Project Grant 2008WLAX0028

This Project Grant award of $838,966 from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA 16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program supports the development and pilot testing of a community-based, peer advocacy intervention for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) whose partners are enrolled in relationship violence intervention programs (RVIPs). The goal is to improve mental health, increase safety behaviors, and empower IPV...

This $400,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities program (CFDA 16.529), aims to strengthen partnerships and enhance organizational capacity to provide accessible, safe, and effective services to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of violence and abuse in East Los Angeles, CA. The...

Empower 225 will use a $499,985 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to deliver the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program. The three-year award will support prevention and early intervention services for girls at risk of sex trafficking in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Key services include providing evidence-based trafficking prevention curricula to 300 middle and high school girls; establishing a mentoring program for at-risk...

Under a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) will implement the Liberation Project to provide training and technical assistance to OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential recipients on post-conviction relief for criminalized survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key project activities...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs awarded a $750,000 cooperative agreement to Healing Justice Project under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to address the lack of post-conviction victim services. The three-year project will develop recommendations, training models, and tools to expand post-conviction victim services for those impacted by conviction and sentence review processes. Healing Justice will conduct an environmental scan and needs...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, Inc. (doing business as Survivor Justice Center) received a $900,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) program (CFDA 16.524) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The organization will provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded La Center for Law & Justice, Inc. (doing business as Survivor Justice Center) a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This continuation award supports the Community Intake Center's efforts to enhance civil and criminal justice system responses to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence,...

This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will fund the "TRANSCEND: Empowerment, Recovery and Re-entry Program" delivered by Casa Esperanza Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts. The program will provide integrated recovery-oriented services in culturally appropriate Spanish language to over 125 Latino individuals returning from...

This $800,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will fund the continuation of Legal Aid Chicago's Trafficking Survivors Assistance Project (TSAP) under the Services for Victims of Trafficking program (CFDA 16.320). TSAP provides specialized civil legal services to survivors of human trafficking from vulnerable populations including H-2A agricultural workers, low-wage workers, domestic workers, and survivors of domestic violence. The...

Legal Services of New Jersey, Inc. was awarded an $800,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Victims of Trafficking program (CFDA 16.320) to continue and expand its anti-trafficking initiative, Protect, from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Protect coordinates a referral system throughout New Jersey to provide civil legal assistance and connect victims of sex and labor trafficking to social services. Services...