The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid victims…

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524) to the Victim Rights Law Center Inc., a non-profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. This funding will enable the Victim Rights Law Center to provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking aged 11 and older in Oregon's tri-county region. The legal assistance will cover a range of matters, including family, housing, employment, immigration, and campus-related issues, as well as criminal justice proceedings that impact victim safety and privacy. Additionally, the project will develop a palm card to be distributed to survivors. This award is a continuation of the organization's previous LAV grant project.

The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid victims (ages 11 and older) of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. Legal assistance includes assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in: a) family, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing matters, campus administrative, or protection or stay away order proceedings, and other similar matters; b) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-trial matters (including sentencing, parole, and probation) that impact the victims safety and privacy; c) alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes intended to promote victim safety, privacy, and autonomy; and d) post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, tribal, or territorial court where the conviction of a victim is related to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or SEX trafficking. 34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(24)(c) and (d). Through this non-competitive continuation legal assistance for victims project, victim rights law center, will provide legal services in the areas of privacy, safety, housing, employment, immigration, financial, crime victims' rights and k-12/campus education matters to sexual assault survivors. This project will serve intimate and non-intimate partner sexual assault survivors ages 11+ in oregons TRI-county region (clackamas, multnomah and washington counties). The project will address the following priority area: increase legal services to victims of sexual assault. The following product will be developed during the project period: a palm card to be distributed survivors. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GG-00353-lega.