The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office (Suffolk County D A) received a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports two key activities: 1) hiring a data analyst to enhance the office's capacity to investigate domestic violence, dating...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) supports the Bronx District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Urban Resource Institute, to implement a comprehensive program in Bronx County, New York. The key activities funded under this award include: 1) hiring a High-Risk Case Coordinator to develop intelligence-driven...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the Monroe County District Attorney's Office and Willow Domestic Violence Center in New York. The funding will be used to: 1) Implement a Domestic Violence Response Team, 2) Hire a prosecution-based investigator to enhance the prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
This federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office, in partnership with Family Services, to enhance the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Dutchess County, New York. Key activities include hiring a senior...
The City of New York, through its New York County District Attorney's Office, received a $483,520 Project Grant 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 funds a 3-year initiative to improve the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Manhattan, New York. Key project activities...
The City of New York was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Queens County, New York. Key activities include: 1) identifying high-risk domestic violence cases and coordinating victim...
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) will support the New York State Unified Court System for the Monroe County Integrated Domestic Violence Court (IDVC) and DV Courts, along with partners Legal Aid Society of Rochester and Willow Domestic Violence Center. The project aims to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) to the Imperial County District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Woman Haven Center for Family Solutions, will enhance the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Imperial County, California. Specific activities...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, in partnership with Coordinadora Paz Para Las Mujeres (CPM), in enhancing investigations and prosecutions of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases throughout Puerto Rico. Key activities include: 1) funding two...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524) will enable Retreat Inc., a domestic violence organization in East Hampton, NY, to provide comprehensive legal services and advocacy to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Eastern Suffolk County, NY. Through this 3-year continuation project, Retreat Inc. will...