Project Grant 2016SIAX0005

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. UTMB will partner with the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (HCDVCC) in Houston, Texas to assess the short, mid, and long-term impacts of the Domestic Violence Assistance Fund (DVAF), a flexible funding program for domestic violence survivors. Using a mixed-methods...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded a $659,300 Project Grant under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to evaluate the Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) co-responder program implemented by the Houston Police Department. The two-phase evaluation will assess the extent of DART's implementation and fidelity to the original model, as well as the program's effectiveness in reducing...

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 Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $302,909 Project Grant to the University of New Hampshire to evaluate the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center's economic case management program from November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to further develop the evidence base for approaches to combating domestic violence and sexual assault. Under the grant, the...

This Project Grant award of $395,656 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) supports a study to identify promising practices for addressing sexual violence in carceral settings. The Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization, will conduct a secondary analysis of existing data sources, including perspectives from over 600 people and 11 data sources representing victim service...

The University of Nebraska at Omaha received a $309,516 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to conduct a formative evaluation and evaluability assessment of the Seattle Domestic Violence Intervention Project. The University will evaluate the Seattle program from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023 to further develop the evidence base for approaches to combating domestic violence, sexual...

The City of Austin was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Training for Law Enforcement (CFDA 16.058), also known as the Abby Honold Program, by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The grant will fund a three-year effort (October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027) to train law enforcement personnel in the city on evidence-based, trauma-informed investigative techniques for cases involving domestic...

This $460,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) supports the El Paso District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Center for Sexual Assault and Family Violence, to implement several initiatives in El Paso, Culberson, and Hudson Counties, Texas. Key activities include: 1) Creating a Domestic Violence Unit within the El Paso County...

This $448,399 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) will fund qualitative research and knowledge dissemination activities at DePaul University in partnership with a state sexual assault coalition. Specifically, DePaul University will conduct interviews with 45-50 adult sexual assault survivors in an urban and rural area who sought civil no-contact orders to...

The Houston Police Department (HPD) was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The grant aims to enhance HPD's investigation, forensic capabilities, community involvement, and officer training to address animal cruelty as both a criminal and societal issue. The overarching goal is to improve public safety by...