The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program (children and youth program) supports…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $500,000 to Child Protect of Mercer County Inc. on October 1, 2025, under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888).

Child Protect, in collaboration with Children's Home Society of West Virginia and the Princeton Police Department, will provide victim advocacy and supportive services including emergency housing assistance, case coordination, and counseling for children and their protective caregivers; mentoring for child and youth victims; training for law enforcement, school staff, and allied professionals to identify and support child victims of violence; family-focused education to help caregivers create safe homes; and law enforcement response support in a rural community with limited resources for addressing domestic violence and sexual assault. The program targets children and youth ages 0–24 impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Work is performed in Princeton, West Virginia.

The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program (children and youth program) supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth (ages 0-24) impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking. Child protect of mercer county, in collaboration with childrens home society of west virginia and the princeton police department, will: 1) provide victim advocacy and supportive services including emergency housing assistance, case coordination, and counselingfor children and their protective caregivers; 2) provide mentoring for child and youth victims; 3) train law enforcement, school staff, and allied professionals to identify and support child victims of violence; 4) offer family-focused education to help caregivers create safe homes; and 5) support law enforcement response in a rural community where there are limited resources for addressing domestic violence and sexual assault.