Project Grant 2016SIAX0002

This Project Grant award of $479,706 from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026), aims to develop and evaluate a culturally tailored, trauma-informed yoga (CT-TIY) program for women of color who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). The University of Akron, the awardee, will employ a researcher-practitioner partnership with a culturally specific community agency and an IPV victim...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026) will evaluate trauma-informed art workshops for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated survivors of gender-based violence. The $492,200 award to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will fund a waitlist randomized controlled trial to examine outcomes related to self-efficacy, hope, problem-solving, motivation to...

This $437,922 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026) will support a study of a flexible financial assistance model designed to increase survivors' safety, disrupt the cycle of homelessness, and address obstacles to accessing and maintaining housing. The two-year project will be conducted by Justice Information Resource Network, Inc. (JIRN), a national non-profit...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded $449,819 under the Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to Yale University on November 1, 2022 for a project ending October 31, 2024. The project aims to develop and pilot test a web-based single-session hope intervention for domestic violence survivors. The intervention targets survivors' sense of hope to increase self-worth, empowerment, and emotional well-being. Yale University will conduct process and efficacy evaluations of the...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $499,646 Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program grant (CFDA 16.026) to the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The grant will fund a Phase II outcome evaluation of the Seattle Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP), a court-ordered program that uses evidence-based practices for offender treatment and supervision. The evaluation will employ a quasi-experimental design to assess DVIP's effectiveness by...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 - Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program) will allow the Domestic Abuse Women's Network (DAWN) to implement a pet-friendly domestic violence shelter in King County, Washington. The project aims to increase access to shelter services for survivors of domestic violence who have companion animals, and reduce barriers to these survivors leaving abusive situations. Key...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (CFDA 16.026) program provides $496,834 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop and pilot test a prevention approach tailored for sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) and their caregivers to address adolescent relationship abuse disparities. The project aims to co-design an intervention with SGDY, caregivers, and community leaders informed by theories...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736) will enable Womenspace, Inc., doing business as Hope And Safety Alliance, to provide 8 scattered-site transitional housing units and comprehensive support services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

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...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Just Detention International, Inc. (JDI) to implement the "Rooted in Resilience" project over a 36-month period starting October 1, 2023. Through this project, JDI will expand advocacy services for currently and formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse by building the capacity of sexual assault service organizations and other...