This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) is for $686,997 and is effective from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The purpose is to conduct a mixed-methods evaluability study of the Bureau of Justice Assistance-funded "Not In Our Town" (NIOT) Hate and Bias Action Teams (HBAT) model for addressing hate...
This federal Project Grant award of $942,512, provided by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA 16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program, will fund a longitudinal study on the impacts of hate crime victimization. The research aims to examine within-person variation in hate crime experiences over time, the relationship between victimization and psychological/attitudinal outcomes, help-seeking behavior and police...
This Project Grant award of $2,000,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) will enable the Institute for Strategic Dialogue-U.S. (ISD-US), a woman-owned non-profit organization, to implement a 3-year initiative to strengthen community-based efforts to prevent and respond to hate crimes and incidents in five U.S. cities. Key activities include: Hosting an inaugural capacity-building workshop for...
The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Inc. (Awardee) will receive $400,000 through the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (Agency) Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) to deliver the Community-Based Hate Violence Prevention Project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Through this funding, the Awardee will create resources for community-led safety initiatives to prevent hate crimes....
The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, through its Office of the Attorney General, received a $347,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040). This 4-year grant will support the establishment of a statewide Community Peacemakers Collaborative program to address and prevent hate crimes and bias incidents across New...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $908,415 Project Grant under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The goal of this project is to conduct a comprehensive multi-site evaluation to address gaps in knowledge related to law enforcement specialized bias crime investigative units. The key products and services to be...
The Dutchess County District Attorney's Office received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040). The grant funding supports the "We the People, United We Stand Against Hate - A Community Based Approach to Preventing, Educating, and Addressing Hate and Hate Based Crimes" initiative. This collaborative project...
The Nassau County District Attorney's Office was awarded a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. Under this award, the DA's Office will enhance its Hate Crimes Unit by allocating funding to salaries for a Unit Chief, ADA, and additional...
The New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety was awarded a $1,996,314 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040). The funding will be used for a three-pronged approach to address bias and hate crimes in New Jersey, including: 1) a marketing campaign to encourage public reporting of bias incidents, 2) a community outreach and...
The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) will deliver training and resources to address hate crimes through a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2022 under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047). Over a three-year period concluding September 30, 2025, ICSVE will train law enforcement, community stakeholders, and victim...