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 Urban Resource Institute $749,997 under the Legal Assistance for Victims grant program (CFDA 16.524) on October 1, 2025. Through this project grant, Urban Resource Institute will provide comprehensive legal assistance in family law, consumer law, civil orders of protection, and criminal justice advocacy to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in New York City. The award covers a three-year period of performance through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in New York, NY. The Legal Assistance for Victims program funds civil and criminal legal services to victims ages eleven and older in matters relating to or arising from abuse or violence, including assistance in family, immigration, employment, housing, and protection order proceedings; criminal justice investigations and prosecutions; alternative dispute resolution and restorative practices; and post-conviction relief proceedings where a victim's conviction is related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking.

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, urban resource institute will provide legal assistance in family law, consumer law, civil orders of protection, and criminal justice advocacy to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking in new york city.