The University of Lynchburg received a $299,816 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus program (CFDA 16.525). The award will support the Lynchburg Coordinated Program to Address Sexual Violence from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. This program aims to develop and strengthen effective security, investigation strategies, and victim services to...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Lancaster County, Nebraska under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to improve Lancaster County's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the funding will support: 1) Enhancing the county's coordinated community response to...
The City of Richmond, Kentucky received a $338,089 continuation grant from 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 will enable the city, in partnership with Hopes Wings, to continue improving the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Establishing a domestic violence...
The City of Northampton, MA was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 will support the Domestic Violence High Risk Team initiative. The program aims to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence,...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Empowerhouse under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This three-year award will support Empowerhouse's efforts to improve the criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Fredericksburg, Virginia through September 2025. Specifically, Empowerhouse will...
The County of Fairfax, Virginia received a $1,200,000 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 aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Fairfax County and surrounding cities. Key activities include: Continuing operation of the Domestic Violence...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to the County of Buncombe, North Carolina. The grant will fund the following key products and services over a 3-year period starting October 1, 2024: Hiring one Trauma-Informed Legal Assistant within the Office of the District Attorney (40th Judicial District) to provide guidance on victim...
The City of La Crosse, Wisconsin was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The three-year award will support the grantee's efforts to improve the local criminal justice system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the City of La Crosse will implement victim safety and offender...
The City of Worcester, Massachusetts was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from 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 will fund a 3-year project from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the city. Key activities include: 1) Collaboration...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the Monroe County District Attorney's Office and Willow Domestic Violence Center in New York. The funding will be used to: 1) Implement a Domestic Violence Response Team, 2) Hire a prosecution-based investigator to enhance the prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...