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 Peace Over Violence $750,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) to deliver comprehensive legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Los Angeles County, California.

Peace Over Violence will provide direct legal assistance in protection order cases, family law matters, public benefits cases, employment law cases, and housing law cases. The organization will develop printed outreach materials to raise awareness of the project among victims and survivors. The award addresses the statutory consideration to improve the availability of legal services for sexual assault survivors.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Place of performance is Los Angeles, CA 90017.

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, peace over violence will provide comprehensive legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking including but not limited to protection order cases, family law cases, public benefits cases, employment law cases, and housing law casesin LOS angeles county, california. The project will address the following statutory consideration: improve the availability of legal services for sexual assault survivors. The following products will be developed during the project period: printed outreach materials to raise awareness of the project among victims and survivors.