The grants for outreach and services to underserved populations (underserved program) was statutorily created in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 (vawa 2013) to develop and…

The Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, Inc. (JCADA) received a $599,997 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will support JCADA's "Jewish Community Connections: A Holistic Approach to Abuse Prevention" project. The project aims to provide culturally sensitive education, training, and intervention services to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within the Jewish community and other underserved populations in the Greater Washington, D.C. area. Key activities include offering training and technical assistance to Jewish clergy and community organizations, providing response and intervention services for identified victims, and implementing primary prevention strategies for youth and young adults.

The grants for outreach and services to underserved populations (underserved program) was statutorily created in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 (vawa 2013) to develop and implement outreach strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations, and to provide victim services to meet the needs of such populations. Grant funds may be used to: 1) work with federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, agencies, and organizations to develop or enhance population specific victim services; 2) strengthen the capacity of underserved populations to provide population specific victim services; 3) strengthen the capacity of traditional victim service providers to provide population specific victim services; 4) strengthen the effectiveness of criminal and civil justice interventions by providing training for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and other court personnel on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations; 5) work in cooperation with an underserved population to develop and implement outreach, education, prevention, and intervention strategies that highlight available resources and the specific issues faced by victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from underserved populations; or, 6) strengthen the response of social and human services by providing population-specific training for service providers on domestic violence, dating violence sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations. Eligible applicants are limited to: population specific organizations or victim service providers that are (1) deaf programs (2) lesbian, GAY, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations, (3) organizations serving underserved religious populations, (4) disability programs, or (5) organizations serving certain underserved racial and ethnic populations. The greater washington jewish coalition against domestic abuse, INC. (JCADA) will support survivors of intimate partner violence, provided through a holistic education, intervention, and prevention approach to engage the jewish community. JCADA will expand access to culturally sensitive services through population-specific outreach to the jewish community in greater washington through its continuing project, jewish community connections: a holistic approach to abuse prevention, in partnership with YAD yehuda of greater washington. More specifically, the proposed project will provide education to jewish communities, offer training and technical assistance to jewish clergy, provide training and technical assistance to jewish-identified youth- and adults-serving community organizations; provide response and intervention services where victimization has already been identified; and provide primary prevention strategies to youth and young adults ages 12-30.