The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as…

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded Alternatives For Girls $500,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking program (CFDA 16.736).

Alternatives For Girls, a Detroit-based nonprofit, will provide transitional housing and victim-centered support services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are homeless or in need of housing assistance. The project will operate twenty-four private landlord scattered-site transitional housing residences serving twenty-four survivors and their families in an urban region of Michigan. Clients will receive assistance for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twenty-four months. Support services include rental and utility assistance, case management, safety planning, victim advocacy, and housing advocacy to help survivors transition to permanent housing, obtain employment, and integrate into their communities.

Oakland Family Therapy collaborates with Alternatives For Girls on the project. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Detroit, Michigan.

The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as its primary purpose the provision of transitional housing and support services to aid minors, adults, and their dependents who are homeless (as defined in 34 U.S.C. 12473(6)) or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The program is intended to provide assistance to victims for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. The program supports victim-centered approaches to providing transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and voluntary support services to assist with locating and securing permanent housing, obtaining employment, and integrating into a community. Alternatives for girls, a non-profit, organization located in detroit, MI, will implement the alternatives for girls my choice transitional housing assistance for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking project through the provision of victim-centered approaches to transitional housing needs, in collaboration with oakland family therapy. The project will provide twenty-four private landlord, scattered site transitional housing residences for twenty-four survivors and their families in an urban region of michigan. This new project will use funds to provide both housing and supportive services to move survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are homeless or in need of housing assistance to permanent housing. The project will assist clients for an anticipated minimum of 6 months and a maximum length of 24 months. The range of optional support services includes rental and utility assistance, case management, safety planning, victim advocacy, housing advocacy, financial and employment counseling, and individual and group counseling. The project will fund two staff members to implement the program and provide follow-up services for at least six months once permanent housing is secured.