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 $1,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by 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). The grant, awarded to the County of Erie, New York, in partnership with Community Services for Every1, Inc., will fund the following key activities over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027:

1. Hiring and training of a domestic violence prosecutor and investigator
2. Providing accessible advocacy services to domestic violence victims with intellectual or developmental disabilities, including care coordination, accessibility assistance, and training for criminal justice personnel
3. Developing a specialized domestic violence unit within the Erie County Probation Department to supervise offenders convicted of domestic/dating violence and stalking crimes
4. Establishing a domestic violence accountability program and cognitive behavioral intervention program for probationers

The sub-award to Community Services for Every1, Inc. will support the provision of the domestic violence care manager and related training and technical assistance services to enhance the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence cases involving individuals with disabilities.

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 erie, county of, in partnership with community services for EVERY1, implemented in erie county new york addresses icjr purpose areas 3, 8, and 14. Additionally, this project addresses OVW priority area 1: advance racial equity and/or tribal sovereignty. Specific activities include: 1) hire and train a domestic violence prosecutor and investigator; 2) provide accessible advocacy services to victims of domestic violence with an intellectual or developmental disability; 3) provide training and education events to new law enforcement recruits existing officers; 4) erie county probation department will coordinate a specialized domestic violence unit focused on supervision of those convicted of domestic/dating violence and stalking crimes; and 5) develop a domestic violence accountability program and cognitive behavioral intervention program for probationers. .