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 Survivor Resource Network, Inc. $750,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524).

Survivor Resource Network will provide comprehensive civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault in Kay and Noble Counties, Oklahoma, through September 30, 2028. The recipient will partner with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. to deliver this work. Legal assistance covers family, 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 where the victim's conviction arises from abuse or violence. The award encompasses assistance to victims ages 11 and older. Place of performance is Ponca City, Oklahoma. This is a continuation of a prior LAV award (15JOVW-21-GG-00390-LEGA) that ran from October 2021 through September 2024.

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 project, survivor resource network, INC, in partnership with legal aid services of oklahoma, INC., will provide comprehensive civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault in KAY and noble counties of oklahoma. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GG-00390-lega.