The County of White Pine in Ely, Nevada received a three-year Project Grant award of $499,999 from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant falls under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), which aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Under this continuation award, the County of White Pine will work...
The County of Douglas, Nevada received a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). The 36-month grant will fund a multi-disciplinary victim services project to enhance safety and provide comprehensive services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the rural Douglas County community. Key...
The Northern Nevada Legal Aid will use a $356,029 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program grant from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to provide services that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in rural Nevada communities. Specifically, the legal aid organization will implement projects from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 utilizing at least one of the following strategies:...
The Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the Nevada Coalition To End Domestic And Sexual Violence (NCEDSV) to enhance victim services and improve community coordination across 9 rural Nevada counties. The 36-month grant project will support expanded advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, and outreach services delivered by NCEDSV in partnership with 5 sub-awardees: Committee Against Domestic...
The Nevada Office of the Attorney General, in partnership with several local entities, received a $500,000 continuation award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This 3-year grant project will continue improving the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking throughout the state of Nevada. Key activities include: Increasing participation...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $350,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Crisis Intervention Services, doing business as Sierra Community House, to implement a 24-month victim services project in Nevada's Nevada County. Through this funding, Sierra Community House, in partnership with Gateway Mountain Center and Sierra Nevada Regional Department of Child Support Services,...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $300,000 to the University of Nevada, Reno through the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus program (CFDA 16.525) for the NEVADA CARES project from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The University of Nevada, Reno will develop and strengthen victim services and security and investigation strategies to combat sexual assault, domestic...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded Community Chest Inc. a $750,000 Project Grant under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA #16.589). The three-year award beginning October 1, 2022 will support Community Chest's delivery of services to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking in rural Virginia City, Nevada. Specifically, Community Chest will...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $636,815 under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA #16.589) to the County of Grant in Canyon City, Oregon. The three-year project grant funding beginning October 1, 2022 will support the County's efforts to identify, assess, and appropriately respond to child, youth, and adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,...
The Nevada Office of the Attorney General received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (CFDA 16.060). The 36-month award, effective October 1, 2024, will support efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals in Nevada. Key activities include: 1) providing training for state, tribal, and local law enforcement on...
The County of Elko, Nevada was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). The 36-month grant will enable the County of Elko and its partners - the Nevada Institute of Forensic Nursing, Elko County Sheriff's Office, Eureka County Sheriff's Office, Lander County Sheriff's Office, and White Pine County Sheriff's Office - to implement the FY24 OVW Rural Access project. Key activities include: 1) establishing clear communication between the counties to support sexual assault case investigations, county-specific needs, and data collection; 2) providing mobile forensic exams and interviews for cases in Eureka, Lander, and White Pine Counties; and 3) delivering sexual assault investigative training to all law enforcement entities in the four-county service area. This project aims to enhance the criminal justice response to sexual assault crimes and improve services for underserved, rural populations.