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 Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles $750,000 under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) on October 1, 2025. The foundation 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, including representation in family, immigration, employment, housing, protection order, criminal justice, and post-conviction relief proceedings. The award runs through September 30, 2028. The Legal Assistance for Victims program funds direct legal assistance to victims ages 11 and older in matters relating to or arising from abuse or violence, encompassing family law, tribal and territorial proceedings, criminal investigations and prosecutions, alternative dispute resolution and restorative practices, and post-conviction relief in state, local, tribal, or territorial courts where a victim's conviction is related to or arising from covered abuse or violence.

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, legal aid foundation of LOS angeles will provide full comprehensive legal services including representation to victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking in LOS angeles county, california.