This $5,620,611 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants (CFDA 16.588) program supports comprehensive efforts to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Chicago, Illinois. The grant period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026. The funding encourages partnerships between law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations to enhance victim...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to the County of Winnebago, Illinois. The grant project, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to expand and improve the county's capacity to effectively investigate and prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes. Key activities...
The Young Women's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago (YWCA) will receive $350,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant is part of 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). Under the award, the YWCA will implement a train-the-trainer program to incorporate education and training on...
The Chicago Childrens Advocacy Center (CACC) was awarded a $651,773 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will support CACC's efforts to co-locate criminal justice and survivor services from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. The OVW's Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and...
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority received a $5.1 million Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants (CFDA 16.588) program. The grant period is from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. Funds are subawarded to various organizations to support services for underserved victim groups, culturally specific programs, and multi-disciplinary team responses to sexual assault...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524), provides $750,000 to Legal Aid Chicago to deliver comprehensive legal representation and services to survivors of sexual violence in Cook County, Illinois over a 3-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The funding will enable Legal Aid Chicago, in partnership with Resilience, to address the priority area of...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,159,504 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) grant to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA). This two-year formula grant, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, is designed to support comprehensive services for sexual assault victims across Illinois. The grant funding will enable ICJIA to provide critical intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related assistance to...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a three-year, $962,613 Project Grant to the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will support the grantee's efforts to improve the jurisdiction's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key deliverables include implementing activities...
The National Center for Economics (dba Illinois Youth and Family Services) was 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), funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The 36-month grant will support comprehensive, community-based efforts in Joliet, Illinois to: 1) provide counseling, crisis...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $446,618 Project Grant to Family Resources, Inc., a non-profit organization in Iowa and Illinois, 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). The 36-month grant will fund a comprehensive community-based project to: 1) Develop prevention programs to help colleges meet Title IX...