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 Office on Violence Against Women, a division of the Department of Justice, awarded Community Violence Intervention Center Inc. (CVIC) $700,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), a continuation award (15JOVW25GG00391JFFX).

CVIC will deliver 6,000 hours of supervised visitation and safe exchange services for parents in Grand Forks County, North Dakota; provide support services to a domestic violence court to hold offenders accountable; and deliver direct civil legal assistance to domestic violence victims. The award funds performance through September 30, 2028, with work performed in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

CVIC partners with the Northeast Central Judicial District and North Dakota Supreme Court; North Dakota Parole and Probation; Grand Forks County States Attorney's Office, Sheriff's Office, and Human Services Zone; Grand Forks Police Department; Global Friends Coalition; and North Dakota Job Service. The Justice Systems Response to Families Program supports court-based and court-related programs, supervised visitation and safe exchange, training for court system personnel, civil legal services, and juvenile court resources to improve the response of civil and criminal justice systems to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse allegations.

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 continuation justice for families project, community violence intervention center (cvic), in partnership with the northeast central judicial district, north dakota supreme court, north dakota parole and probation, grand forks county states attorney'soffice, grand forks county sheriff'soffice, grand forks county human services zone, grand forks police department, global friends coalition, and north dakota job service, will provide 6,000 hours of direct services for supervised visitation and safe exchange services; holdoffenders accountable through support service for the domestic violence court; and provide direct civil legal assistance to victims of domestic violence in grand forks county, ND. This is a continuation of 15JOVW-22-GG-00240-jffx.