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 API Chaya $750,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) to provide legal advocacy and representation for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, Washington.

API Chaya, a nonprofit organization based in Everett, Washington, will deliver comprehensive direct legal services to abuse and violence victims ages 11 and older through September 30, 2028. The scope of legal assistance includes family, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing, and protection 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 a victim's conviction relates to or arises from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking. Services will be performed in Seattle, Washington.

The Legal Assistance for Victims program funds increasing the availability of civil and criminal legal services to abuse and violence victims in matters relating to or arising from the abuse or violence. Eligible grantees include private nonprofit entities, Indian tribal governments and tribal organizations, territorial organizations, and publicly funded organizations not acting in their governmental capacity.

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, API chaya will provide legal advocacy and representation for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault in washington state to king, pierce, and snohomish counties.