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 $500,000 to Arise Lawrence County on April 1, 2026, under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The award funds mobile advocacy for rural domestic violence victims, legal services for victims, and training for district attorneys, judges, clerks, probation and parole officers, and others involved in the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Performance runs through March 31, 2029, with work performed in New Castle, Pennsylvania. The program assists state, local, and tribal governments and courts to improve criminal justice response to these offenses and to advance victim safety and autonomy.

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) mobile advocacy for rural victims; 2) legal services for victims; and 3) training for the district attorneys office, judges, clerks, probation, parole, and others involved in the criminal justice response process to enhance their work with victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.