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 the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence $600,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) to provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault across Idaho through September 30, 2027.

The Idaho Coalition, partnering with WREST Collective, Maria Andrade, Idaho Legal Aid Services, Legal Voice, and a statewide referral network of community-based organizations, tribal programs, and educational institutions, will deliver legal assistance in family law, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing, and campus administrative matters; protection and stay-away order proceedings; criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-trial matters affecting victim safety and privacy; alternative dispute resolution and restorative practices; and post-conviction relief proceedings related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking. The project prioritizes legal services for sexual assault survivors, dedicating 80 percent or more of grant activities to that population.

Place of performance is Boise, Idaho. The award is a continuation project grant; obligation amount is $600,000.

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 continuation legal assistance for victims (LAV) project, the idaho coalition against sexual & domestic violence (idaho coalition), in partnership with wrest collective, maria andrade, idaho legal aid services, legal voice, and a statewide referral network of community-based organizations, tribal programs, and educational institutions, will provide comprehensive civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault across idaho. The project will address the following statutory consideration:improve the availability of legal services for sexual assault survivors by focusing 80 percent or more of its grant activities on legal services in non-intimate partner sexual assault cases. This grant is continuation of 15JOVW-22-GG-00279-lega.