The County of Suffolk District Attorney's Office was awarded 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). This grant will fund two key positions to enhance the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Suffolk County, New York. Specifically, the grant will support: 1) the...
The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, in partnership with Casa Myrna, received a $500,000 three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program). This grant supports two key activities: 1) hiring a data analyst to increase investigatory capacity and digital evidence processing, and 2) hiring a bilingual prosecution-based investigator to enhance the...
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, addresses several key purpose areas of the grant program, including identifying high-risk domestic violence cases, providing victim services and assistance with orders of...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, authorized under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), will support the Unified Court System of New York State in implementing a comprehensive project to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Erie County, New York. Key activities include: 1)...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to the Dutchess County Of Inc in Poughkeepsie, New York. The grant funding will be used to enhance the county's capacity to investigate and prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases. Key activities include hiring a senior assistant district attorney to...
The City of New York Office of the Queens Borough President received a three-year, $1 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This funding supports the Queens County Collaborative Domestic Violence Project, which aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Through September...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the County of Erie, New York under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Funding will support the BE SAFE initiative to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence in Buffalo and Erie County, New York. Through a $1,000,000...
This $700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.021 - Justice Systems Response to Families Program) will enable Oswego County Opportunities, Inc. and its collaborative partners to implement a comprehensive program to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Oswego County, New York. The key activities under this 3-year...
The City of New York Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice will receive $500,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This three-year award, effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025, will support the Firearms Technical Assistance Project in Brooklyn, New York to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence,...
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) will support the New York State Unified Court System for the Monroe County Integrated Domestic Violence Court (IDVC) and DV Courts, along with partners Legal Aid Society of Rochester and Willow Domestic Violence Center. The project aims to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families...