Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice received a $2,474,419 Violence Against Women (VAW) Formula Grant (CFDA 16.588) from the Office on Violence Against Women, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. This STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program supports multidisciplinary partnerships among law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations to develop and strengthen comprehensive responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The funding enables the state to enhance victim safety, hold offenders accountable, and expand community-based and culturally specific victim services across Louisiana.

The grant supports a network of sub-awardees delivering specialized victim services and training initiatives throughout the state. Sub-awardees include the Louisiana Supreme Court, which operates the Protective Order Registry and provides statewide domestic violence network training; the Louisiana Department of Justice, which delivers specialized law enforcement training on domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking response; and multiple community-based victim service organizations. Service providers such as STAR Center, The Wellspring Alliance for Families, Hearts of Hope, and Metanoia, Inc. deliver crisis intervention, counseling, residential shelter, advocacy, and support services to sexual assault survivors, domestic violence victims, and human trafficking survivors. Additional sub-awardees include the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, providing domestic violence and sexual assault services to tribal members.