The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid adult and…

The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid adult and youth (ages 11 to 24) victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. Legal assistance is assistance in: a) divorce, parental rights, child support, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing, campus, education, healthcare, privacy, contract, consumer, civil rights, protection or other injunctive proceedings, related enforcement proceedings, and other similar matters; b) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-conviction matters (including sentencing, parole, and probation) that impact the victims safety, privacy, or other interests as a victim; c) alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes intended to promote victim safety, privacy, and autonomy, and offender accountability, regardless of court involvement; or d) post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, tribal, or territorial court with respect to a conviction of a victim relating to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or SEX trafficking victimization of the victim. Through this continuation legal assistance for victims project, center for community solutions, in partnership with casa cornelia law center and the SAN diego county's district attorney's office, will provide legal services in nine areas of law (safety, immigration, employment, housing, education, privacy, child custody and support, consumer finance/credit restoration, and victims' bill of rights/marsys law) to victims of sexual assault, stalking, domestic violence, and dating violence in SAN diego county, california. The project will address priority area 2: increasing legal services to victims of sexual assault, with legal services for victims of non-intimate partner sexual assault comprising at least 80% of funded activities. The following product will be developed during the project period: a sexual assault-specific publication (english/spanish) addressing identified legal needs based on victim and community input.