Cooperative Agreement 90TV0043

Empower 225 will use a $499,985 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to deliver the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program. The three-year award will support prevention and early intervention services for girls at risk of sex trafficking in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Key services include providing evidence-based trafficking prevention curricula to 300 middle and high school girls; establishing a mentoring program for at-risk...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.035 Preventing Trafficking of Girls), awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to North County Lifeline, a non-profit organization in Vista, California. The grant funds a three-year initiative titled "Preventing Trafficking of Girls in San Diego County" to prevent and reduce victimization of girls up to age 25 who are vulnerable to sex and/or labor trafficking. The key activities include significantly...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) provides $978,144 to the New Star Family Center, a non-profit organization, to enhance and expand their youth violence prevention program in the Hawthorne School District over a three-year period. The key products and services to be delivered include: Social-emotional learning classroom presentations School-wide prevention clubs...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded Samuel Merritt University (SMU) a $499,959 Project Grant through the Preventing Trafficking of Girls (CFDA 16.035) federal grant 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 key activities include: 1) Expanding A Sista's Touch's prevention education and...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Community Solutions For Children, Families And Individuals $500,000 under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls federal grant program (CFDA 16.035) to provide prevention and early intervention services for female-identifying youth at risk of or experiencing commercial sexual exploitation in Santa Clara County, California from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the grantee will screen...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $738,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the Baltimore City Health Department to implement a school-based violence prevention program. The program will be implemented from August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 in 4 middle/high schools located in high-poverty, high-violence neighborhoods in Baltimore. The program will provide universal, evidence-based social-emotional learning sessions for all...

Chris 180, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence program. The award will support Project Violence Prevention, a comprehensive initiative to enhance the capacity of 20 Title I schools in Atlanta, Georgia to address and reduce youth violence and delinquency from October 2022 through September 2025. Key services include mental health support, classroom supports,...

The East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC) and Survivors Healing, Advising, and Dedicated to Empowerment (SHADE) will implement the "Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims" project in Oakland, California. This $440,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims), aims to bolster the safety, independence, self-sufficiency, and overall well-being of human...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims program) provides $800,000 to the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC) in New York City. The purpose is to increase the quality and quantity of behavioral health services, including implementing Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), to assist victims of human trafficking aged 10-26. Key activities include training MSAHC mental health clinicians in CPT,...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,000,000 STOP School Violence Program grant to Avance Schools, Inc., a non-profit organization operating a consortium of 16 public charter schools serving 6,549 students in Los Angeles County, California. The grant funding will enable the implementation of several initiatives to prevent and reduce school violence, including: Deploying technology solutions such as an anonymous reporting system (WeTip) and an incident command...