The improving criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 10461-10465 and implemented through regulations at…

The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to Weave Inc., a non-profit organization based in Sacramento, California. Through this 4-year grant, Weave Inc. and its project partners, including local law enforcement agencies, will establish a Sacramento County Law Enforcement Survivor Response Collaborative to improve the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include evaluating evidence-based practices, providing trauma-informed victim services, facilitating internal referrals, developing resource materials, and delivering training for law enforcement. The grant aims to enhance victim safety, promote offender accountability, and foster collaboration between criminal justice agencies and community organizations.

The improving criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 10461-10465 and implemented through regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 90, subpart d. The program fosters victim safety and offender accountability in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by encouraging state, local, and tribal governments and courts to work collaboratively with community partners to identify problems and share ideas that will result in effectively responding to these crimes. An integral component of this program is the development, revitalization, or enhancement of a coordinated community response that brings together criminal justice agencies, victim services providers, and community-based organizations that respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The grantee, in collaboration with its project partners, will use this icjr award to improve their jurisdictions criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by implementing activities that focus on victim safety and offender accountability and create sustainable project activities. The project will: 1) identify a project coordinator to lead the project and any additional members of the coordinated community response team; 2) complete community assessments to inform the development of a strategic plan; 3) identify evidence-informed practices or tools that may be implemented at the agency and community level; 4) participate in mandated OVW training and technical assistance, including utilizing OVW culturally specific and underserved TTA providers. Through this new grants to improve the criminal justice response project, weave, INC., in partnership with the county of sacramento, sacramento county sheriffs office, sacramento police department, citrus heights police department, ELK grove police department, and folsom police department, will implement a project addressing purpose area 10. The project will be implemented in the greater sacramento metropolitan area. The project will address priority area 2. Specific activities will include: 1) establishing a sacramento county law enforcement survivor response collaborative, that will serve as the coordinated community response; 2) evaluating evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes used in other jurisdictions that can be adopted; 3) providing trauma-informed services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking ; 4) providing victims with internal referrals and access to weave, INC. Services including shelter, counseling, and legal assistance; 5) developing resource cards that have a comprehensive listing of weave, INC.s available services and how to access resources; and 6) developing and recording training content to be shared at briefings and longer trainings suitable for new officers and/or investigators to reinforce protocols, immediate access to information, and serve as a refresher.