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 St. Louis Survivors Legal Support, Inc. $696,170 on October 1, 2025, under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) to provide comprehensive legal services for orders of protection and custody cases for victims and survivors of domestic violence in St. Louis County, Missouri.

The recipient will deliver civil legal assistance to domestic violence victims ages 11 and older in family law matters, protection order proceedings, and custody cases arising from or relating to domestic violence. The Legal Assistance for Victims program funds direct legal services to victims in matters including family, immigration, employment, administrative agency, and housing proceedings; criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-trial matters impacting victim safety and privacy; alternative dispute resolution and restorative practices; and post-conviction relief proceedings where a victim's conviction relates to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking.

Performance takes place in Olivette, Missouri from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The assistance type is a Project Grant.

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, ST. Louis survivors legal support, INC. Will provide comprehensive legal services for orders of protection and custody cases for victims and survivors of domestic violence in ST. Louis county, missouri.