This $200,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582), will provide culturally responsive services to Latina immigrant and undocumented victims of crime in the Chicago area. The grant recipient, DVSA Communities, a non-profit organization and community development corporation, will offer transportation assistance and help overcome food insecurities for this...
The federal Project Grant award, with ID 24CICET00381, provides $397,540.00 in funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship Education and Training Program (CFDA 97.010) to Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska, doing business as Cira, a non-profit organization. The grant supports the organization's Immigrant Legal Center Refugee Empowerment Center's Citizenship Education Program, which delivers comprehensive citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance,...
The Community Refugee And Immigration Services Inc. (CRIS) was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The grant will support CRIS's efforts to develop and implement targeted outreach strategies and provide victim services for adult and youth survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within refugee,...
The $200,000 Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will enable the Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assault, a non-profit organization in Spencer, Iowa, to provide advocacy services, crisis intervention, and address barriers to recovery and service use for survivors of sexual assault and abuse in 19 rural counties. The grant funding will...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $360,000 and provided by the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), will support Las Cumbres Community Services (LCCS) in piloting a transitional housing program for newly-arrived immigrant and refugee families identified as survivors of torture (SOT) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The funding will enable LCCS to house 125-150 vulnerable individuals across 7-10 apartments...
This $800,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims program), will allow Colorado Legal Services (CLS) and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) to provide comprehensive legal services to human trafficking victims in Colorado. Services will include advocacy within the criminal justice system, civil litigation, immigration petition preparation, family reunification, protective order...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Program (CFDA 16.889), provides $600,000 in funding to US Together Inc. (dba Columbus International Program) over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027. The grant supports US Together's efforts to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services to meet the needs of limited English proficient...
Through this $949,986 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims), Heartland Family Service will implement the Sanctuary's Human Trafficking Survivor Service Enhancement and Services Expansion Project. The key objectives are to: 1) improve access to and awareness of Sanctuary's trauma-informed services for survivors of labor and sex trafficking, especially those from vulnerable communities; 2) enhance...
This $164,000 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime funds the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice to enhance state victim compensation payments through September 2025. The grant supplements the State of Nebraska's efforts under the Crime Victim Compensation program to provide up to $164k in financial assistance to federal and state victims of crime located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Administered under the Victims of Crime...
This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program) will enable Safe Family Justice Centers, a non-profit organization, to establish three Family Justice Center locations in Indio, Riverside, and Temecula, California. Over the 24-month award period, these centers will provide essential services and assistance to at least 3,000 Latin-x victims and survivors of family violence,...