This $3.5 million, two-year STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women supports law enforcement, prosecution, victim services and prevention activities to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking in New Jersey. Awarded on July 1, 2022 through the Violence Against Women Formula Grants (CFDA 16.588) program, key agencies and nonprofit service providers in multiple counties receive subawards to strengthen...
The County of Burlington, New Jersey will receive $750,000 through September 2026 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) titled "Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program" (CFDA 16.590). The grant funds will support the County's efforts to improve its criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $750,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (CFDA 16.524) grant to 180 Turning Lives Around, Inc., a non-profit organization in Hazlet, New Jersey. The grant funding will support the provision of comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Legal services to be provided include assistance with...
This 2021 Office on Violence Against Women STOP Formula Grant Program award from the Department of Justice provides $3,779,425 to the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety to support services for victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other violent crimes under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants (CFDA 16.588) program. The funding is administered through 26 sub-awards to organizations across New Jersey that will deliver direct services to victims,...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $562,656 Formula Grant to the State of New Jersey under the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) on November 1, 2021. The grant funding supports intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, and related support services for victims of sexual assault through July 31, 2022. As the designated awardee, the State of New Jersey's Executive Office of the State will deliver these services to...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs awarded a $330,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the Women's Rights Information Center (WRIC) in Englewood, New Jersey. The grant funding will enable WRIC to continue providing essential legal assistance to low-income victims of crime in Bergen County, with a focus on domestic violence survivors. Key services include legal representation and advice, facilitating temporary and final...
The New Jersey Association On Correction Inc. was awarded a $575,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to provide transitional housing assistance and related support services through the Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault program (CFDA 16.736). The three-year award, issued October 1, 2021 with a completion date of September 30, 2024, will support...
The Oklahoma City Family Justice Center, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The Family Justice Center will use the funding to implement a strategic plan focused on victim safety and offender accountability....
The City of New York, in partnership with Safe Horizon, received a $1,000,000 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 three-year project, implemented in Queens County, New York, aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Identifying high-risk domestic...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $499,998 Project Grant to the Unified Court System of New York State for the Rockland County Domestic Violence Hub Court program. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2021 under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) and will provide funding through September 30, 2025. The grant will support the Rockland County Domestic Violence Hub Court...