Project Grant 2017WLAX0002

The Center for Community Solutions (CCS) received a $600,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. This 2-year Project Grant, effective October 1, 2023, will fund comprehensive civil and criminal legal services for adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in San Diego County, California. In partnership with Casa Cornelia Law Center and the San Diego County District...

The County of San Diego will receive $400,000 in cooperative agreement funding from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life program (CFDA 16.528) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. As the awardee, the County will provide training, services, and collaboration to address the needs of victims of abuse in later life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,...

The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, doing business as Survivor Justice Center, was awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women's "Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities" (CFDA 16.529) grant program. The funding supports the Collaborative for Access and Understanding for Survivors in East L.A. (CAUSE) project, which aims to strengthen...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $750,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA #16.524) to Community Legal Aid SoCal to provide comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Orange County, California. Through this 3-year Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2023, Community Legal Aid SoCal will partner with Human Options, Inc. to deliver direct...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) a $500,000 Project Grant under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program (CFDA 16.035). Over three years, SDYS will provide prevention, early intervention, and support services to 90 girls experiencing homelessness who are at risk of or victims of sex trafficking in San Diego, California. Services will include case management, crisis intervention, expressive arts and prevention...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime agency awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations (CFDA 16.053) federal grant program to Providence St. Mary Medical Center. The purpose of the award is to increase the number of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) providing local, timely, and high-quality medical forensic examinations for adult and adolescent victims of sexual assault in the High Desert region of San...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $500,000 under the Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault (CFDA 16.736) federal grant program to the Center For Community Solutions in San Diego, California. The three-year project grant funding will support the delivery of transitional housing assistance and survivor-centered support services to victims of domestic violence,...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $400,000 under the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities (CFDA 16.529) federal grant program to the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (doing business as Valorus) located in Sacramento, California. This two-year cooperative agreement, effective from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024, will support a multidisciplinary...

The County of San Diego received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence. The grant falls under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), which aims to assist state and local entities in enhancing responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Through this...

This $1.4 million formula grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women, through the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (SAS Formula Program, CFDA 16.017), provides funding to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services to support rape crisis centers and other nonprofit organizations in delivering comprehensive intervention and support services to victims of sexual assault. The Office of Emergency Services sub-grants funds to...