The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $493,287 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) project grant to the County of Lancaster Administration Building in Lancaster, South Carolina. The grant will fund two key activities over a 3-year project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027: Hiring a part-time investigator to assist with criminal investigations of domestic violence, dating...
The City of Omaha, Nebraska was awarded a $575,000 Project Grant 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 will be used by the City of Omaha, in partnership with the Women's Center for Advancement, Omaha Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Douglas County Attorney's Office, and the Nebraska Probation Office, to implement a coordinated...
The Rape/Domestic Abuse Program of North Platte, Inc. received a $747,980 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women's Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). This 36-month award supports the implementation of a multi-disciplinary team victim services project in Lincoln County, Nebraska. Key project activities include: Auditing law enforcement responses to domestic violence incidents...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,391,468 Violence Against Women Formula Grant to the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (also known as the Nebraska Crime Commission), a state government entity. This 2-year grant (7/1/2024 - 6/30/2026) aims to encourage partnerships between law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable in cases of domestic...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $550,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to the Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition (NDVSAC). Through this 24-month project, NDVSAC and its partner rural domestic violence/sexual assault programs will provide comprehensive victim services and training across all 86 federally-recognized fully rural counties in Nebraska. Key...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1.29 million Formula Grant to the Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement And Criminal Justice under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants (CFDA 16.588) program for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The grant funds law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women in Nebraska. As the state administering agency, the Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement...
The City of Lynchburg, Virginia was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. 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). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will be implemented in partnership with the YWCA of Central Virginia and Lynchburg Police Department over a three-year period through September 30, 2027. The key activities to be delivered under this grant...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $374,836 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) project grant to State College Borough, Pennsylvania. Through this 3-year grant, State College Borough, in partnership with Centre Safe, the Centre County District Attorney's Office, and the Centre County Probation and Parole, will implement activities to: Centralize and coordinate the county's response to victims of...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. 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), supports comprehensive efforts by the County of Fairfax, Virginia and its 14 local partners to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities funded through this 3-year grant include: continuing the Domestic...
This $1,000,000 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) will support improving criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Richmond, Virginia from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Department of Criminal Justice Services Virginia will use the funding...