The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma received a $575,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will support the City's efforts, in partnership with local law enforcement, courts, prosecutors, and victim services providers, to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the...
The City of Tulsa Police Department was awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to design and implement a Police-Mental Health Collaboration model. The grant was awarded under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA #16.745) to support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders. Under the award, the...
The Tulsa County District Court received a $150,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Special Projects (CFDA 16.029) program. The award supports the Tulsa County District Court to serve as a Mentor Court under the OVW Domestic Violence Mentor Court Technical Assistance Initiative. Through this role, the court will: Assist in selecting jurisdictions to receive mentorship; 2) Develop mentoring relationships with...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance is providing a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to the District Attorney District 14 Division in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The grant will fund the Community Approach to Vulnerable Adult Treatment (CATVAT) project, which aims to divert eligible substance use-involved vulnerable adult cases from traditional prosecution, provide wraparound services, and prevent...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. (DVIS), a nonprofit organization in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through this 36-month project, DVIS will collaborate with the Kellyville Police Department to implement a SANE/SART program and expand services for child, youth, and adult victims of domestic violence,...
The Tulsa County District Attorney was awarded a $1.6 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to fund the Tulsa County Collaborative Jail Reentry (TCJR) Initiative from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The TCJR Initiative aims to reduce high rates of substance use and overdoses in Tulsa County, Oklahoma by identifying inmates with...
The Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant was awarded under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) and will provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in matters relating to or arising from the abuse or violence. The period of performance is...
The Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. (DVIS), a nonprofit organization in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received a $550,000 Project Grant under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The grant funding will be used by DVIS to provide 20 clustered housing units and comprehensive support services for up to 100 survivors...
This $400,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will fund Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. to expand victim services for survivors of domestic violence and their companion animals in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. DVIS will use the funding to increase kennel capacity at its 91-bed emergency shelter to house more companion animals, construct outdoor play areas, hire a kennel technician, and assist survivors in obtaining pet-friendly...
The City of Tulsa, in partnership with Impact Tulsa's My Brother's Keeper Initiative, received a $1,990,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). This three-year grant will fund the Tulsa Community Violence Intervention Initiative (TCVI), which aims to reduce gun violence and homicides in high-crime neighborhoods in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The TCVI project will leverage...