This Project Grant award for $500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736) will enable Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC), a non-profit community development organization in Newark, New Jersey, to provide transitional housing and support services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $575,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Sanar Wellness Institute, a non-profit organization in Newark, New Jersey. The 3-year grant project will provide culturally specific mental health services, case advocacy, community healing supports, and wrap-around referral services to Hispanic/Latinx and Black survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to You Are More Than, Inc., a non-profit organization in Marlton, New Jersey. The three-year grant, which began on October 1, 2024, will support the organization's efforts to provide culturally relevant services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Black communities in...
This $400,000 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.016 - Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program) will enable Junta De Accion Puertorriquena, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization in East Brunswick, New Jersey, to provide culturally specific services for Latino survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and stalking in Middlesex County. The grant will support the delivery of the following...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 project grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Impact Community Outreach, Inc. and its partner Back to Basics Community Empowerment Center. The 3-year project aims to enhance culturally specific services for African American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the rural Mississippi Delta region. Funded activities include a...
The Violence Intervention Program, Inc., a non-profit organization in New York City, was awarded a $400,000 federal Project Grant under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. This three-year grant will enable the organization to provide comprehensive, culturally relevant services to Latinx and immigrant survivors...
The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $399,870 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Family Care Connection, a non-profit organization located in Dallas, Texas. The 3-year project will enhance culturally specific services for African American/Black victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the southern sectors of Dallas. Specific activities will include crisis counseling, therapy,...
The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $495,000 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) grant to Violence Intervention Program, Inc., a non-profit organization in New York City. Through this 4-year project grant, the organization will provide culturally specific, trauma-informed direct intervention and assistance to the Latino community in New York City. Services will include support groups, crisis management, advocacy, individual...
The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Trinity Healing Center Inc. (also known as The Healing Center) to enhance culturally specific services for Latinx survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Sunset Park community of Southwest Brooklyn. The 3-year grant project, which began on October 1, 2023, will provide services including...
The Violence Intervention Program, Inc. was awarded $300,000 under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) by the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The two-year project grant will support the maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in New York, NY....
The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) to provide culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Newark, NJ. The 3-year project will enhance traditional victim services through the leadership of ICC's culturally specific programs, focusing on the Black and Latino communities in the Ironbound section of Newark. Key services will include outreach, assessment, individualized plans, connection to therapy and mental health services, support groups, crisis counseling, case management, and referrals to wraparound supports such as job readiness, legal services, and housing assistance. The project will also work to develop culturally relevant education and prevention strategies within the community.