This $500,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), supports the Stark County Prosecutor Attorney's initiative to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Stark County, Ohio. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant (10/1/2024 -...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Community Legal Aid Services I (doing business as Western Reserve Legal Services) under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA #16.021). The grant will support the Justice for Families Trumbull County Project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The Justice Systems Response to Families program aims to improve coordination between domestic...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $550,000 under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021) to the Journey Center For Safety And Healing in Cleveland, OH. The three-year project grant will support the Center's delivery of court-based and court-related programs, supervised visitation and safe exchange services, training for professionals working with families in the court system, and civil legal aid. As required...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $599,877 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to the Ohio CASA/GAL Association. The grant supports a continuation project spanning October 2024 to September 2027 that aims to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Ohio. Specifically, the grant funds will support: 1) a...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Lancaster County, Nebraska under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to improve Lancaster County's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the funding will support: 1) Enhancing the county's coordinated community response to...
The Family Justice Center of Erie County, Inc. was awarded a $520,740 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021). The grant will fund the Justice for Families Erie County Family Justice Center Court Advocacy Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The Court Advocacy Program will provide services to improve the response of the criminal and civil...
The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to improve the county's criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by implementing a coordinated community response. Key activities include: 1) developing an action plan to...
The County of Fairfax, Virginia received a $1,200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports the county's efforts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Continuing the...
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....
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $4,785,561 Formula Grant under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants (CFDA 16.588) program to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. The two-year award running from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023 will support specialized prosecution of violence against women cases and training for sexual assault nurse examiners and direct service professionals in Marion County, Ohio. Subawards of...