The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $300,000 under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Sisters Against Abuse Society (Saas) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. This Project Grant funding will support Saas in providing culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Westland, Michigan. Specifically, Saas will...
Through the Office on Violence Against Women's Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023), Sasha Center Inc. was awarded a $445,000 four-year project grant to provide culturally-specific services to African American survivors of sexual assault in Detroit, Michigan from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. The grant funding will enable Sasha Center Inc., a minority and women-owned nonprofit organization, to offer a 24-hour crisis hotline, culturally specific advocacy...
The Sasha Center Inc., a minority and women-owned non-profit organization in Detroit, Michigan, has been awarded a $475,000 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) administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. This four-year grant (2024-2027) will enable the Sasha Center to provide culturally relevant and linguistically specific...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded Saahas For Cause, a woman-owned non-profit community development corporation based in Santa Ana, California, a $400,000 three-year Project Grant (CFDA 16.016 - Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program) to enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within the South Asian community in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Through this...
The Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program, funded by the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women through the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023), provides $299,819 to Sauti Yetu Center For African Women, Inc. to deliver culturally specific intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for victims of sexual assault in the Bronx, New York area from October 1, 2022 through...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $475,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, Inc. The three-year grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will enable the non-profit organization to implement a project addressing the needs of African immigrant communities in New York City. Key activities include: 1) crisis intervention, 2) case...
The federal Project Grant award of $400,000 was provided by 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 will be used by the non-profit organization Awaaz to implement a 3-year project addressing several key purpose areas, including: 1) increasing the community's capacity to provide culturally specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (SEAMAAC, Inc.). Through this 3-year grant, SEAMAAC will implement culturally-specific services to support victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Asian immigrant and refugee communities in the Philadelphia, PA area....
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Jadasa, a minority-owned non-profit organization in St. Louis, Missouri. Through this 3-year grant, Jadasa will implement a project to enhance traditional services for Black/African American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key services to be provided include African healing...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $382,500 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) grant to We All Rise African American Resource Center Inc., a non-profit organization in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will enable the organization to establish, maintain, and expand culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault within the African American community. Services...