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…

The Floyd County Fiscal Court, Kentucky, was awarded a $500,000 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). This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Floyd County, Kentucky. Key activities include: 1) providing legal advocacy and assistance for victims; 2) funding a full-time trained deputy to investigate intimate partner violence, serve and document protective orders, and follow up in court; 3) training staff to become Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certified; and 4) developing outreach brochures and reports to document lessons learned and best practices from this rural project site. The grant promotes a coordinated community response involving the county fiscal court, Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, the Floyd County Sheriff's Office, Turning Point DV Services, and the Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of Kentucky.

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 floyd county fiscal court, kentucky, in partnership with mountain comprehensive care center, floyd county sheriff's office, turning point DV services, appalachian research & defense fund of KY, implemented in floyd county, kentucky, addresses icjr purpose areas: 5, 8, 11, 17, 18, 19, 21. Specific activities include: 1) legal advocacy and legal assistance for victims; 2) funding a full time trained deputy to investigate situations of IPV, serve/document protective orders, and follow-up in court; 3) train staff to become sane certified; and 4) development of brochuresforoutreach and reports to document lessonslearnedandbestpractices for a rural site.