Financial assistance grants for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking program supports victim service providers, tribal governments, and tribal organizations to…

This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women provides funding for the "Financial Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program" (CFDA 16.063). The grant recipient, Avalon Healing Center, a woman-owned nonprofit organization in Detroit, Michigan, will use the funds to provide flexible financial assistance to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The flexible assistance is intended to help these survivors achieve safety, stability, and healing by covering essential expenses such as rent, utilities, transportation, healthcare, education, and other costs not easily met by traditional service providers. This two-year grant, with a period of performance from February 1, 2025, to January 31, 2027, will enable Avalon Healing Center to deliver comprehensive, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed support services to underserved populations in Southeast Michigan.

Financial assistance grants for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking program supports victim service providers, tribal governments, and tribal organizations to provide flexible financial assistance to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, alongside other victim services. Flexible financial assistance is intended to support survivors in achieving safety, stability, and healing by paying for necessities that are not easily met by traditional service providers and with the flexibility to meet self-identified needs quickly. Recipients under this new program will provide flexible financial assistance to support survivor-identified needs that could include, but are not limited to, support for rent, security deposits, utilities, transportation, children's needs, physical or mental health expenses, education expenses, debt, and/or other expenses that contribute to a survivor's long-term safety, well-being, independence, and financial stability.