Project Grant SSJTIP13GR1005

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on October 1, 2023 by the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will fund Activating Change, Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement the "Increasing Services for Victims of Crimes Committed by Personal Care Attendants" project. The project aims to increase options and access to services for victims with disabilities who have experienced...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 - Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants) aims to enhance existing intervention, clinical, and community wellness programming in the Austin and Humboldt Park neighborhoods of Chicago. The project, titled the "Underserved Victims of Crime Initiative," seeks to expand personnel and resources to provide comprehensive support services to victims of crime and...

This $650,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582), will fund an implementation and outcome evaluation of the VictimConnect resource center. VictimConnect, which receives funding from the Office for Victims of Crime, is a national referral helpline for crime victims accessible through softphone, chat, text, and website resources. The Urban Institute...

The Adult Advocacy Centers is receiving a $747,917 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants) to develop a Technology for Communication-Accessible Victim Services (TCAVS) project. The project aims to create universal design communication boards and standardized templates for communication devices to improve access to the criminal justice system for individuals with...

This $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will support implementation of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences (IMPROVE) platform nationwide. Funded under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582), key objectives include bringing awareness of IMPROVE to victim service providers (VSPs), distributing and sustaining the free-to-use platform, and collecting and analyzing...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to Florida Legal Services, Inc. The three-year project aims to provide victim-centered, trauma-informed, culturally and linguistically appropriate civil legal assistance and wraparound services for limited English proficient (LEP) Haitian crime victims throughout Florida. The project will pilot a unique outreach...

The Victim Rights Law Center Inc. was awarded a $349,980 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to support the Legal Empowerment Advocacy Project. The award is being used to provide technical assistance to communities through the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. The OVW Technical Assistance Initiative aims to provide...

The National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) received a $500,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). The grant will fund a project titled "Enhancing Legal Services for Persons with Disabilities Victimized by Crime" to increase the number of attorneys prepared to provide trauma-informed legal advocacy and rights enforcement for crime victims with...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Asian Women's Shelter (AWS), a minority-owned, non-profit organization in San Francisco, to implement Project AMALNA. This project will engage non-traditional community partners, such as a local mosque and beauty salons, to increase awareness and access to services for Arab and Muslim victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking in the San Francisco Bay Area. The...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Victim Rights Law Center Inc. under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). This 36-month project, a continuation of a previous award, will provide comprehensive training, consultations, resources, and technical assistance to attorneys representing sexual assault survivors. The Victim Rights Law Center Inc. will deliver a range of services, including basic and...