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 Office on Violence Against Women awarded Legal Momentum $750,000 under the Legal Assistance for Victims grant program (CFDA 16.524) on October 1, 2025, for a three-year period through September 30, 2028.

Legal Momentum, in partnership with Sanctuary for Families, will provide civil legal assistance in employment law matters to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault across New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York. The partnership delivers direct legal services to victims ages 11 and older in employment-related matters arising from or relating to abuse or violence. Place of performance is New York, NY 10004.

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 momentum, in partnership with sanctuary for families, will provide civil legal assistance in employment law matters to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault in new york city and nassau, suffolk, and westchester counties in new york.