15JOVW23GG00506LEGA
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, the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, in partnership with the North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center, will provide holistic civil legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking in Northern Santa Barbara County, California.
These services include petitions for orders of protection, custody and visitation orders, paternity actions, child support, divorce, immigration remedies for victims of crime, advocacy regarding crime victim rights, and more. The project will address Priority Area 2: increasing legal services to victims of sexual assault, with legal services for victims of sexual assault comprising at least 50% of funded activities.
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, the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, in partnership with the North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center, will provide holistic civil legal services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking in Northern Santa Barbara County, California.
These services include petitions for orders of protection, custody and visitation orders, paternity actions, child support, divorce, immigration remedies for victims of crime, advocacy regarding crime victim rights, and more. The project will address Priority Area 2: increasing legal services to victims of sexual assault, with legal services for victims of sexual assault comprising at least 50% of funded activities.
Funding Goals
THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS (LAV) GRANT PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY AID ADULT AND YOUTH VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING WHO ARE SEEKING RELIEF IN LEGAL MATTERS RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THAT ABUSE OR VIOLENCE, AT MINIMUM OR NO COST TO THE VICTIMS. LAV GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED PROVIDE CRIMINAL DEFENSE SERVICES. GRANT FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING IN MATTERS RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THAT ABUSE OR VIOLENCE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE LAV GRANT PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE, COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE QUALITY REPRESENTATION TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Santa Barbara,
California
93101
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Legal Aid Foundation Of Santa Barbara County was awarded
Project Grant 15JOVW23GG00506LEGA
worth $750,000
from Office on Violence Against Women in October 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Santa Barbara 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 5/6/24
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
Transaction History
Modifications to 15JOVW23GG00506LEGA
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
15JOVW23GG00506LEGA
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
N5DKKRZ6G8C1
Awardee CAGE
4ZP71
Performance District
CA-24
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 5/6/24