The improving criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. §§ 10461-10465 and implemented through regulations…

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Los Angeles City Hall Mayor's Office of Public Safety under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The four-year award beginning October 1, 2022 will support improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Key deliverables include identifying a project coordinator and coordinated community response team, completing community needs assessments, and creating and implementing a strategic plan focusing on victim safety and offender accountability. The City of Los Angeles will provide direct victim services through subawards to Casa De La Familia, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, the Center for the Pacific-Asian Family, and Peace Over Violence for their Domestic Abuse Response Team, Central Family Justice Center, and Sexual Assault Response Team programs. The funding will support sustainable and evidence-informed practices to develop a coordinated community response to these crimes.

The improving criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. §§ 10461-10465 and implemented through regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 90, subpart d. The program fosters victim safety and offender accountability in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by encouraging state, local, and tribal governments and courts to work collaboratively with community partners to identify problems and share ideas that will result in effectively responding to these crimes. An integral component of this program is the development, revitalization, or enhancement of a coordinated community response that brings together criminal justice agencies, victim services providers, and community-based organizations that respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The grantee, in collaboration with its project partners, will use this icjr award to improve their jurisdiction's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by implementing activities that focus on victim safety and offender accountability and create sustainable project activities. The project will: 1) identify a project coordinator to lead the project and any additional members of the coordinated community response team; 2) complete community assessments to inform the development of a strategic plan; 3) identify evidence-informed practices or tools that may be implemented at the agency and community level; 4) participate in mandated OVW training and technical assistance, including utilizing OVW culturally specific and underserved TTA providers; 5) create and submit, to OVW, a strategic plan outlining its community goals; and 6) implement the strategic plan.