The grants to improve the criminal justice response program (icjr program)assistsstate, 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 Family Justice Center of St Joseph County Inc. $496,209 on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590).

The award funds three core activities: increasing victim safety and improving outcomes through access to advocacy services and legal representation in obtaining protective orders; providing continued support to the community's domestic violence high-risk team; and expanding court-based outreach efforts with establishment of a satellite office in the St. Joseph County Courthouse. Performance occurs in South Bend, Indiana through September 30, 2028. Family Justice Center of St Joseph County Inc. is a nonprofit one-stop help center for victims and survivors of domestic violence, family violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The grants to improve the criminal justice response program (icjr program)assistsstate, 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 will support the following activities: 1) increase safety and improve outcomes for victims through access to advocacy services and legal representation in obtaining protective orders; 2) provide continued support to the community's domestic violence high-risk team; and 3) expand the program's court-based outreach efforts and establish a satellite office in the ST. Joseph county courthouse.