The Women's Initiative For Self-Empowerment (WISE), Inc. received a 3-year, $450,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). The grant funds the "Hmong Community Prevention & Intervention Culturally Specific Services Project" to serve Asian American (Hmong) community members in St. Paul, Minnesota. Key activities include: outreach, education on...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 three-year Project Grant under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) to the Hmong American Women's Association (HAWA), a non-profit organization based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Through this grant, HAWA will implement a project addressing the program's purpose areas of increasing community capacity to...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, Inc. (ECAHMAA) a $450,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). This 3-year grant will enable ECAHMAA to enhance its capacity to provide culturally relevant services and resources for Hmong victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley region,...
The Hmong/American Friendship Association, Inc. was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016). The three-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will enable the organization to provide culturally and linguistically specific services to victims in the Southeast Asian community...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $625,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC), a nonprofit organization serving the urban American Indian community in Minneapolis. Through this 4-year grant, MAIC will implement a project to increase the capacity of the local community to provide culturally specific resources and support for Native victims of...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) to Sewa-Aifw Asian Indian Family Wellness, a non-profit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This three-year grant, effective from October 2024 to September 2027, will enable Sewa-Aifw to implement a comprehensive program...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $625,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Supreme Transitions, a minority-owned non-profit organization in Detroit, Michigan. The grant will fund the implementation of a 4-year project to enhance culturally specific services for Black survivors and victims of domestic violence, non-intimate partner sexual assault, and the LGBTQ+ community. Key services to be...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to MEI Fong And Associates/Asian Women's Shelter (AWS), a minority-owned non-profit organization in San Francisco, California. The project aims to enhance access to culturally specific services for Asian American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the San Francisco region. Key...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $475,000 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Freedom Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization in Madison, Wisconsin. Through this 3-year project grant, Freedom Inc. will provide culturally specific and linguistically tailored services to victims of domestic violence, dating...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) provides $450,000 in funding to Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio, Inc. (CLUES), a non-profit organization in St. Paul, Minnesota. The award will support CLUES in providing culturally and linguistically specific services to Latino victims...