Project Grant 2012WEAX0056

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $499,930 to the Family Justice Center Of ST Joseph County Inc. through the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Project Grant funding will support the grantee's efforts to improve the criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

The U.S. Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 16.062 "Grants to State and Tribal Courts to Implement Protection Order Pilot Programs" to the Winnebago County Circuit Court in Illinois. This 5-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, supports the development and implementation of programs for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) to implement the "Replicating the Cook County Expediter Model: A Pilot Project to Increase Safe Child-Related Relief in Civil Protection Orders (Safer Parenting Facilitation and CPOs Project)." This 36-month pilot project will support selected...

The Vanderburgh County Superior Court in Indiana received a $700,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021). This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, supports a comprehensive initiative to improve the court's response to families impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse. Key activities funded by the grant include: 1)...

The Stark County Prosecutor Attorney, in partnership with Domestic Violence Project Inc., received a $500,000 federal Project Grant from the 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, running from October 2024 to September 2027, aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Stark County,...

The Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota, in partnership with Northwoods Battered Women's Shelter, received a $499,969 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women's Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024 with a project period ending on September 30, 2027, will be implemented in Beltrami and Roseau Counties, Minnesota. The key activities of this grant...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) will enable S.A.F.E. Place, a non-profit domestic violence organization, to enhance and expand existing youth prevention programs addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex...

The National Council Of Juvenile And Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) received a $300,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to conduct the Civil Protection Order Guide for Improving Practice Training and Technical Assistance Project. The two-year project, awarded on October 1, 2021 and concluding on September 30, 2023, will provide training and technical assistance to communities under OVW's Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA...

The Attorney General's Office of South Dakota, doing business as the Criminal Justice Center, is receiving a $518,423 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This continuation grant will allow the Criminal Justice Center, in partnership with local law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim service providers, to implement activities focused on...

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to improve the county's criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by implementing a coordinated community response. Key activities include: 1) developing an action plan to...