) violence against women formula grant program (stop formula grant program) was authorized by the violence against women act (vawa) of 1994 and reauthorized by subsequent legislation. The stop formula grant program encourages partnerships between law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The goal of the grant program is to develop and strengthen law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to combat violent crimes against women and to develop and strengthen victim services, including community-based, culturally specific services, in cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.