FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VAWO
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2000 202/307-0703
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS OVER $162 MILLION
TO STATES, RURAL COMMUNITIES AND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
WASHINGTON, DC – As a result of $162.3
million in funding provided by the Justice Department in FY 2000, victims of
domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia and five territories, in rural communities and on college campuses,
will receive improved services.
“The Administration’s Violence Against Women
Act and its funding has led to changes in attitude and action in communities
across the country,” said Bonnie Campbell, Director of the Violence Against
Women Office (VAWO), which administers the grants. “Our Fiscal Year 2000 funds are helping law enforcement,
prosecution, courts and victim service providers to work together to prevent
violent crimes against women, enhance victim safety, and provide services to
victims, as well as hold offenders accountable.”
A total of $131.6 million in STOP (Services,
Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant funding
was awarded to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories to
encourage cooperation among law enforcement, prosecution and victim service
providers to improve the response to domestic violence, sexual assault and
stalking.
VAWO awards the STOP funds to state agencies
designated by governors. States are
STOP funds may be used to train law
enforcement officers and prosecutors to more effectively identify and respond
to violence against women, develop domestic violence units in police
departments and prosecutors offices and develop computerized systems to
identify and track arrests and protection orders. STOP funds can also be used to strengthen victim services
programs.
VAWO also awarded $23.9 million to 63 rural
jurisdictions in 41 states to continue projects begun with Fiscal Year 1998
grant funds. The Rural Domestic
Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement grants are for improving the
investigation and prosecution of domestic violence and child abuse cases and to
increase victims’ access to advocacy and counseling in rural areas.
“Service delivery in rural areas can be
difficult,” added Campbell. “Our
program helps criminal justice and social service staff to find creative
solutions to the unique problems rural communities face.”
Another $6.8 million in federal funding was
awarded to 20 colleges and universities in 19 states to improve assistance to
victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. This is the second year that VAWO is
awarding the Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women on Campuses to
institutions of higher education.
To receive these funds, colleges and
universities must develop partnerships with
Campus funds may be used to train faculty,
staff and disciplinary boards to respond more effectively to violence against
women and to strengthen services for victims.
Communication systems, which link campus security to local law
enforcement to identify and track arrests and prosecutions, and capital
improvements, such as improved lighting on campus, may also be supported as
part of comprehensive efforts to address violence against women on campuses.
“Sexual assault and other violent crimes
against women often go unreported on campuses because victims aren’t aware of
the services or recourse available to them,” said Campbell. “These funds will assist colleges and
universities in helping victims to come forward and obtain the services they
need.”
Attached is a list of the specific grant
awards. More information about the
STOP, rural and campus programs and other violence against women efforts is
available on VAWO’s Website at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo or OJP’s Website
at www.ojp.usdoj.gov, or by calling the National Criminal Justice
Reference Service toll-free on 1-800/851-3420.
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VAW01003
After hours contact:
Linda Mansour on 202/616-3534
STATE |
AMOUNT |
ALABAMA |
$2,159,000 |
ALASKA |
$697,000 |
ARIZONA |
$2,188,000 |
ARKANSAS |
$1,466,000 |
CALIFORNIA |
$12,880,000 |
COLORADO |
$2,005,000 |
CONNECTICUT |
$1,750,000 |
DELAWARE |
$784,000 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
$699,000 |
FLORIDA |
$6,185,000 |
GEORGIA |
$3,417,000 |
HAWAII |
$954,000 |
IDAHO |
$964,000 |
ILLINOIS |
$5,098,000 |
INDIANA |
$2,751,000 |
IOWA |
$1,592,000 |
KANSAS |
$1,497,000 |
KENTUCKY |
$2,004,000 |
LOUISIANA |
$2,164,000 |
MAINE |
$974,000 |
MARYLAND |
$2,459,000 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
$2,846,000 |
MICHIGAN |
$4,233,000 |
MINNESOTA |
$2,286,000 |
MISSISSIPPI |
$1,549,000 |
MISSOURI |
$2,573,000 |
MONTANA |
$816,000 |
NEBRASKA |
$1,131,000 |
NEVADA |
$1,156,000 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
$952,000 |
NEW JERSEY |
$3,596,000 |
NEW MEXICO |
$1,102,000 |
NEW YORK |
$7,425,000 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
$3,350,000 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
$733,000 |
OHIO |
$4,780,000 |
OKLAHOMA |
$1,680,000 |
OREGON |
$1,738,700 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
$5,085,000 |
RHODE ISLAND |
$876,000 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
$1,964,000 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
$760,000 |
TENNESSEE |
$2,573,000 |
TEXAS |
$8,024,000 |
UTAH |
$1,292,000 |
VERMONT |
$726,000 |
VIRGINIA |
