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 the Young Women's Christian Association of Utah one million dollars on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The award funds four categories of activity in Salt Lake City. YWCA will provide services to victims of domestic violence and strangulation at the Family Justice Center and Salt Lake City Police Department. The organization will establish a domestic violence multidisciplinary team. YWCA will provide training to Family Justice Center case managers on the Campbell Danger Assessment and Lethality Assessment Protocol, strangulation best practices, identification and support for domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking victims, and Salt Lake City Police Department domestic violence protocols. The award will also fund training to law enforcement on domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Performance runs through September 30, 2028. The award is classified as a Project Grant and obligates one million dollars.

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)provideservices to victims of domestic violence and strangulationat the family justice center(FJC)and the salt lake city police department(SLCPD);2) establish a domestic violence multidisciplinary team; 3)provide training to FJC case managers onthe campbell danger assessment and lethality assessment protocol, strangulation best practices, identifying andsupportingdomesticviolence, sexual assault, and stalking victims, andslcpd domestic violence protocols; AND4) provide training to law enforcement ondomestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.