The grants to support families in the justice system program (referred to as the justice for families program) was authorized in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 to improve the…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $600,000 to Ada County Idaho on October 1, 2025, under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021) to provide court-based advocacy and civil legal services for survivors of domestic violence in Ada County's Domestic Violence Court and the Fourth Judicial District (Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties).

Ada County Idaho, in partnership with Idaho Legal Aid Services and the Women and Children's Alliance, will deliver court-based advocacy services; civil legal services to domestic violence survivors; compliance monitoring for defendants in Ada County's Domestic Violence Court; and defendant linkage to abusive partner intervention programs. The project prioritizes keeping victims and their children safe from further abuse while holding offenders accountable through a coordinated systems and community approach to domestic violence cases.

Performance takes place in Boise, Idaho. The award runs through September 30, 2028.

The grants to support families in the justice system program (referred to as the justice for families program) was authorized in the violence against women reauthorization act of 2013 to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. Projects supported by the justice for families program are those that focus on keeping victims and their children safe from further abuse and holding offenders accountable. Through this new justice for families project, ADA county idaho, in partnership with idaho legal aid services and the women and children's alliance, will provide court-based advocacy services; civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence; monitor compliance for defendants in ADA county's domestic violence court; and link defendants to abusive partner intervention programs for the fourth judicial district (ADA, boise, elmore, and valley counties) in the state of idaho. The project will address the following special statutory consideration: coordinated systems and community approach to domestic violence court cases.