Project Grant 23760WW000011
- The Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence (Resource Center) will provide $1,000,000 in services under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The award continues support for the Resource Center's work under the federal Resource Center on Workplace Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking program (CFDA #16.028). Specifically, over a...
- The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a 36-month, $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Futures Without Violence to implement the Advancing Safety Through Employment Rights Advocacy Project. This project will build the capacity of OVW-funded attorneys and advocates, particularly those serving Black, Latina, Indigenous, disabled, Deaf, and LGBTQIA+ survivors, to assist survivors in accessing and utilizing their employment protections. Under this award, Futures...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.035 Preventing Trafficking of Girls) provides $499,736 to Roca, Inc., a non-profit community development organization based in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The primary purpose is to implement Roca's 4-year, trauma-informed behavior change model to address extreme levels of trauma and victimization experienced by high-risk young women at risk of sex trafficking. Key activities include:...
- The National Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Assist Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence (Resource Center) received a $1 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The award period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 to support the Resource Center on Workplace Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking program (CFDA #16.028). Through this...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) provides $382,524 to Temple University to conduct a mixed-methods study examining the occupational and economic needs of domestic violence victim advocates. The study aims to adapt and pilot an economic empowerment program for advocates, assessing its feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes related to professional self-efficacy, personal...
- This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women 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 (CFDA 16.888) will support a 36-month initiative led by My Sisters' Place, Inc. in partnership with The Children's Village, Inc. The project aims to: 1) provide comprehensive, age-appropriate, culturally- and...
- Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women 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 (CFDA 16.888), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...
- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $499,959 Project Grant to Samuel Merritt University (SMU) under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls (CFDA 16.035) program. The primary purpose of this 3-year initiative, titled "Value H.E.R. (Hope, Education, and Respect)," is to prevent sex and labor trafficking among Black and Latinx girls in Alameda County, California. The project establishes a partnership between SMU, A Sista's Touch, and Bay Area Women...
- This Project Grant award of $950,000 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will fund Womankind to provide comprehensive services to survivors of human trafficking. Over the three-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, Womankind will serve over 250 survivors of both labor and sex trafficking with a focus on pan-Asian immigrants in New York City's five boroughs. Services will include safety and access to care, individualized plans for...
PROGRAM PURPOSE AWARD: ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT (GBVH) IN THE WORKPLACE IS OF UTMOSTIMPORTANCE, GIVEN ITS PROFOUND AND COMPLEX CONSEQUENCES FOR WORKERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.THE PERVASIVE PRESENCE OF GBVH CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY FEAR, STRESS, ANDHOSTILITY, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THE WELL-BEING AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS.THIS ISSUE IS PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY, WHERE DESPITE RECENT SOCIETALAWAKENINGS TO ISSUES OF GENDER AND INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONDUCT, WORKERS CONTINUE TO REPORTSEXUAL HARASSMENT AS AN ACCEPTED NORM WITHIN THEIR WORKPLACES. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS ANIMMINENT NEED TO PRIORITIZE INTERVENTIONS AND INITIATIVES THAT CONFRONT GBVH, ENHANCE WORKPLACESAFETY, AND FOSTER A CULTURE OF RESPECT AND EQUALITY WITHIN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY AND BEYOND.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO TACKLE THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF GBVH IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY BYIMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES THAT EMPOWER WORKERS, PROMOTE AWARENESS ANDEDUCATION, AND ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE, ULTIMATELY CREATING SAFER AND MORE INCLUSIVE WORKENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL. THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENTOF LABORS FOSTERING ACCESS, RIGHTS, AND EQUITY (FARE) GRANT, RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIESCENTERS UNITED (ROC-UNITED) WILL EXPAND EXISTING SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING INITIATIVES ANDADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE NATIONWIDE. THROUGH A FOCUS ON BOTH EDUCATING RESTAURANT WORKERSAT LARGE AND CERTIFYING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS, ROC-UNITED INTENDS TOENHANCE THE REACH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING EFFORTS IN ADDITION, THE PROJECTWILL ESTABLISH REFERRAL NETWORKS TO CONNECT SURVIVORS TO ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, SUCH AS THEEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) AND LOCAL EQUIVALENTS THE OFFICE OFHUMAN RIGHTS AND THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA).DELIVERABLES EXPECTED OUTCOME: THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT ENCOMPASS SEVERAL KEY AREAS, INCLUDING INCREASED AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GBVH AMONG WOMEN WORKERS IMPROVED ACCESS TO SUPPORTSERVICES FOR SURVIVORS ENHANCED WORKPLACE POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND AN OVERALL REDUCTION INGBVH INCIDENTS IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT AREWORKERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO FACE HIGHER VULNERABILITY ANDDISPROPORTIONATELY BEAR THE IMPACTS OF GBVH. BY PROVIDING WORKER-CENTERED EDUCATIONALMATERIALS, SURVIVOR SUPPORT SERVICES, AND TARGETED OUTREACH EFFORTS, THE PROJECT AIMS TO BENEFITWOMEN FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, INDUSTRIES, AND REGIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): NASUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: NA
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