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 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Domestic Violence Project, Inc., a Canton, Ohio nonprofit, $500,000 under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking program (CFDA 16.736) on October 1, 2025.

The award funds the provision of 14 scattered-site transitional housing residences serving 14 survivors and their families in an urban region of Ohio. Domestic Violence Project, Inc. will deliver victim-centered transitional housing and supportive services including rental and utility assistance, case management, safety planning, legal assistance, and housing advocacy. The project will assist clients for an anticipated minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 24 months to move survivors from homelessness or housing instability toward permanent housing and economic self-sufficiency. Two dedicated staff members will implement the program and provide follow-up services.

Community Legal Aid Services, Inc. collaborates with Domestic Violence Project, Inc. on this continuation project. Place of performance is Canton, Ohio. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This is a Project Grant, a form of assistance funding for specific time-limited initiatives.

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. Domestic violence project, INC., a non-profit organization located in canton, ohio, will implement the transitional housing program through the provision of victim-centered approaches to transitional housing needs, in collaboration with community legal aid services, INC. The project will provide fourteen private landlord, scattered site transitional housing residences for fourteen survivors and their families in an urban region of ohio. This continuation 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, legal assistance, and housing advocacy. The project will retain two dedicated staff members to implement the program and provide follow-up services for at least 3 months once permanent housing is secured.