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 Hopeful Horizons Inc. $500,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Legal Assistance for Victims grant program (CFDA 16.524). Hopeful Horizons will provide comprehensive civil legal services to victims ages 11 and older of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper Counties, South Carolina. Services include representation and assistance in family law, 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 conviction relates to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking. The award is a continuation of prior grant 15JOVW-22-GG-00318-LEGA. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2027. Place of performance is Beaufort, South Carolina.

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, hopeful horizons, INC., will provide comprehensive civil legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault in beaufort, colleton, hampton, and jasper counties in south carolina. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-22-GG-00318-lega.