The grants to support families in the justice system program (referred to as the justice for families program) was authorized in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 to improve the…

The grants to support families in the justice system program (referred to as the justice for families program) was authorized in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. Projects supported by the justice for families program are those that focus on keeping victims and their children safe from further abuse and holding offenders accountable. Through this new justice for families project, contra costa family justice alliance, in partnership with victims empowerment support team, the superior court of california, solano county, court appointed special advocates of solano county, victor community support services, parent by choice, and empowered aging, will implement a standard project addressing the following purpose areas: 1) supervised visitation and safe exchange; and 3) training for court-based and court-related personnel in solano county, california. The project will address priority area 1: advance racial equity as a culturally-specific organization that specializes in serving survivors of interpersonal violence from bipoc and marginalized communities. Specific activities will include: 1) establishing the safe 4 all of US supervised visitation and exchange center at the solano county family justice center; 2) developing new training curricula for solano county court-based and court-related personnel about the dynamics of domestic violence; and 3) hiring a 1.0 FTE advocate to provide safety planning for victims of domestic violence at the supervised visitation center.