Project Grant 15JOVW21GG01011TRIB

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $610,000 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024) grant to Sexual Assault Services of Northwest New Mexico, Inc. (SASNWNM). This 3-year project grant will enable SASNWNM to expand its existing sexual assault services in McKinley County, New Mexico. Specifically, the funding will allow SASNWNM to hire a third victim advocate to increase access to 24/7 crisis intervention, advocacy, information, and referrals...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $950,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program grant to the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. (NMCSAP). Over 36 months, NMCSAP will implement a sexual assault victim services project across several rural counties in New Mexico. Key activities include: Facilitating sexual assault response teams to enhance services for child, youth, and adult...

This $700,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women will allow Sexual Assault Services of Northwest New Mexico (SASNWNM) to establish a community-based Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program in McKinley County, New Mexico. The 36-month project will fund the hiring of a program coordinator, lead nurse, and 3-4 on-call SANE nurses to provide...

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Tri-County Family Justice Center of Northeast New Mexico Inc. a $616,950 Project Grant under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). The 36-month award will support a victim services project for the rural New Mexico counties of Guadalupe, San Miguel, and Mora. Key activities include: 1) providing counseling, advocacy, and culturally sensitive services to victims of domestic...

The First Nations Community Healthsource (FNCH) in Albuquerque, New Mexico will use $475,000 from a Fiscal Year 2023 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to continue operating the Education and Advocacy Against Sex Trafficking project through September 2025. Under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841), FNCH will employ three full-time case managers to provide case management, financial assistance,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Valencia Shelter Services (VSS) in Los Lunas, New Mexico. The 36-month project, starting on October 1, 2024, will implement direct services and outreach to survivors of sexual and domestic violence in the rural counties of Catron, Torrance, Socorro, and Valencia, including the Laguna and...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $500,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Community Against Violence, Inc. (CAV), a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned non-profit organization based in Taos, New Mexico. The 36-month project will support CAV's efforts to: 1) deliver direct victim services including advocacy, emergency shelter, counseling, legal...

This $610,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024) supports the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) in Tuba City, Arizona. The funding will enable TCRHCC to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services for adult, youth, and child victims within the local Native American communities over a three-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30,...

The Phoenix House, Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Resource Center, in partnership with local law enforcement agencies, received a $750,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. This 36-month project will implement a victim services initiative in Lea County, New Mexico, including: 1) maintaining a community forensic nursing unit to provide services to...

This $700,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) will fund the "Enlightening Native Daughters Sexual Assault (END-SA)" project led by Lumbee Land Development, Inc. in partnership with several local organizations. The project aims to: 1) provide education and outreach on sexual assault to 20,000 tribal members; 2)...