15JOVW23GG00501LEGA
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
The Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid adult and youth (ages 11 to 24) victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence.
Legal assistance is assistance in: a) divorce, parental rights, child support, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing, campus, education, healthcare, privacy, contract, consumer, civil rights, protection or other injunctive proceedings, related enforcement proceedings, and other similar matters; b) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-conviction matters (including sentencing, parole, and probation) that impact the victims safety, privacy, or other interests as a victim; c) alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes intended to promote victim safety, privacy, and autonomy, and offender accountability, regardless of court involvement; or d) post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, tribal, or territorial court with respect to a conviction of a victim relating to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking victimization of the victim.
Through this continuation Legal Assistance for Victims Project, Jenesse Center, Inc. will provide civil legal assistance (e.g., family law, housing, immigration, and public benefits matters) to victims of domestic violence and/or intimate partner sexual assault from low-income communities of color, including African American, Hispanic/Latina, and Black immigrant women, in South Los Angeles, California. The project will address the following priority areas: 1) Priority Area 1: Advancing Racial Equity and 2) Priority Area 3: Underserved Communities.
Legal assistance is assistance in: a) divorce, parental rights, child support, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing, campus, education, healthcare, privacy, contract, consumer, civil rights, protection or other injunctive proceedings, related enforcement proceedings, and other similar matters; b) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-conviction matters (including sentencing, parole, and probation) that impact the victims safety, privacy, or other interests as a victim; c) alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes intended to promote victim safety, privacy, and autonomy, and offender accountability, regardless of court involvement; or d) post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, tribal, or territorial court with respect to a conviction of a victim relating to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking victimization of the victim.
Through this continuation Legal Assistance for Victims Project, Jenesse Center, Inc. will provide civil legal assistance (e.g., family law, housing, immigration, and public benefits matters) to victims of domestic violence and/or intimate partner sexual assault from low-income communities of color, including African American, Hispanic/Latina, and Black immigrant women, in South Los Angeles, California. The project will address the following priority areas: 1) Priority Area 1: Advancing Racial Equity and 2) Priority Area 3: Underserved Communities.
Awardee
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Culver City,
California
90230-5129
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Jenesse Center was awarded
Project Grant 15JOVW23GG00501LEGA
worth $750,000
from Office on Violence Against Women in October 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Culver City California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 16.524 Legal Assistance for Victims.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Legal Assistance for Victims - Solicitation.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 11/20/23
Period of Performance
10/1/23
Start Date
9/30/26
End Date
Funding Split
$750.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$750.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
15JOVW23GG00501LEGA
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI NOT AVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
15J0VW OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Funding Office
15J0VW OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Awardee UEI
REZ3ZSN6HBM4
Awardee CAGE
491M9
Performance District
CA-37
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 11/20/23