Project Grant AQ5008609

This $1,441,385 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program establishes a resilient and unified national and multi-country ecosystem of human rights defenders in Africa to catalyze legal and social reforms for marginalized persons. The project, titled "Justice for All Activity", will be implemented by the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa in South Africa...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (CFDA 16.827) will provide $1,500,000 from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 to support OJJDP's juvenile justice system reform and reinvestment initiative. The project team, led by the non-profit organization Community Resources For Justice, Inc. (CRJ), will assist current OJJDP grantees in developing and implementing...

The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY will provide $550,000 in supervised visitation and legal services for children and survivors under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2021 through the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA #16.021), which aims to improve coordination between the criminal justice system and social services for families affected by domestic and sexual violence....

The Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) was awarded a $975,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The purpose of this 3-year project is to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system in Vermont by enhancing community-based restorative justice alternatives and supporting justice reform initiatives. Key project activities include providing clinical legal services focused on...

The World Justice Project will receive $199,489 from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703) to produce rule of law data in North Macedonia from April 2022 through March 2024. Through this Project Grant, the World Justice Project will survey perceptions of and experiences with rule of law outcomes to facilitate cross-country comparisons and inform policymaking and assistance efforts...

This $108,001 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) supports the Alabama John R. Justice Program. The program aims to encourage qualified individuals to enter and continue employment as prosecutors and public defenders in Alabama. Specifically, the grant funding establishes and maintains a statewide student loan repayment assistance program for local, state, and federal public defenders as well as local and state prosecutors in...

The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA), a state government entity, received a $103,422 Formula Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance's John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act program (CFDA 16.816). The grant funding supports LOSFA's administration of a statewide student loan repayment assistance program for eligible state prosecutors and public defenders in Louisiana. LOSFA will provide up to...

The Civil Society Anti-Impunity Initiative in El Salvador, funded through a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), intends to build accountability in El Salvador through civil society legal action, civic education, and strategic communications from September 9, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Cristosal, Inc. will deliver products and services...

The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC), operating as Arizona Corrections Support, was awarded a $129,616 Formula Grant under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) program by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant, effective from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will enable ACJC to establish and maintain a statewide student loan repayment assistance program for local, state, and federal public defenders as well as...

The Southern University Law Center received a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 Delinquency Prevention Program) to support the Louisiana Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission (JJRAIC). The project aims to assist the JJRAIC in significantly improving Louisiana's juvenile justice system and reducing risks to youth safety in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems....