The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program supports comprehensive, community-based…

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant 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) to Oswego County Opportunities, Inc. The 36-month grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The grant will fund Oswego County Opportunities, Inc.'s "Safe Aid Families" project, which aims to: 1) Expand intervention, treatment, and response services for youth impacted by sex trafficking in Oswego County, NY; and 2) Create and implement sex trafficking prevention programming for youth in the service area. The project will collaborate with local partners including the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau, Oswego County Department of Social Services, and Child Advocacy Center of Oswego County to deliver these comprehensive, community-based services.

The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking, including support for their non-abusing parents, caregivers, and legal guardians. With this grant funding, oswego county opportunities, INC. Will implement safe aid families to address CY purpose area 2 by serving children and youth aged 11-24 in the service area of oswego county, NY. MOU partners on this project include the oswego city-county youth bureau, oswego county department of social services, oswego county district attorneys office, oswego county sheriffs department, child advocacy center of oswego county, and several local police departments and school districts. The project will: 1) expand available intervention, treatment, and response services for youth impacted by SEX trafficking; and 2) create and implement SEX trafficking prevention programming for youth in erie county. This project addresses OVW priority area 2. The project also addresses the program-specific priority against online harm and abuse by developing and delivering educational programming on technology-facilitated abuse. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.