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...
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...
The Travis County District Attorney's Office (TCDA), in partnership with Safe Alliance, received a $500,000 Project Grant award 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 will fund three key activities over a three-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027: 1) hiring a paralegal to support domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
The federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.021 - Justice Systems Response to Families program) supports La Casa, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to implement a comprehensive project addressing the needs of families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities under the 3-year project include: 1) establishing a supervised visitation and safe...
This $500,000 Project Grant award 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) supports the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, in partnership with Long Island Against Domestic Violence, in implementing enhanced investigative and prosecutorial capabilities for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Suffolk County, New...
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...
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...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) to La Casa, Inc., a domestic violence service organization in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The 36-month grant will fund the implementation of the Southern NM Border Culturally Responsive Rural Program Project, which aims to: Establish the first domestic violence, dating violence,...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Lancaster County, Nebraska under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to improve Lancaster County's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the funding will support: 1) Enhancing the county's coordinated community response to...
The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. UTMB will partner with the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (HCDVCC) in Houston, Texas to assess the short, mid, and long-term impacts of the Domestic Violence Assistance Fund (DVAF), a flexible funding program for domestic violence survivors. Using a mixed-methods...