The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the City of Greensboro, North Carolina under the Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Training for Law Enforcement (CFDA 16.058), also known as the Abby Honold Program. The grant will support efforts to improve law enforcement's response to allegations of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the City of Greensboro will partner...
The City of Austin Public Health department was awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement from the 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 funding will support the collaborative implementation of a firearm surrender protocol in cases of domestic violence in Austin/Travis County, Texas from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. The cooperative agreement will aid local...
The Travis County District Attorney's Office (TCDA), in partnership with Safe Alliance, received a $500,000 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). The grant will fund three key activities over a three-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027: 1) hiring a paralegal to support domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
The City of Austin was awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (CFDA 16.833) program. The goal of this 3-year grant is to help law enforcement and prosecutors in Austin address challenges associated with unresolved violent cold case crimes, particularly unsolved sexual assault cases, in order to reduce violent crime and increase public safety. Key objectives include investigating and...
This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women supports The Safe Alliance Facilities Holdings, doing business as The Safe Alliance, in Austin, Texas. The funding is provided through the Financial Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.063) and will be used to deliver flexible financial assistance to survivors of interpersonal violence. This assistance is intended to...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded The Safe Alliance $500,000 under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Safe Alliance will implement a project to provide school-based services for the prevention, intervention, and response to...
The Department of Justice's Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) awarded a $1,445,000 Project Grant to the City of Austin's public health department, Austin Public Health, to establish the Harvest Trauma Recovery Center (HTRC) in Austin, Texas. The HTRC provides comprehensive, trauma-informed services to support individuals, particularly marginalized minority populations, who have experienced violent crime in the Austin/Travis County area. Key services delivered through the...
The City of Austin was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will be used to launch the Austin Downtown Entertainment District Pilot Project, which aims to build trust in the police and gain legitimacy with the community. The project has two key components: 1) Training implementation and 2) Subaward issuance...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the City of Brighton, Colorado under the Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Training for Law Enforcement (CFDA 16.058). The purpose of this 3-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is to train law enforcement officers on the use of evidence-based, trauma-informed, and victim-centered investigative techniques for cases involving domestic violence,...
The City of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Training for Law Enforcement (CFDA 16.058). The purpose of this 3-year grant, from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is to train LAPD officers on evidence-based, trauma-informed, and victim-centered investigative techniques for cases involving domestic violence,...