Journey Center For Safety And Healing

Journey Center For Safety And Healing, doing business as Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Cleveland, Ohio that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to operate domestic violence shelters, housing assistance programs, and survivor advocacy services in the Cleveland and Cuyahoga County area. The organization operates primarily as a grant sub-recipient (68% of awards), with the remaining 32% as a prime grant recipient; it holds no federal contracts.

The organization's capability footprint centers on emergency domestic violence shelter operations, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing for survivors fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking, court-based visitation and safe exchange services, crisis intervention and trauma-informed counseling, and community advocacy and outreach to culturally specific populations. Representative prime grants include a $2.65 million Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) award from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention activities across five CoC components; a $550,000 three-year Justice Systems Response to Families grant (CFDA 16.021) from DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025) funding court-based programs, supervised visitation and safe exchange, professional training, and civil legal aid; and a $439,000 Congressionally Recommended Award (CFDA 16.753) from DOJ's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024) supporting increased staff capacity for community advocacy, outreach to faith communities and culturally specific populations, and professional training on domestic violence and child abuse.

The organization's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Justice. The top five funding entities account for 87% of awards: DOJ Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (15 awards), DOJ Office on Violence Against Women (5 awards), Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (4 awards), HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (2 awards), and DOJ Office of Justice Programs Office on Violence Against Women (1 award). The organization serves five distinct federal customer agencies across recent activity. As a sub-recipient, Journey Center receives pass-through funding from the Attorney General of Ohio and Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for emergency domestic violence shelter operations, crime victim services, and Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) programming. Awards per year have ranged from two to five over the past five years, with minimal recompete exposure — only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $11.6 million across 31 total awards (prime and sub) since 2010.