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 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 cumberland county in partnership with through these doors, implemented in cumberland county, maine addresses ICJR purpose areas 1, 3, 14, 16, 18, and 19. Additionally, this project addresses OVW priority area 1: advance racial equity and/or tribal sovereignty; and priority area 3: services to sexual assault survivors. Specific activities include: 1) coordinate and facilitate training on responding to domestic violence and sexual assault in immigrant and refugee communities; 2) hire a multicultural specialist sexual assault advocate; 3) improve policies and best practices on responding to sexual assault; 4) enhance victim centered response to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault; 5) improve the coordinated community response; and 6) provide specialized supervision of domestic violence offenders.