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 a collaborative initiative led by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) in Georgia. The project aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by developing a model...
This $700,000 Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2023 by 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 a comprehensive initiative in DeKalb County, Georgia led by Women Moving On Inc. to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Providing a full-time legal advocate...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA #16.589 - Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program) will support the Family Crisis Center of Walker, Dade, Catoosa, and Chattooga Counties, Inc. in Georgia over a 36-month period starting in October 2024. The project aims to: 1) build organizational capacity for evidence-based, trauma-informed victim services; 2) provide community...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the County Of Fulton in Atlanta, GA to support criminal justice reform efforts under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The four-year grant, issued October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025, will fund the County's delivery of services to improve outcomes for victims of domestic violence. Specifically, the...
The Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorneys Office, in partnership with Haven House and Crisis Line & Safe House, received a $500,000 Project Grant from the 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 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support efforts to improve the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $494,852 cooperative agreement to the Georgia Department of Community Supervision under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The three-year award beginning July 1, 2022 will support the Georgia Department of Community Supervision in delivering the Domestic Violence Firearms Lethality Alert Georgia project. This project aims to improve...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Financial Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking program (CFDA 16.063) to the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. (GCADV). This two-year grant, effective from February 1, 2025, to January 31, 2027, will enable GCADV to provide flexible financial assistance to survivors of interpersonal violence in Georgia. The...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women provides funding through the Violence Against Women Formula Grants program (CFDA 16.588) to support comprehensive efforts to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This $5,012,337 formula grant award to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in Georgia supports a range of initiatives, including: Developing and strengthening law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to address violent...
The Family Violence Center, Inc. dba Harmony House received a $723,865 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The grant, awarded under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), supports a 3-year project to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Springfield, Missouri and surrounding areas. Key project activities...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $599,388 Transitional Housing Assistance Grant (CFDA 16.736) to the Georgia Mountain Women's Center, Inc. (doing business as Circle of Hope), a non-profit organization located in Cornelia, Georgia. This 3-year grant project will provide transitional housing and comprehensive support services to up to 15 survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are homeless or in need of housing...