Project Grant 15JOVW24GG01011RURA

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $700,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Safe Journeys, a non-profit organization and domestic shelter. The 36-month project, titled "Safe Journeys", will expand and enhance services and collaboration to respond to and prevent sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in LaSalle and Livingston Counties, Illinois. Key activities include:

1. Establishing a multidisciplinary Sexual Assault Response Team to address sexual assault, strangulation, and high-risk domestic violence cases; 2) Conducting systems assessments and developing policies/procedures related to responding to sexual assault, strangulation, and high-risk domestic violence; 3) Expanding training for criminal justice, court, victim service, and healthcare professionals; 4) Expanding victim services such as case management, therapy, and crisis response; 5) Establishing collaborative trauma-informed medical follow-up services; and 6) Providing funding to meet the transportation and housing needs of sexual assault survivors.