The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program) is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351

This $500,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault (CFDA 16.736) program will support Womens Advocates Inc., a non-profit organization in St. Paul, Minnesota, in providing 18 scattered-site transitional housing units and comprehensive support services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The grant will fund a range of services including case management, rental assistance, child and family advocacy, safety planning, mental health services, and housing advocacy to help survivors secure permanent housing and achieve economic self-sufficiency. The project will serve an anticipated minimum of 18 survivors and their families for 6-24 months, with follow-up services for at least 3 months after permanent housing is secured. Womens Advocates Inc. will collaborate with its partner, Dress for Success Twin Cities, to deliver this holistic, survivor-centered approach to transitional housing and support services in the community.

The primary purpose of the transitional housing program is to aid minors, adults, and their dependents who are homeless, as defined by 34 U.S.C. 12473(6), or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. The program supports holistic, survivor-centered approaches to providing transitional housing and support services designed to enable a minor, an adult, or a dependent of such minor or adult locate and secure permanent housing, secure employment, and integrate into a community. Womens advocates is a non-profit organization located in saint paul, minnesota, an urban region of the state. The organization will provide 18 scattered site residences for 18 survivors and their families through private landlord housing units. Womens advocates will collaborate with its partner, dress for success twin cities to provide a holistic, victim-centered and multidisciplinary approach to transitional housing needs in the community. This continuation project will use funds to provide both housing and supportive services to move survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are homeless or in need of housing assistance to permanent housing. The project will assist clients for an anticipated minimum of 6 months and a maximum length of 24 months. Services offered will focus on primarily serving underserved domestic violence survivors in the region. The grant activities will be tailored to meet the needs of the survivors. The range of optional support services include case management, rental assistance, child and family advocacy, safety planning, and mental health services, and housing advocacy. The project will also provide follow-up services for at least 3 months once permanent housing is secured.