The Asiyah Women's Center (AWC) received a $599,998 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will enable AWC to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeting adult and youth survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program will provide $600,000 over 3 years to Turning Point For Women & Families, a nonprofit organization in New York. The funding will enable the organization to maintain and enhance its culturally specific domestic violence services, ensuring that Muslim women in New York City, an underserved population, receive...
This Project Grant award, valued at $597,742, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The grant aims to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeted at 300 Muslim victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Key project activities include: Customizing and delivering...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the Arab American Family Support Center Inc. under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889). The three-year award running from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 will support the Center's efforts to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeted at underserved adult or youth populations impacted...
This Project Grant award, valued at $600,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The three-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, supports Rahama Inc.'s efforts to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeting adult and youth survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within underserved...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) to the New York Asian Women's Center dba Womankind. This 3-year grant project, with a start date of October 1, 2024, will allow Womankind to implement a range of culturally and linguistically tailored services for Asian American survivors...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $598,517 Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program to the Peaceful Families Project Inc. in Philadelphia, PA. The three-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will support the organization's efforts to strengthen the capacity of traditional victim service providers and underserved Muslim populations in Pennsylvania to provide...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to the Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, Inc. The 36-month grant, effective October 1, 2024, will support a comprehensive community-based initiative to address the needs of youth aged 12-21 from immigrant communities...
This $199,998 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program) will enable Wafa House Inc., a non-profit organization in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, to provide comprehensive support services to victims of crime, particularly those affected by domestic violence in the Muslim, Arab, Hispanic/Latinx, and South Asian immigrant communities of Northern New Jersey. The funding will support the delivery of...
The Women For Afghan Women Inc. will provide $1.2 million in culturally specific support services to Afghan evacuees in the New York and Washington D.C. metropolitan areas under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The grant funding will support services aligned with objectives of the Administration for Children and Families' Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576),...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program to Women For Afghan Women Inc. (WAW) in partnership with Connect NYC. The award supports efforts to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeted at adult and youth Muslim survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in New York. Key activities include:
Providing case management for 150 survivors, financial assistance for 21 survivors, and phone/email support for 50 survivors. Developing and implementing monthly support groups, empowerment education programming for 300 survivors, 15 women's circle sessions, and 6 leadership/youth classes focused on domestic and sexual violence. Facilitating training for 3 mosques and local imams, hosting 2 annual family night events, conducting ongoing outreach with mosques, providing 1 training for police, and presenting annually at 2 police precincts. This project will exclusively serve Muslim survivors of the specified forms of violence and abuse.