Project Grant 90IFRE0089

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Los Angeles LGBT Center to implement the National LGBTQ Youth Survivor Training and Technical Assistance Project. This 36-month project, funded under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), will provide training, develop topic-specific learning modules, present at conferences, host roundtable discussions, and create best practice guidelines and other resources to...

The Milwaukee Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Community Center received a three-year, $420,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889). The grant will fund outreach and services to empower and promote independence for LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Specifically, the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $274,144 provides funding for the "Disability Culture and Technology" project being conducted by Vanderbilt University from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023. The goal of the project is to document how disabled individuals use remote access technologies to form communities and shape society, both during and before the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will build an archive of oral histories, images, videos and other documentation...

This $471,422 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to develop and evaluate an empowerment program for LGBTQ+ students in school (GSAs). The project, titled "BUILDING EPIC-HEALTH: AN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ+ STUDENTS IN SCHOOL GSAS", will be implemented and evaluated by a collaborative team from Boston College, San Diego State...

This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women's Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889) will enable the Fenway Community Health Center, a non-profit organization in Boston, Massachusetts, to provide comprehensive services for LGBTQ survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The grant funds will support a new full-time counselor/advocate and part-time outreach...

The National Science Foundation awarded New York University a $618,490 project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for work on "Disability Expertise and Design Justice for Post-COVID Equity." The two-year grant running from April 2021 through March 2023 will support NYU's efforts to advance equity and inclusion for people with disabilities in the post-pandemic environment through collaborative research and design projects. Leveraging the...

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations (CFDA 16.889) program to Disability Rights Wisconsin, Inc. The grant, entitled "Supporting Survivors with Disabilities", will be used to: 1) provide education and training to law enforcement, prosecutors, social service providers, and others on working with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who have...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $720,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities grant program (CFDA 16.529) to Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, Inc. The 3-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2023, aims to strengthen partnerships, increase organizational capacity, and develop strategic plans to enhance the response to individuals with...

The LGBT Community Center Coalition of Central PA will provide outreach and victim services to underserved LGBTQ+ survivors of color through a three-year, $450,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. Funded under the Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations program (CFDA 16.889), the Coalition will develop and implement targeted outreach strategies to provide support for adult and youth victims of domestic...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) provides $1,712,000.00 to the Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center Inc. (The Center) in New York City. The funding will support a multi-year project from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2026 to deliver a comprehensive suite of social services and interventions tailored to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. Key services include mental health counseling,...