The Young Women's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago (YWCA) will receive $350,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant is part of 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). Under the award, the YWCA will implement a train-the-trainer program to incorporate education and training on...
This $990,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) supports a holistic health, wellness, and violence prevention program for a severely underserved group, particularly young and teenage girls, facing increasing mental health challenges exacerbated by COVID-19 and rising community violence. The grant recipient, The Justice Education Center Inc., a non-profit organization...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) 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 provide $349,556 to the Battered Women's Shelter (BWS) in Akron, Ohio over 36 months. The project aims to enhance and expand access to culturally responsive prevention programming to educate, empower, and engage...
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $998,355 Project Grant under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) to Atlanta Growing Leadership Of Women, Inc. (Atlanta GLOW). The 3-year initiative, the Leadership Education/Equity and Advancement Program, will engage 700 low-income, minority, and/or disabled female youth (ages 14 to 17) in Atlanta and across 40% of counties in North Georgia in evidence-based mentoring, life skills...
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), through the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), has awarded The Skills Center Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant to provide an array of sports-based youth development services for 50 minority middle and high school girls annually over a 3-year period. The program, titled "Tampa YES," will deliver trauma-informed, positive youth development programming that includes individual education plans, tutoring, mentoring,...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women provides $315,000 in funding over 36 months for the "Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls" program (CFDA 16.888). The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in partnership with several local organizations, will implement "Project TeamUp Hartford County" to: 1) train male coaches in Hartford County middle and high...
Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice 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), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Northwest Ohio received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) 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). Through this 36-month grant, the YWCA will implement Project AMEND Together to engage young men and boys ages 12-19 in Toledo public...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), 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), provides $350,000 to Justice Innovation Inc. (doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation) for a 36-month project period beginning October 1, 2023. The grant will fund the "Men Rising...
The Atlanta Growing Leadership of Women Inc. (Atlanta Glow) will receive $900,000 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support Atlanta Glow's Leadership Education/Equity and Advancement Program (LEAP) initiative from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. LEAP will provide evidence-based mentoring, life skills training, and leadership development services to 550...