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 County of Alamance received a $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). The grant will fund the following activities in Alamance County, North Carolina: 1) Hiring a criminal court advocate at Family Abuse Services of Alamance County, 2) Funding a designated domestic violence coordinator at the District Attorney's Office at the Family Justice Center, and 3) Hiring a victim liaison through the Family Justice Center. The purpose of this grant is to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by fostering a coordinated community approach that brings together criminal justice agencies, victim services providers, and community-based organizations. The project period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

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 county of alamance, in partnership with family abuse services of alamance county to be implemented in alamance county, NC addresses icjr purpose area(s): 3 and 22. Additionally, this project addresses OVW priority area 2: access to justice. Specific activities include: 1) funding a criminal court advocate with family abuse; 2) funding a designated domestic violence coordinator at the district attorneys office at the family justice center; and 3) funding a victim liaison through the family justice center.