Project Grant FPE2I22002

The City of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), through a $375,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752), will implement the 2023-2025 "Protect LA from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy" program. The program aims to reduce and prevent the spread of counterfeit/illicit pharmaceutical drugs and electronics/automotive parts throughout the Los Angeles region. Key...

The Northwest Fair Housing Alliance was awarded a $850,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity under the Private Enforcement Initiatives (CFDA 14.418) program. The grant will fund the organization's fair housing enforcement, education, and outreach activities to prevent and eliminate discriminatory housing practices, with a focus on serving protected classes such as tribal communities, Hispanic/Latinx...

The New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, through its Office of the Attorney General, has been awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention Federal Grant Program (CFDA 16.752) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant will be used to increase the New Jersey State Police's (NJSP) criminal investigations capabilities related to intellectual property enforcement statewide. The NJSP will collaborate with...

The North Carolina Secretary of State received a $375,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). This award is supporting the expansion of the statewide Anti-Counterfeiting Trademark Taskforce, which now includes over 100 members from local law enforcement agencies, campus police, and state/federal partners across North Carolina. The grant is enabling the taskforce...

The Department of Justice, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Seneca Family of Agencies to implement the Contra Costa County Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Capacity-Building Initiative. The grant, effective from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, aims to partner with law enforcement and other stakeholders to improve the response and intervention system for youth at risk of or involved in commercial sexual exploitation...

The Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit was awarded a $425,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Private Enforcement Initiative (CFDA 14.418). This 3-year grant will enable the organization to expand its fair housing services across four counties in the Detroit metropolitan area. Key activities to be delivered include conducting at least 150 fair housing tests annually, investigating 200 housing...

The Disability Law Center has been awarded a $850,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Private Enforcement Initiatives (CFDA 14.418) program. The grant funds will be used to provide fair housing services in Utah, including enforcement of fair housing laws, fair housing testing, and education and outreach activities. The project aims to ensure that individuals from all protected classes are free from housing discrimination and have equal...

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI). Over a 3-year period, NFHA will conduct at least 426 rental, real estate sales, mortgage lending, redlining, design and construction, and insurance tests/investigations in the Kansas City, MO/KS and Jackson, MS metropolitan areas. NFHA will also provide comprehensive...

The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office received a $374,986 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The comprehensive project aims to strengthen intellectual property (IP) enforcement in Oregon and beyond by: 1) aggressively investigating and enforcing IP theft, focusing on counterfeit drugs and auto parts that pose health and safety risks; 2) engaging...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Inc. The purpose of the grant is to expand the capacity of CCRI's Image Abuse Helpline, the nation's only 24/7 hotline assisting victims and survivors of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA). Key services to be provided include crisis intervention, safety...