The enhancing investigations and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (EIP) encourages law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors offices to expand and…

This $460,000 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 El Paso District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Center for Sexual Assault and Family Violence, to implement several initiatives in El Paso, Culberson, and Hudson Counties, Texas. Key activities include: 1) Creating a Domestic Violence Unit within the El Paso County District Attorney's Office, 2) Conducting victim home visits utilizing prosecution-based victim advocates and investigators, and 3) Hiring an attorney to prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases. This project aims to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and prosecutors to effectively investigate and prosecute these crimes, support victim safety and autonomy, hold offenders accountable, and promote community trust, aligning with the program's purpose areas and the Office on Violence Against Women's priority areas of access to justice and services for sexual assault survivors.

The enhancing investigations and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (EIP) encourages law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors offices to expand and improve their capacity to effectively investigate and/or prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and in so doing, support victim safety and autonomy, hold offenders accountable, and promote agency trust within the surrounding community. The EIP project by EL paso district attorneys office, in partnership with the center for sexual assault and family violence, to implement in EL paso, culberson, and hudson counties, TX addresses EIP purpose areas: 1,2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Additionally, this project addresses OVW priority area 1: access to justice and priority area 2: services to sexual assault survivors. Specific activities include: 1) create a domestic violence unit within the EL paso county district attorneys office; 2) conduct victim home visits utilizing prosecution-based victim advocates and investigators; and 3) hire an attorney to prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases.