Project Grant 2017UDAX0012

Under the Department of Justice's $495,000 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) award, the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) will provide culturally-specific sexual assault services to Black, Hispanic, and Portuguese-speaking populations in the Greater Boston area. Services include intakes, referrals, accompaniment, case management, advocacy, support groups, and outreach. MAPS, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has previously received...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will support Project AMALNA, an initiative by the Asian Women's Shelter (AWS) to engage non-traditional community partners in connecting Arab and Muslim victims of crime in the San Francisco Bay Area to victim services and resources. The project aims to increase awareness and access to government and...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $495,000 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023) grant to Saheli, also known as Asian Family Support Services of Austin, to provide sexual assault services for Asian and immigrant survivors in Central Texas. Through this 4-year project, Saheli will deliver culturally and linguistically appropriate intervention and related assistance, including safety planning, crisis intervention, court...

The Asiyah Women's Center Inc. received a $599,998 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The award will be used to develop and implement targeted outreach strategies and victim services for adult and youth survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, South Asian, and other BIPOC...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $428,498 FY21 Formula Grant under the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services on August 1, 2021 for completion by July 31, 2023. Through this funding and a sub-award to the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, statewide services will be delivered to intervene in and prevent sexual violence, sex trafficking, and sexual...

This Project Grant award, valued at $597,742, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program. The grant aims to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeted at 300 Muslim victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Key project activities include: Customizing and delivering...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $287,900 Project Grant to Sewa-Aifw under the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023). The grant will fund Sewa-Aifw Asian Indian Family Wellness' delivery of culturally specific intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault as well as family and household members of victims and others...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the Arab American Family Support Center Inc. under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889). The three-year award running from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 will support the Center's efforts to develop and implement outreach strategies and provide victim services targeted at underserved adult or youth populations impacted...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a $798,387 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027. Under this formula grant, Maine DHHS serves as the state administering agency responsible for distributing federal funds to support rape crisis centers and nonprofit organizations that provide direct intervention, advocacy,...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $287,900 Project Grant to Asian American Community Services (doing business as All Asian) to deliver culturally specific sexual assault services under the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023). The three-year award, made on October 1, 2021 and set to conclude on September 30, 2024, will support increased culturally specific intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support...