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 City of New York was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant 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 will be used to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Queens County, New York. Key activities include: 1) identifying high-risk domestic violence cases and coordinating victim services through Safe Horizon; 2) providing assistance in filing orders of protection; 3) funding a domestic violence borough prosecutor and co-locating the domestic violence bureau at the Queens Family Justice Center; 4) providing comprehensive victim services for high-risk cases; 5) partnering with culturally specific organizations to enhance services for underserved populations; and 6) providing training on serving disabled victims and those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The project period runs 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 new york city in partnership with safe horizon, implemented in queens county new york addresses icjr purpose areas 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, and 15. This project does not address an OVW priority. Specific activities include: 1) identify high risk domestic violence cases and coordinate victim services through safe horizon; 2) provide assistance in filing orders of protection in civil court; 3) fund a domestic violence borough prosecutor and CO-locate the domestic violence borough at the queens family justice center; 4) provide comprehensive victim services to victims of domestic violence in high risk cases; 5) partner with culturally specific organizations at the queens family justice center to enhance services to underserved populations; and 6) provide training on the provision of services to disabled victims and those who are deaf and hard of hearing.