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 Law Enforcement Planning Commission of the U.S. Virgin Islands received a $638,046 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants program (CFDA 16.588). The two-year grant will support the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, which aims to develop and strengthen law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to combat violent crimes against women. It will also fund victim services including community-based, culturally specific services for cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The goal is to enhance victim safety, hold offenders accountable, and develop effective partnerships between law enforcement, prosecution, courts and victim services organizations. The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023.

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.