The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau awarded a $700,000 Project Grant (CFDA 17.700) to Equal Rights Advocates, Inc. (ERA) to assist marginalized and underserved women workers impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the workplace. ERA, the National Taskforce on Tradeswomen's Issues, and project partners will build awareness through disseminating worker- and survivor-centered educational materials, implement worker- and survivor-driven strategies to mitigate workplace...
This $1,750,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) to Alianza Nacional De Campesinas, Inc. will assist and support immigrant and migrant farmworker women in Florida and Oregon to prevent and combat gender-based violence and harassment in their workplaces. The key activities to be funded include: A) Outreach and provision of materials/digital information to increase farmworker women's knowledge about gender-based violence and harassment, their...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau (CFDA 17.700) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the Philadelphia Area Project On Occupational Safety and Health (Philaposh) on September 30, 2023. The grant will fund Philaposh's efforts to engage immigrant women workers in leadership development, training, resource sharing, and support services aimed at preventing and responding to gender-based violence and harassment in their workplaces. Philaposh will implement this program in partnership with...
The Department of Labor's Women's Bureau awarded a $700,000 Project Grant (CFDA 17.700) to Health Resources in Action (HRIA), a Boston-based 501(c)(3) public health institute, to lead the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) Fostering Access, Rights and Equity (FARE for CHWs) project. The project coordinates a national advisory team and state anchor organizations in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina to prevent and mitigate gender-based violence and...
The Women Helping Women organization will receive $1,000,000 through a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to support the Domestic Violence Enhancement Response Team (DVERT) initiative in Cincinnati, OH from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding is provided through the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), which aims to improve the criminal...
The Department of Labor Women's Bureau awarded a $499,800 Cooperative Agreement on September 30, 2024 to the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) under the Women's Bureau Federal Grant Program (CFDA 17.700). The purpose of this 2024 CLASP Paid Leave award is to promote the welfare, working conditions, and professional opportunities of women workers, with a particular emphasis on addressing gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace. The award will support CLASP's projects that...
The federal Project Grant award of $382,500 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (CFDA 16.023). The grant supports Chicanos POR La Causa, Inc. (dba Migrant Headstart), a non-profit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona, to establish, maintain, and expand culturally appropriate intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault from culturally specific communities. Services...
This federal Project Grant award of $550,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault program (CFDA 16.736). The award will enable the non-profit organization Women Helping Women, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, to provide 37 scattered-site transitional housing units and comprehensive support services for survivors of domestic...
This federal Project Grant award of $349,556 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's 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 grant will be used by the Battered Women's Shelter, a non-profit organization in Akron, Ohio, to enhance and expand access to culturally responsive prevention programming. The project...
This $700,000 Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA #16.021) will support a comprehensive initiative in DeKalb County, Georgia led by Women Moving On Inc. to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Providing a full-time legal advocate...