The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Taller Salud Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned nonprofit organization in Puerto Rico. Through this 3-year project grant, Taller Salud will implement the "Tu Paz Cuenta (Your Peace Matters)" program to provide culturally specific services and resources addressing domestic violence, dating...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Enlace Comunitario, a non-profit organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The grant will fund a 3-year project from October 2024 to September 2027 to provide culturally and linguistically specific services to Latino immigrant victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities will include: 1)...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program grant (CFDA 16.016) to Casa Juana Colon, Apoyo Y Orientacion A La Mujer, Inc., a nonprofit organization and community development corporation in Puerto Rico. The grant will fund the organization's efforts to provide culturally relevant services to Latino/Hispanic victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in rural areas of...
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 Latin Women In Action. This two-year project grant will support the delivery of culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. As the sub-awardee, Latin Women In Action will provide culturally relevant...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $475,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Mujeres Unidas En Justicia Educacion Y Reforma, Inc. (M.U.J.E.R.), a minority-owned, woman-owned, non-profit organization based in Florida. The grant funding will enable M.U.J.E.R. to implement a project addressing the program's Purpose Area 4 to enhance traditional services for Hispanic victims of domestic violence, dating violence,...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Servicios De La Raza, Inc. The grant will fund a 3-year project to provide culturally and linguistically responsive services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within the Latino community in the Denver metropolitan area. Key services will include trauma-informed crisis...
The Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 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 Hogar Nueva Mujer Santa Maria De La Merced, Inc., a domestic shelter and non-profit organization based in Cayey, Puerto Rico. Through this grant, the organization will implement a project to provide culturally relevant services to the Hispanic community in the...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Caminar Latino Inc., a non-profit organization in Georgia. Through this 3-year grant, Caminar Latino will implement a range of culturally and linguistically specific services and resources for Latino survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the metropolitan Atlanta area....
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524), will enable Nuevo Sendero, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization in Orlando, Florida, to establish a program providing comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The $400,000 award, with a project period...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded Proyecto Matria, Inc. a $400,000 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to provide comprehensive support services for Hispanic victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Caguas region of Puerto Rico. Key services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: 1) technical training, job placement, and business incubation; 2) culturally...