The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the state of Wisconsin. Key activities include: Providing legal advocacy...
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded a $439,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards (CFDA 16.753) program to the Journey Center for Safety and Healing, a non-profit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant will fund increased staff capacity and advocacy efforts to enhance support for domestic violence victims and survivors in Cuyahoga County. Key activities include providing professional trainings, outreach, and referrals to organizations that interface with...
This $714,740 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), will fund the expansion of a domestic violence prevention program in Elk Grove, California. The grant will support two new victim advocate positions within the local police department to serve domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse victims. These social workers will respond to domestic violence crises, connect...
The Wise Women Gathering Place, Inc., a non-profit organization in Green Bay, Wisconsin, received a $550,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736). This grant will fund the provision of 3-4 scattered-site transitional housing units and related support services for 3-4 survivors of...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to the Domestic Violence Action Center (DVAC), a non-profit organization in Honolulu, Hawaii. This 3-year continuation grant will enable DVAC to implement a project on Oahu focused on: 1) providing a full-time victim advocate to support petitioners and survivors through the protection order process; 2) funding a full-time...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $356,317 Project Grant (CFDA 16.063 - Financial Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking) to the Crisis Center For South Suburbia, a domestic violence shelter and non-profit organization. This two-year grant, valid from February 1, 2025, to January 31, 2027, will provide flexible financial assistance to survivors of interpersonal violence to help them achieve safety,...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $475,000 Project Grant to Freedom Inc., a culturally-specific non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. The grant, funded through the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016), supports Freedom Inc.'s efforts to provide comprehensive services to Black and South Asian victims and survivors of domestic...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to Justice Innovation Inc. (doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation) and its partners. The grant will fund a 3-year project from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 to implement the following activities in Kings County and Richmond County, New York: Developing and hosting trainings for family and domestic violence...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Growth Works Inc., a non-profit organization in Wayne County, Michigan, under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021). The funding will support the following activities over a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026: Hiring a full-time case manager and two part-time program monitors to provide supervised visitation and safe exchange services for families...
The Domestic Violence Action Center (DVAC) received a $549,996 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to support the Justice for Families Project. The three-year award, issued on October 1, 2021 under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021), will allow DVAC to deliver services through September 30, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Justice Systems Response to Families program aims to improve coordination...