This $700,000 continuation grant awarded 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 enable Hope House, Inc., a nonprofit domestic violence organization based in Lee's Summit, Missouri, to provide the following key services:
- Supervised visitation and safe exchange services through 0.75 FTE program coordinator and 1.0 FTE contract visitation supervisors.
- Civil legal assistance via a contract attorney.
- Case management and legal services coordination through a 0.45 FTE legal advocate.
- A compliance docket for active orders of protection where respondents were ordered to attend abuser intervention programming.
This 3-year continuation project builds on Hope House's previous grant award under the same program to address the needs of families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The funded activities aim to improve the justice system's response and keep victims and their children safe while holding offenders accountable.
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