Project Grant 2015FJAX0023

The Essex County Sheriff's Department (ECSD), in collaboration with Volunteers of America Massachusetts (VOAMASS), received a $550,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). This 3-year grant, beginning October 1, 2023, will expand the Essex Mental Health Diversion Program (EMHDP) to serve 250 eligible pre-trial inmates in Essex County. The project will implement a comprehensive,...

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...

The Unified Court System of New York State received a $1,000,000 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). The grant will fund a 3-year project (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2027) to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Erie County, New York. Key activities include: Assigning a project...

Justice Innovation Inc. will provide youth violence prevention services and programs under a $926,299 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award will support the Newark Community Solutions-Youth Violence Prevention project to develop coordinated community and justice system responses to violence impacting youth in Newark, New Jersey. Key deliverables include convening a multidisciplinary planning team to inform...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the City of Lynn, Massachusetts. The funding will support the implementation of a Victim Advocate Program to build trust and legitimacy within the community, address the alarming 123% increase in domestic violence incidents over the past five years, and provide targeted outreach...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $926,299 cooperative agreement to the Fund For The City Of New York Inc. under the Children Exposed to Violence program. The Fund will implement the Newark Community Solutions-Youth Violence Prevention project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Key services include convening a multidisciplinary planning team to inform youth-based violence prevention strategies,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $600,000 Justice for Families Program grant to Justice Innovation Inc. doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, and its partners, to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Kings County and Richmond County, New York. The key activities to be delivered under this 3-year project grant (CFDA...

Through a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and its project partners will implement a comprehensive program to serve families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Enhancing court collaboration and supervised visitation/safe exchange services through a dedicated court...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded a $123,257 Project Grant to the Essex County Sheriff's Department through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will support the Essex County Sheriff's Department in advancing community policing strategies with local partners from Oct 2021 through Sep 2026. Specifically, the funding will allow the agency to collaborate with community members,...

This $600,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), will allow the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) to implement a comprehensive program focused on improving the civil and criminal justice system's response to families impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Vermont. The key activities supported by this 3-year...