Request for Applications for Violence Against Women Act (Alabama)

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety (LETS) Division is seeking applicants that will work toward the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, impose automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allow civil redress in cases prosecutors have chosen to leave un-prosecuted.

Donor Name: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA)

State: Alabama

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 12/08/2023

Size of the Grant: More than $1 million

Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year

Details:

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) encourages the development and implementation of effective, victim-centered law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to address violent crimes against women, and the development and enhancement of victim services involving violent crimes, including domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.

VAWA is administered at the federal level by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). OVW annually awards a grant to each state, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories. Since the inception of the VAWA Program, the Governor of the State of Alabama has designated the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety (LETS) Division to administer VAWA grants. ADECA, in turn, awards subgrants to organizations that provide programs that address violent crimes against women.

Purpose Areas

To be eligible for VAWA funding, subgrants supported through VAWA must meet one or more of the program’s statutory purpose areas:

Training law enforcement officers, judges, other court personnel, and prosecutors to more effectively identify and respond to violent crimes against women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including the appropriate use of nonimmigrant status under subparagraphs (U) and (T) of section 101(a) (15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
Developing, training, or expanding units of law enforcement officers, judges, other court personnel, and prosecutors, specifically targeting violent crimes against women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Developing and implementing more effective police, court, and prosecution policies, protocols, orders, and services specifically devoted to preventing, identifying, and responding to violent crimes against women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the appropriate treatment of victims.
Developing, installing, or expanding data collection and communication systems, including computerized systems, linking police, prosecutors, and courts, or for the purpose of identifying, classifying and tracking arrests, protection orders, violations of protection orders, prosecutions, and convictions for violent crimes against women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Developing, enlarging, or strengthening victim services and legal assistance programs, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking programs, developing or improving delivery of victim services to underserved populations, providing specialized domestic violence court advocates in courts where a significant number of protection orders are granted, and increasing reporting and reducing attrition rates for cases involving violent crimes against women, including crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs that address the needs and circumstances of Indian tribes in dealing with violent crimes against women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Supporting formal and informal statewide, multidisciplinary efforts, to the extent not supported by state funds, to coordinate the response of state law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, victim services agencies, and other state agencies and departments, to violent crimes against women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Training of sexual assault forensic medical personnel examiners in the collection and preservation of evidence, analysis, prevention, and providing expert testimony and treatment of trauma related to sexual assault.
Developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs to assist law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and others to address the needs and circumstances of who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or sexual assault, or stalking, including recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of such violence or assault, and targeting outreach and support, counseling and other victim services to such older and disabled individuals.
Providing assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in immigration matters.
Maintaining core victim services and criminal justice initiatives, while supporting complementary new initiatives and emergency services for victims and their families.

Funding Categories

Victim Services
Law Enforcement Services
Prosecution Services
Court Services

Funding Information

The total amount of funds available under this solicitation is estimated $163,416.00.

Award Period

The award period will tentatively run from January 1, 2024, until April 30, 2024.

Eligibility Criteria

To carry out programs and projects specified in the Violence Against Women Act, the federal award granted to the State of Alabama may be subgranted by the state to agencies and programs including, but not limited to: