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 Canadian County Sheriffs Office $688,109 on October 1, 2025, through the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to establish a forensic exam program at the Family Justice Center in El Reno, Oklahoma.

The award funds three primary activities: establishment of a forensic exam program at the Family Justice Center, facilitation and coordination of access to medical forensic exams for sexual assault victims, and training on best practices for responding to sexual assault victims. The application addressed the rural/remote/tribal victim services priority.

The period of performance runs through September 30, 2028. Canadian County Sheriffs Office serves as the awardee entity, with the parent organization being County of Canadian.

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) establishment of a forensic exam program at the family justice center; 2) facilitation and coordination of access to medical forensic exams for sexual assault victims; and 3) training on best practices for responding to victims of sexual assault. The application addressed the rural/remote/tribal victim services priority.