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 Denton County Friends Of The Family Inc. $1.2 million on April 1, 2026, under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The award supports development of a Family Justice Center in Corinth, Texas, including entry and intake protocols, collaboration with Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners to procure medical equipment and operationalize a medical forensic exam room, crisis response and survivor accompaniment to local hospitals and law enforcement agencies, Sexual Assault Response Team coordination, law enforcement training on best practices including predominate aggressor identification, and community outreach. The organization will establish these services to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Period of performance runs through March 31, 2029.

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 new project would support the following activities: 1) entry and intake protocols for the family justice center; 2) collaboration with texas forensic nurse examiners to procure medical equipment and fully operationalize a medical forensic exam room within the family justice center; 3) crisis response and survivor accompaniment to local hospitals and law enforcement agencies; 4) sexual assault response team coordination; 5) training for law enforcement on best practices including predominate aggressor identification; and 6) outreach.