Federal Grant Award Summary

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded $600,000 to Abused Adult Resource Center Inc. through the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) on October 1, 2025, for a three-year project extending through September 30, 2028. In partnership with the North Dakota Supreme Court, the grantee will develop a specialized domestic violence court in Burleigh and Morton Counties within the South-Central Judicial District. The project will enhance offender accountability through abusive partner intervention services and provide comprehensive training to judges and court personnel on topics including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

This Justice for Families initiative aligns with the program's core objective of improving the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by interpersonal violence. The project prioritizes victim and child safety while holding offenders accountable through court-based interventions. As authorized under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the program supports activities that strengthen judicial capacity to respond to families with histories of domestic violence and related crimes, with the grantee's work focusing specifically on enhancing the justice system's coordinated response across two North Dakota counties.