Project Grant 2011RPBX0019

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $494,852 cooperative agreement to the Georgia Department of Community Supervision under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The three-year award beginning July 1, 2022 will support the Georgia Department of Community Supervision in delivering the Domestic Violence Firearms Lethality Alert Georgia project. This project aims to improve...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) in Georgia. This 3-year grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024, will fund CJCC's collaborative project with Safe House, Crisis Line, and Waycross Area Shelter for Abused Persons to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence,...

The Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorneys Office, in partnership with Haven House and Crisis Line & Safe House, received a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will be used to expand and improve the capacity of law enforcement and prosecutors in Butts, Lamar, and Monroe...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) provides $1,157,850 to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to conduct a statewide assessment of the use of virtual check-ins for community supervision in Georgia. The project activities include analyzing administrative data, conducting qualitative interviews and surveys, pilot testing software to code recordings of in-person and...

The Georgia Department of Community Supervision was awarded a $550,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. The grant will support the enhancement of specialized mental health supervision with a clinical case consultation model in Atlanta, Georgia from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Department of Community Supervision, in partnership...

This federal Project Grant award of $400,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) aims to address the rise in hate crimes against Latinos in Georgia. The grant is a collaboration between the Latino Community Fund Georgia and the Lucky Shoals Community Association, Inc., a non-profit organization and community development corporation. The project will pilot a comprehensive hate crimes program in DeKalb and...

This five-year, $1.54 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will fund the Georgia Delinquency Prevention Program. The grant supports the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) and its goal of implementing evidence-based strategies to address unmet needs and combat youth delinquency through a continuum of prevention programs. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council of Georgia will oversee the...

The federal Project Grant award of $270,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) will fund the Georgia Network To End Sexual Assault Inc. (GNESA) to implement a primary prevention project targeting rural high schools and historically black colleges in Georgia. The award, with a performance period from June 30, 2024 to June 29, 2028, will enable GNESA to provide training, technical...

This $395,656 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) will fund a secondary analysis study on promising practices for addressing sexual violence in carceral settings. The Urban Institute, as the prime grantee, will comprehensively explore strengths and challenges in implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), elucidate PREA practices identified as most promising for...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Department of Labor Financial Services Division on July 1, 2024. This grant is funded through the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program, which aims to improve employment outcomes and reduce recidivism for justice-involved individuals through comprehensive workforce development services. The grant will support the Georgia Department of Labor in providing pre-...