The grants to enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20124

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded In Our Own Voices Inc. $400,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to expand its mobile advocacy model delivering trauma-informed support to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The recipient will operate the mobile model in community settings including libraries, Department of Social Services offices, health clinics, and courthouses in Albany, New York. Victims will receive crisis intervention, safety planning, advocacy and accompaniment, and therapy services. The award period runs through July 31, 2029. The program supports maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims, as well as development of innovative strategies to enhance access for victims facing obstacles to traditional programs. In Our Own Voices, a nonprofit serving LGBT people of color, has prior federal grants from DOJ Office on Violence Against Women targeting LGBT victims in the Capital Region of New York.

This program supports the maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using more traditional programs. Projects must address at least one of the program's statutory purpose areas. This project will expand its mobile advocacy model to deliver trauma-informed support in community settings like libraries, department of social services offices, health clinics, and courthouses. Victims will receive crisis intervention, safety planning, advocacy and accompaniment, and therapy.