The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California under the Legal Assistance for Victims (CFDA 16.524) federal grant program. The three-year award, made on October 1, 2021, will support the provision of comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to Asian American and Pacific Islander domestic violence survivors in Los Angeles, California through September 30, 2024....
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) to Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), also doing business as Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality. This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, supports CAA in implementing a comprehensive, community-based approach to prevent and address hate crimes and incidents targeting the Asian American and Pacific...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a 3-year, $388,843 Project Grant to the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice (CFDA 16.047) program. The grant will fund the APALRC's "Stop Anti-Asian Hate Campaign" to address the rise in hate crimes and bias incidents against the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community in metropolitan Washington, DC since 2020. The campaign aims to: (1) promote community awareness...
The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $596,964 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation (CSU Fullerton ASC), a non-profit organization serving as the sponsored programs office for California State University, Fullerton, a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The "ELEVAR: EXCELENCIA FOR LATINX: ENGAGEMENT, VALIDATION, ACADEMICS, RESOURCES" grant project will...
This $400,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under CFDA 16.526 - OVW Technical Assistance Initiative will support the Training & Technical Assistance on Sexual Assault in the Asian Pacific Islander (API) Communities Project. Through this project, the non-profit organization Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders In Solidarity will provide culturally relevant training and technical assistance on sexual assault...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $574,719 Project Grant under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041) to Elevate School, a non-profit charter school organization located in San Diego, California. The award, with a performance period from December 16, 2024 to September 30, 2030, will support Elevate Elementary School's comprehensive K-12 educational services, particularly for disadvantaged student populations. The Impact Aid Program provides...
The Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance Inc. was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant is part of the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) to increase the availability of comprehensive civil and criminal legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in matters relating to or arising from the abuse or violence. Under this October 1,...
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience received a $598,916 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The two-year grant supports the museum's partnership with community organizations and a neighborhood advisory committee to provide arts and cultural programs focused on health and well-being for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, as well as the general...
The Center For The Pacific-Asian Family, Inc. was awarded a $499,976 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions 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) program. The grant will support a coordinated community response project in Los Angeles, California from October 1, 2021 through September 30,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research (CFDA 93.393) program, supports the establishment of the National ASPIRE - Asian American Prospective Research Cohort. The award of $2,514,759 will create a cohort of 20,000 Asian American men and women aged 40-75 years to study multi-level determinants of cancer etiology specific to Asian American populations. The cohort will collect data on health behaviors, structural...