Project Grant 2017WLAX0034

The Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. was awarded $499,947 under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies, administered by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The three-year project grant will support the development and delivery of comprehensive services to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence,...

The City of Detroit was awarded a $499,631 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to implement the City of Detroit Firearm Access Intervention & Reduction Project from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through activities such as assisting with improving arrest policies and enforcement of...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023), will provide $385,000 over 3 years to United Hope Network Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization in Michigan, to deliver comprehensive victim support services for survivors of sexual assault from Black communities in Wayne, Macomb, and Oakland counties. The grant will fund a 24-hour hotline, accompaniment,...

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office received a $1.5 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative program. The grant will fund the Wayne County Sexual Assault Kit Task Force to continue its work investigating cold cases, holding offenders accountable, and providing support services to survivors from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, grant funds will support...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Ser-Metro Detroit Jobs For Progress, Inc. under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The 36-month program aims to reduce recidivism and facilitate successful reentry for up to 100 incarcerated individuals from Michigan correctional facilities into the Detroit and Wayne County communities. Key services provided include career readiness training, wrap-around support (housing, mental health,...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs awarded a $965,096 Project Grant to Alternatives For Girls, a Detroit-based non-profit organization, under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). This funding supports the organization's Safe Choices New Choices Housing Stability Services (SCNC HSS) initiative to provide: Enhanced rapid re-housing services, including short-term rental subsidies, housing navigation, and trauma-informed case management, for at least 15 sex...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Division of Victim Services, was awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Trafficking Program (CFDA 16.834). The purpose of this 3-year initiative is to improve the response to child and youth victims of both sex and labor trafficking throughout Michigan, with a focus on Native children/youth and labor trafficking...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $677,737.92 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) federal grant program (CFDA 16.609) to Black Family Development, Incorporated on October 1, 2018 for completion by March 31, 2022. The PSN program aims to reduce gun and gang violence through coordinated enforcement and prevention efforts. Under this award, Black Family Development will serve as fiscal agent coordinating prevention and enforcement...

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan, Inc. (CFSNM) and its partners. Through this 3-year grant, the project will: Establish a supervised visitation and safe exchange center in Emmet County, Michigan by employing a part-time site coordinator and part-time monitors. Hire contract attorneys to provide civil legal services...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Growth Works Inc., a non-profit organization in Wayne County, Michigan, under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021). The funding will support the following activities over a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026: Hiring a full-time case manager and two part-time program monitors to provide supervised visitation and safe exchange services for families...