Project Grant 2012WEAX0019

The County of Riverside Sheriff's Department was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Rural Violent Crime Initiative federal grant program. The grant will support the Sheriff's Department's Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative from November 2021 through October 2024. As the primary awardee, the Sheriff's Department will work to improve training and technology and expand community-based crime...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Los Angeles City Hall Mayor's Office of Public Safety under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The four-year award beginning October 1, 2022 will support improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key deliverables...

The County of Riverside Sheriff's Department was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant will support the COPS Hiring Program and allow the Sheriff's Department to enhance public safety and community trust through collaborative problem solving and organizational strategies that systematically promote community partnerships from...

The County of Stanislaus received a three-year, $750,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will support the county's efforts to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through implementation of victim safety and offender accountability...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded Riverside Community College District (RCCD), a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Riverside, California, a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525). Through this four-year grant, RCCD will create culturally specific strategies to address these issues for LGBTQ+, immigrant, first-generation, military-connected,...

The County of Palm Beach, Florida will receive $1,000,000 from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women through September 2024 to support Palm Beach County's Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence. This Project Grant funding will support the county's efforts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of...

The Deschutes County High Risk Team received a $488,435 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The funding supports the Deschutes County District Attorney's Office's efforts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specifically, the grant funds will assist the District Attorney's Office in...

The County of Riverside, California was awarded a $749,940 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice's Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to establish an anti-human trafficking task force. The funding will create five key positions, including a task force coordinator, lived experience advisory board, bilingual outreach worker, and response team advocates. The goals are to expand the task force's intelligence network to increase the identification of labor and sex...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Human Options, Inc. under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The three-year award beginning October 1, 2022 will support the grantee's efforts to improve the criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Irvine, California. Specifically, Human...

The Center for Domestic Peace, doing business as Marin Abused Women's Services (MAWS), was awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. This funding will enable MAWS, in partnership with the County of Marin, Marin County District Attorney's Office, and Immigration Institute of the Bay Area, to implement a comprehensive project to improve...