The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid victims…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $900,000 to La Center for Law & Justice, Inc. (doing business as Survivor Justice Center) under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) on October 1, 2025, for a period of performance through September 30, 2028.

Survivor Justice Center will provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Los Angeles County, California. The funded project delivers legal representation in protection order hearings, family law cases, victim compensation and restitution matters, public benefits cases, housing cases, privacy rights matters, petitions for post-conviction relief, and Title IX actions. At least 80 percent of services will focus on survivors of sexual assault. Work is performed in East Los Angeles, California.

The Legal Assistance for Victims program funds civil and criminal legal assistance to aid victims ages 11 and older in legal matters relating to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including family law, immigration, employment, housing, protection order proceedings, criminal justice investigations and prosecutions, alternative dispute resolution, and post-conviction relief matters.

The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid victims (ages 11 and older) of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. Legal assistance includes assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in: a) family, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing matters, campus administrative, or protection or stay away order proceedings, and other similar matters; b) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-trial matters (including sentencing, parole, and probation) that impact the victims safety and privacy; c) alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes intended to promote victim safety, privacy, and autonomy; and d) post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, tribal, or territorial court where the conviction of a victim is related to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or SEX trafficking. 34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(24)(c). Through this new legal assistance for victims project, LOS angeles center for law and justice will provide comprehensive legal services in protection order hearings, family law cases, victim compensation and restitution matters, public benefits cases, housing cases, privacy rights matters, petitions for post-conviction relief, and title IX actions to victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking in LOS angeles county, california. The project will address the following statutory consideration: improve the availability of legal services for sexual assault survivors by focusing at least 80% of services to survivors of sexual assault. The following products will be developed during the project period: printed outreach materials to raise awareness of the project among victims and survivors and training materials to use with project personnel.