The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $500,000.00, awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), supports the "Mothers United Against Violence: Gun Violence Prevention & Intervention Program" implemented by Mothers United Against Violence Inc., a non-profit organization based in Hartford, Connecticut. The grant enables the organization to provide comprehensive support services...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $700,000 cooperative agreement to Ujima The National Center On Violence Against Women In The Black Community from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA #16.526). Under this cooperative agreement, Ujima will provide culturally specific technical assistance and training to enhance responses to domestic violence homicide and firearms. The OVW...
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $475,000 Cooperative Agreement to Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community to implement the Improving Responses & Advocacy for Black Survivors Project under the OVW Training and Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative (CFDA 16.526). Over the 2-year project period, Ujima and its partners will provide training, technical assistance, resource development, and support to enhance services and responses to...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Ujima The National Center On Violence Against Women In The Black Community $800,000 under a Cooperative Agreement for the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Discretionary (CFDA 93.592) federal grant program. The purpose of this award is to fund discretionary activities that improve the capacity of organizations to provide resource information, training, and technical assistance to prevent and...
This $13.2 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families supports culturally specific domestic violence and sexual assault services under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Services (CFDA 93.496) federal grant program. Awarded on March 15, 2021 to Ujima The National Center On Violence Against Women In The Black Community with a completion date of...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to Heart Women & Girls of Chicago, IL under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) program. The two-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will support Heart Women & Girls in delivering technical assistance services to build effective partnerships with the Muslim faith community. The OVW Technical Assistance Initiative aims to provide critical...
Unity House of Troy, 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 support the provision of comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Specifically, the Unity House Legal Assistance for...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $2,200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to Aequitas, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC. This 24-month continuation award will support the Prosecution Comprehensive Project, which provides training and technical assistance to prosecutors, allied professionals, and other criminal justice system stakeholders handling cases involving violence against...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Ujima The National Center On Violence Against Women In The Black Community $3 million under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Discretionary (CFDA 93.592) federal grant program. This Cooperative Agreement provides funding from March 2021 through September 2025 to support COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and mobile health unit services. The Family Violence Prevention and Services program aims to...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to the Urban Resource Institute (URI), a non-profit organization in New York. The funding will enable URI and its partners to implement the following key activities over a 3-year project period starting October 1, 2023: Develop three 65-week Abusive Partner Intervention Programs (APIPs) to serve underserved populations,...