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Public Safety and Homeland Security Violence Against Women
Total Funding Available: $175 million for STOP grants
$50 million for transitional housing
Overview
STOP (Services • Training • Officers • Prosecutors) grants: Formula grants awarded to states and territories to develop and strengthen the criminal justice system's response to violence against women and to support and enhance services for victims. Each state and territory must allocate 25 percent of the grant funds for law enforcement, 25 percent for prosecution, 5 percent for courts, and 30 percent for victim services.
Transitional Housing: Discretionary grant program that provides transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and related support services for individuals who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of fleeing a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. Eligible applicants are states, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and other organizations that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Special Factors
Information regarding matching fund requirements for STOP can be found at www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/match_requirement.pdf.
How to Access Funding
STOP grants: Grant information will be available at www.ovw.usdoj.gov/stop_grant_desc.htm.
Transitional Housing: Grant information will be available at www.ovw.usdoj.gov/thousing_grant_desc.htm.
Federal Contact
www.ovw.usdoj.gov
State Contact
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
www.mass.gov/eopss
Office of Grant and Research
Sandra McCroom, Executive Director, (617) 725-3301
MMA Staff Contact
Matthew G. Feher, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , (617) 426-7272
Public Safety and Homeland Security Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women
Total Funding Available: $175 million for STOP grants
$50 million for transitional housing
Overview
STOP (Services • Training • Officers • Prosecutors) grants: Formula grants awarded to states and territories to develop and strengthen the criminal justice system's response to violence against women and to support and enhance services for victims. Each state and territory must allocate 25 percent of the grant funds for law enforcement, 25 percent for prosecution, 5 percent for courts, and 30 percent for victim services.
Transitional Housing: Discretionary grant program that provides transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and related support services for individuals who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of fleeing a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. Eligible applicants are states, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and other organizations that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Special Factors
Information regarding matching fund requirements for STOP can be found at www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/match_requirement.pdf.
How to Access Funding
STOP grants: Grant information will be available at www.ovw.usdoj.gov/stop_grant_desc.htm.
Transitional Housing: Grant information will be available at www.ovw.usdoj.gov/thousing_grant_desc.htm.
Federal Contact
www.ovw.usdoj.gov
State Contact
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
www.mass.gov/eopss
Office of Grant and Research
Sandra McCroom, Executive Director, (617) 725-3301
MMA Staff Contact
Matthew G. Feher, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , (617) 426-7272
Last Updated on March 23, 2009
