Bureau Of Women's Affairs

The Bureau of Women's Affairs is a U.S. local government entity based in Hagåtña, Guam, that serves as a recipient of federal grant funding to support violence prevention and victim services initiatives across the territory. As a governmental agency dedicated to addressing violence against women and supporting vulnerable populations, the Bureau of Women's Affairs receives federal grants from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to implement comprehensive programs that strengthen law enforcement, prosecution, victim services, and community-based prevention efforts related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The Bureau of Women's Affairs has demonstrated extensive experience administering multiple federal grant programs, including the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program (CFDA 16.588), the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017), the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589), and the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence (CFDA 16.888). These grants have funded a diverse range of services and initiatives, including the establishment of a Special Victims Unit within the Guam Police Department, provision of trauma-informed counseling services for youth and adult victims, supervised visitation and safe exchange services for families, court-based victim assistance programs, victim advocacy and resource coordination, and community education and prevention campaigns. The Bureau has partnered with multiple local and nonprofit organizations including Erica's House Inc., Sanctuary Incorporated of Guam, Westcare Pacific Islands, the Judiciary of Guam, the Guam Police Department, Victim Advocates Reaching Out, the Guam Department of Youth Affairs, and various other law enforcement and social service entities to deliver these victim-centered and trauma-informed services. Recent awards spanning from 2021 through 2027 total over $4.5 million in federal funding, reflecting the Bureau's sustained role as a critical administrator of violence prevention and victim services programming for the territory.