This $600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA Program 16.021 - Justice Systems Response to Families) will support the County of Chatham, North Carolina in partnership with several local organizations, to implement a comprehensive program addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The key activities include: 1) Funding one 0.375 FTE visitation supervisor and one 0.25 FTE bilingual visitation...
Through a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and its project partners will implement a comprehensive program to serve families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Enhancing court collaboration and supervised visitation/safe exchange services through a dedicated court...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) will fund the following key activities in Buncombe County, North Carolina: Hiring a Trauma-Informed Legal Assistant within the Office of the District Attorney (40th Judicial District) to provide guidance, support, and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault who are witnesses in active...
The County of Alamance received a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will be used to enhance the county's criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the funding will support: 1) a criminal court advocate position with Family...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $4,394,541 Formula Grant to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety on July 1, 2021 through the Violence Against Women Formula Grants program (CFDA 16.588). The funding supports the development and strengthening of law enforcement, prosecution, and victim services strategies to combat violent crimes against women through June 30, 2023. Twenty-two sub-awards were provided to organizations...
The County of Buncombe, North Carolina was awarded a $462,354 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This three-year grant will support the Buncombe County Family Justice Center, a coordinated community response that aims to improve the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $599,991 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to The Mediation Center, a nonprofit organization in Asheville, North Carolina. This 3-year grant, running from October 2024 through September 2027, will fund the implementation of supervised visitation and safe exchange services, as well as the provision of civil legal assistance, for families affected by domestic violence,...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to The Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence - Sexual Assault Alliance Inc. under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). The grant will support the identification, assessment, and appropriate response to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in rural...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736) to Second Bloom of Chatham, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The grant will fund a project to provide scattered-site transitional housing and comprehensive support services for survivors of domestic...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $650,000 to the Unified Court System of New York State under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The funding supports the Justice for Families Project in Albany County, New York, which aims to improve the response of the justice system to families experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking....