Project Grant SLE20021GR3021

This Project Grant award of $740,009.87, provided by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism under the Global Counterterrorism Programs (CFDA 19.701), aims to combat the increased recruitment by groups with links to the Islamic State in educational settings in the Philippines, using social media alongside community engagement. The grantee, Equal Access International, is a non-profit organization with extensive experience in strategic communication, community engagement, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $200,000 to train 160 youth as "Youth Master Trainers" (YMTs) to teach digital literacy, critical thinking, and online safety. The YMTs will conduct 320 training sessions, and 100 of them will become social media influencers to expand the program's reach. The award was made on September 30, 2024, with a...

The Project Grant award of $362,224 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) aims to enhance community resilience against violent extremism in Albania. The project will expand the implementation of the School as Community Center model nationwide. Key objectives include promoting responsible civic participation, helping students learn how to monitor and influence public policy, and engaging local...

The federal Project Grant awarded by the Administration on Children Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth program (CFDA 93.557) provides $149,995.00 in funding to Empower 225, a non-profit organization located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The grant supports the Empower 225 Street Outreach Program, which delivers comprehensive street-based services to runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth populations,...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $295,020 project grant to the International Center For The Study Of Violent Extremism on September 18, 2022 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support the Center's work countering violent extremism by raising local community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of the threats of targeted violence and terrorism. The...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's 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) will allow Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center, in partnership with local organizations, to implement a 36-month project serving youth ages 11-24 in rural Mason County, Washington. The project will: 1) provide...

The Asian Media Access Inc. received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) to implement the "Project SUPPORT" violence prevention program. The project aims to develop and expand school safety strategies among Minnesota's culturally-specific charter schools to promote positive, supportive school climates and prevent violence targeting Black,...

This $350,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), funds the DC Coalition To End Sexual Violence's (DCCESV) "Engaging Boys and Men in the Prevention of Technology-Facilitated Abuse" program. Over 36 months, the grant supports three key objectives: 1) Developing and implementing a 22-week curriculum-based program to engage, educate, and empower middle and high school boys to prevent technology-facilitated domestic violence,...

Justice Innovation, Inc. received a $1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Justice Scholars Network at the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The project aims to build capacity to prevent and reduce school violence through staff training in violence prevention, youth court, peer mediation, and...

This $499,935 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.035 Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program) supports the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of the North in Minneapolis, Minnesota to expand its "ENOUGH" anti-human trafficking program. Key activities include: Scaling up prevention and early intervention efforts by increasing capacity to implement the "Not a Number" anti-trafficking curriculum for 72 girls and...