The grants to improve the criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 10461-10465 and implemented through…

This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 was issued 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 supports the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) in Georgia, in partnership with Safe House, Crisis Line, and Waycross Area Shelter for Abused Persons, to address several purpose areas under the program, including improving the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include developing a model protocol for domestic violence and sexual assault, creating a statewide training initiative for sexual assault response teams, domestic violence prevention teams, and family justice centers, and developing measurement tools. This project aims to foster victim safety and offender accountability by encouraging state, local, and tribal governments and courts to work collaboratively with community partners to effectively respond to these crimes.

The grants to improve the criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 10461-10465 and implemented through regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 90, subpart D. The program fosters victim safety and offender accountability in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by encouraging state, local, and tribal governments and courts to work collaboratively with community partners to identify problems and share ideas that will result in effectively responding to these crimes. An integral component of this program is the development, revitalization, or enhancement of a coordinated community response that brings together criminal justice agencies, victim services providers, and community-based organizations that respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Grants to improve the criminal justice response (ICJR) project by criminal justice coordinating council, in partnership with safe house, crisis line, and waycross area shelter for abused persons to be implemented in georgia addresses ICJR purpose area(S): 9, 10, 15, 18, and 19. Additionally, this project addresses OVW priority area 3: services to sexual assault survivors. Specific activities include: 1) developing a model protocol for domestic violence and sexual assault; 2) creating a statewide training initiative through sexual assault response teams, domestic violence prevention teams, and family justice centers; and 3) developing measurement tools.