Child, INC. Will expand its domestic violence-community health worker (DV-CHW) services in new castle county, delawares most populated county, where the largest percentage of violent crime occurs

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded $500,000 to Child Inc. on October 1, 2025, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to expand domestic violence–community health worker services in New Castle County, Delaware.

Child Inc. will deliver comprehensive case management services to domestic violence victims through staff dually trained as domestic violence advocates and community health workers. Services include safety planning for victims and their children, referrals to victim and social service resources including police-based victim services, Child Inc.'s own domestic violence shelters, and the domestic violence rapid rehousing program. The program addresses both immediate safety needs and physical and mental health needs of domestic violence victims in New Castle County, the state's most populated county and the location of the largest percentage of violent crime.

Performance occurs in Bellefonte, Delaware, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award is structured as a Project Grant under the Crime Victim Assistance program, which supports the development, expansion, and strengthening of victim service programs for all victims of crime throughout the United States and its territories.

The DV-CHW project is a public health and victim services response to domestic violence by staff who are dually trained as domestic violence advocates and community health workers to address safety needs as well as physical and mental health needs of domestic violence victims. Victims of domestic violence will receive comprehensive case management services; referrals to other victim and social service resources including police-based victim services, child, INC.'s domestic violence shelters, and the domestic violence rapid rehousing program; and engage in safety planning for themselves and their children.