The grants to improve the criminal justice response program (icjr program) assists state, local, and tribal governments, and courts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence,…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded the City of Lowell, Massachusetts $467,917 under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) on April 1, 2026, for a period of performance through March 31, 2029.

The award funds three core activities: lethality assessments for all victims in intimate partner violence incidents; immediate access to services for victims, including assistance with obtaining protection orders; and data collection on intimate partner homicides and tracking of data on protection orders. The assistance type is a Project Grant. Place of performance is Lowell, Massachusetts.

The grants to improve the criminal justice response program (icjr program) assists state, local, and tribal governments, and courts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims. The project would support the following activities: 1) lethality assessments for all victims in intimate partner violence incidents; 2) immediate access to services for victims, includingassistance with obtaining protection orders; and 3) data collection on intimate partner homicides and tracking of data on protection orders.