Creating safer communities for youth

Ambassadors For Christ Youth Ministries (AFC Pine Bluff) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant was awarded under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) on October 1, 2021 for a period ending September 30, 2024.

Under this award, AFC Pine Bluff will deliver comprehensive, community-based efforts in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to develop prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies addressing the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence and dating violence. The grant funding will support AFC Pine Bluff's work to expand its programs and services for this vulnerable population as outlined under the goals of the Department of Justice's Consolidated Youth Program.