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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
Amount: $20.8 million
Overview: To enhance the ability of Tribes to respond to violent crimes against American Indian and Alaska Native women, enhance victim safety, and develop education and prevention strategies.
Eligible Entities: Federally recognized Indian Tribes, their authorized designee, or a consortium consisting of two or more federally recognized Tribes.
Amount: $43 million
Overview: Provides holistic, victim-centered transitional housing services and related support services that move individuals into permanent housing.
Amount: $8.75 million
Overview: To support the coordination of state victim services activities, including collaboration and coordination with federal, state, and local entities. State Sexual Assault Coalitions and State Domestic Violence Coalitions will receive up to $78,125 each, and dual Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Coalitions will receive up to $156,250
Eligible Entities: HHS-designated State coalitions
Amount: $140 million
Overview: Promote a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to enhance services and advocacy to victims, improve the criminal justice system's response, and promote effective law enforcement, prosecution, and judicial strategies to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
This website offers a complete listing of OJP Recovery Act funding opportunities and open solicitations.
This fact sheet explains how the Recovery Act funds are being allocated.
$100 million was allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for victim compensation and assistance grants. (Not from the Crime Victims Fund). The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) State Crime Victim Compensation Program is one of three programs under Victim Compensation and Assistance.
Amount: $5 million
$100 million was allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for victim compensation and assistance grants. (Not from the Crime Victims Fund). The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) State Crime Victim Compensation Program is one of three programs under Victim Compensation and Assistance.
Amount: $47.5 million
$100 million was allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for victim compensation and assistance grants. (Not from the Crime Victims Fund). The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) State Crime Victim Compensation Program is one of three programs under Victim Compensation and Assistance.
Amount: $47.5 million
Strategies for TANF Agencies to Identify and Address Domestic Violence by Michelle Ganow, Welfare Information Network (December 2001) (11 pages). This website addresses how TANF can help domestic violence survivors and what issues arise with the use of TANF. The website addresses policy uses such as why states should invest in TANF and how TANF employees can identify individuals with domestic violence issues.
Amount: $225 million
Overview: provides resources to improve the capacity of state and local criminal justice systems, and to provide assistance to victims of crime (other than compensation).
Eligible Entities: national, state, regional, or local public and private entities,including for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education, and tribal jurisdictions.
Overview: The JAG Program, administered by OJP's Bureau of Justice Assistance, allows states , tribes,and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system Eligible entities: States and local governments; Sixty percent of the allocation is awarded to the state and 40 percent is set aside for units of local governments. See listing below of state administering agencies.
This report is based primarily on interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch in the United States in 2008 with individuals possessing direct knowledge of the medical care provided to women in immigration detention. In these interviews and visits to nine detention facilities, Human Rights Watch investigated care for a range of women's health concerns and collected information regarding each type of facility where US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies govern health care.
This report presents findings about violent crime and property crime experienced by the Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population in the United States.
Through dozens of interviews with police officers, public officials, criminalists, rape treatment providers, and rape victims, the report documents the devastating effects of the backlog on victims of sexual abuse.
The report is an important resource for security sector and development institutions, advocates, humanitarian actors, and policy makers seeking to address sexual violence during and after armed conflict.
This review takes stock of the achievements of 15 years of work on the VAW mandate, which has produced an impressive collection of annual reports, country mission reports, and communication reports comprising many communications to and from governments.
The aim of this manual is to support government agencies, NGOs and inter-institutional networks in the development of processes for integrating HIV and VAW interventions in the specific areas of prevention, VCT, PMTCT, care, support and treatment. Also available in Spanish.
This issue brief discusses the challenges faced by children who grow up in low income environments. It includes statistics regarding vulnerable children and solutions to prevent vulnerable children from falling behind.
This article discusses a report released that reveals the degree to which a children's health is determined by the circumstances into which they are born.
The document includes specific legislation adopted by states regarding predatory lending and the strength of the legislation passed in each of the states. This document can be used by advocates and survivors to determine the level of protection in an individual's state.
This manual lays out federal housing programs including programs for the elderly and section 8 housing.
This document contains relevant information regarding credit report and credit scores. It provides useful information regarding credit. Additionally, it provides documents individuals can use to gather information and improve their individual credit, such as, credit dispute letter and credit report request letter.
This state-by-state review of 2008 legislative session activity covers payday lending. Advocates might consult this guide for ideas about payday lending legislation that may limit what licensees can do.
A comprehensive guide discussing credit issues as they relate to women, includes issues such as consumer protection and bankruptcy. The guide answers question regarding credit and issues such as divorce, obtaining credit, identity theft and fixing mistakes with your credit. Advocates may find this guide helpful for a basic understanding of credit counseling services.
