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 City of Kansas City in Missouri received a $575,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant award will allow the city, in partnership with the Rose Brooks Center, Kansas City Police Department, and Jackson County Prosecutors Office, to continue improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Specifically, the project will: 1) implement activities focused on victim safety and offender accountability; 2) participate in mandated OVW training and technical assistance; and 3) work toward sustaining the project activities beyond the grant period. Key components include enhancing the coordinated community response, continuing the use of lethality assessment and victim safety approaches, and improving service of protection orders on hard-to-reach offenders. The three-year project period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.

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 continuation award to continue improving the jurisdictions criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the project will: 1) implement activities focused on victim safety and offender accountability; 2) participate in mandated OVW training and technical assistance; and 3) work toward sustainability of project activities. Through this continuation grants to improve the criminal justice response project, the city of kansas city in missouri, in partnership with the rose brooks center, kansas city police department, and the jackson county prosecutors office, will implement a project addressing the following purpose areas: 1, 3, and 16. This project will address OVW priority area 2. Specific activities will include: 1) improving coordinated community response systems through the implementation of best practice interventions;2) continued use of lethality assessment program and blueprint for safety approaches and interventions; and 3) continued service of orders of protection on hard-to-serve offenders and using information about repeat offenders to inform individual and system advocacy that ensures victim safety and confidentiality.