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 Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Criminal Justice Planning Agency $500,000 on April 1, 2026, under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), with a period of performance through March 31, 2029.

The award funds five categories of activity: a policy and procedures audit of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases; law enforcement training on victim-centered investigations, evidence collection, protection order enforcement, and victim confidentiality; law enforcement investigations of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases; an audit of untested sexual assault kits and development of protocols for processing them; and victim services. Work is performed in the Northern Mariana Islands.

The Criminal Justice Planning Agency, a state planning agency based in Saipan, administers federal criminal justice grants for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and collaborates with sub-recipients including the CNMI Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety, and Office of the Attorney General to deliver victim-centered services across the territory.

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) a policy and procedures audit of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases; 2) training for law enforcement on victim-centered investigations, evidence collection, protection order enforcement, and victim confidentiality; 3) law enforcement investigations of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases; 4) audit of untested sexual assault kits and development of protocols for processing untested kits; and 5) victim services.