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 Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $994,032 Project Grant to the Oklahoma State Attorney General under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This 3-year grant project, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Oklahoma. Key activities include: 1) developing educational materials on the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) and LAP 2.0, 2) establishing protocols to measure incoming LAP hotline calls, 3) conducting outreach to promote LAP training and the LAP 2.0 pilot, 4) leading LAP and LAP 2.0 training events, 5) recruiting providers for the LAP 2.0 pilot, 6) generating project progress publications, and 7) using project management software to track goal progress. The Oklahoma State Attorney General is collaborating with partners such as the YWCA of Oklahoma, Help-In-Crisis, Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, and Native Alliance Against Violence to implement this project, which also addresses the OVW's priority area of advancing racial equity and/or tribal sovereignty.

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 oklahoma state attorney general, in partnership with ywca of oklahoma, help-in-crisis, OK district attorneys council, native alliance against violence, implemented in the state of oklahoma, addresses icjr purpose areas: 3. Additionally, this project addresses OVW priority area 1: advance racial equity and/or tribal sovereignty. Specific activities include: 1) building education materials on the LAP and LAP 2.0, including audio and visual deliverables; 2) establishing protocols and procedures to measure incoming LAP call hotlines; 3) conducting outreach to promote LAP training and the LAP 2.0 pilot project; 4) leading LAP and LAP 2.0 training events; 5) recruiting providers to be a part of the LAP 2.0 pilot project; 6) generating publications of project progress; and 7) maintaining the progress of the goals though a project management software.