The maria PEW family foundation DBA maria's voice proposes to implement expanding community-wide domestic violence primary prevention education

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the Maria Pew Family Foundation dba Maria's Voice. The grant will fund the implementation of an Expanding Community-Wide Domestic Violence Primary Prevention Education project over a 2-year period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to utilize primary prevention education to stop domestic violence before it occurs, through community engagement, raising awareness, and educating on the dynamics of abusive behavior in the 3rd Congressional District. Key activities include expanding the Maria's Voice Prevention Network, providing scholarship funds to eliminate cost barriers for cities and school districts to participate in prevention education, and adding two new educational program offerings: "Rocky Speaks" and a Primary Prevention Social Media Package.

The purpose is to utilize primary prevention education to prevent domestic violence before IT occurs through community engagement, raising awareness of the crisis, and educating on the dynamics of abusive behavior in the 3RD congressional district. Project activities include expanding marias voice prevention network in three ways that are evidence-based and/or promising practices: increase the number of communities who have access to primary prevention; provide scholarship funds to cities and school districts to eliminate the cost burden that can inhibit a citys participation in prevention education for its employees; and, add two new educational program offerings: rocky speaks and primary prevention social media package.