The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to Hope House, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Lee's Summit, Missouri. This 3-year grant will fund a comprehensive project to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Specifically, the...
The City of Kansas City in Missouri received a $575,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. 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 award will allow the city, in partnership with the Rose Brooks Center, Kansas City Police Department, and Jackson County Prosecutors Office, to continue improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice system response to domestic violence,...
The City of Blue Springs, Missouri was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the 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 award will support the city's efforts to improve its criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the city will implement victim safety and offender accountability activities,...
The City of Independence, Missouri, received a $500,000 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, awarded on October 1, 2024, aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the city. Key activities include: Supporting project staff and law enforcement through...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $250,344 Project Grant to the Cole County Prosecutors Office in Jefferson City, Missouri under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund two key activities: 1) hiring an attorney to prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases, and 2) hiring a...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $550,000 to Hope House, Inc. under the Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault (CFDA 16.736) federal grant program. The award will provide transitional housing and related support services from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in Lee's Summit,...
The City of Topeka Municipal Court in Kansas has been awarded a $488,045 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant (CFDA 16.590) from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant will fund a 4-year project (10/1/2023 - 9/30/2027) to improve the city's criminal justice system response to these crimes by implementing activities focused on victim safety and offender accountability. Key project...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) grant to the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This 3-year project grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024, will fund the following activities: Supporting a full-time Project Coordinator and contract Visitation Monitors to provide supervised visitation and safe exchanges for families affected by domestic...
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 Hope House, Inc. was awarded a $550,000 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) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant will support Hope House, Inc., located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, in providing civil legal representation and monitored supervised visits/exchanges to help improve the response of the justice system to...