$3,091,000 |
WASHINGTON |
$2,637,000 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
$1,192,000 |
WISCONSIN |
$2,481,000 |
WYOMING |
$680,000 |
AMERICAN SAMOA |
$357,780 |
GUAM |
$551,000 |
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS |
$176,220 |
PUERTO RICO |
$1,977,000 |
VIRGIN ISLANDS |
$539,000 |
TOTAL |
$131,615,700 |
FY 2000 RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
CHILD VICTIMIZATION ENFORCEMENT GRANTS
STATE |
JURISDICTION |
GRANTEE |
AMOUNT |
ALASKA |
Barrow |
North Slope Borough |
$352,611 |
ARIZONA |
Window Rock |
DNA People’s Legal Services, Inc. |
$344,807 |
|
Phoenix |
Arizona Office of the Governor |
$856,718 |
ARKANSAS |
Fort Smith |
Crisis Center for Battered Women |
$70,000 |
|
Fayetteville |
Project for Victims of Family Violence |
$183,870 |
CALIFORNIA |
Sacramento |
Inter-Tribal Council of California, Inc. |
$304,997 |
|
Eureka |
Yurok Tribe |
$224,997 |
COLORADO |
Woodland Park |
City of Woodland Park |
$350,000 |
CONNECTICUT |
Hartford |
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management |
$350,000 |
DELAWARE |
Wilmington |
Delaware Criminal Justice Council |
$500,000 |
FLORIDA |
Tallahassee |
Florida Department of Community Affairs |
$400,393 |
GEORGIA |
Atlanta |
Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council |
$500,000 |
HAWAII |
Honolulu |
Hawaii Department of the Attorney General |
$498,588 |
IDAHO |
Sandpoint |
Bonner County Homeless Task Force |
$399,990 |
|
Rexburg |
Family Crisis Center |
$192,531 |
|
Twin Falls |
Twin Falls County |
$162,000 |
ILLINOIS |
Chicago |
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority |
$400,000 |
IOWA |
Des Moines |
Iowa Governor’s Alliance on Substance Abuse |
$553,960 |
KANSAS |
Topeka |
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence |
$400,000 |
KENTUCKY |
Frankfort |
Kentucky Justice Cabinet |
$230,350 |
MARYLAND |
Baltimore |
Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention |
$450,000 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
Boston |
Massachusetts Bureau of Family and Community Health |
$574,680 |
MONTANA |
Bozeman |
City of Bozeman |
$169,773 |
|
Missoula |
Missoula County |
$269,591 |
|
Thompson Falls |
Sanders County Coalition for Families |
$138,679 |
NEBRASKA |
Omaha |
Voices of Children in Nebraska |
$199,604 |
NEVADA |
Las Vegas |
Andre Agassi Foundation |
$500,000 |
|
Carson City |
Nevada Office of the Attorney General |
$111,130 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
Concord |
New Hampshire Department of Justice |
$386,448 |
NEW MEXICO |
Albuquerque |
American Indian Law Center |
$149,761 |
|
Albuquerque |
Morning Star House, Inc. |
$474,776 |
|
Jemez Pueblo |
Pueblo of Jemez |
$143,572 |
|
Zuni |
Pueblo of Zuni |
$353,187 |
|
San Juan Pueblo |
San Juan Pueblo |
$349,314 |
NEW MEXICO |
Las Cruces |
Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
$375,000 |
NEW YORK |
Albany |
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services |
$299,553 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
Cherokee |
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
$150,000 |
|
Raleigh |
North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety |
$183,320 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
Bismarck |
North Dakota Council on Abused Women |
$294,000 |
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS |
Saipan |
Criminal Justice Planning Agency |
$55,305 |
OHIO |
Columbus |
Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services |
$694,842 |
OKLAHOMA |
Miami |
Community Crisis Center, Inc. |
$273,424 |
OREGON |
Madras |
Jefferson County |
$396,834 |
|
Grants Pass |
Josephine County District Attorney’s Office |
$419,666 |
|
Reedsport |
Lower Umpqua Victims’ Services |
$350,000 |
OREGON |
Vale |
Malheur County District
Attorney’s Office |
$234,899 |
|
Salem |
Oregon State Office for Services to Children and Families |
$356,418 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
Harrisburg |
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency |
$415,000 |
RHODE ISLAND |
Providence |
Governor’s Justice Commission |
$351,720 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
Kyle |
Cangleska, Inc. |
$350,000 |
|
Pierre |
South Dakota
Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault |
$687,893 |
|
Mission |
White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. |
$225,000 |
TENNESSEE |
Nashville |
Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration |
$534,161 |
TEXAS |
Austin |
Texas Office of the Governor |
$670,248 |
UTAH |
Orem |
City of Orem |
$110,000 |
|
Provo |
City of Provo |
$210,286 |
VERMONT |
Waterbury |
Vermont Center for Crime Victim
Services |
$799,534 |
|
Burlington |
Women Helping Battered Women |
$249,043 |
VIRGINIA |
Richmond |
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services |
$500,000 |
WASHINGTON |
Olympia |
Washington Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development |
$618,718 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
Charleston |
West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services |
$168,350 |
WISCONSIN |
Madison |
Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance |
$612,756 |
WYOMING |
Laramie |
Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault |
$599,363 |
TOTAL |
63 |
63 |
$23,850,288 |
FY 2000 GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES
AGAINST WOMEN
ON CAMPUSES
STATE |
JURISDICTION |
GRANTEE |
AMOUNT |
CALIFORNIA |
Pomona |
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
$395,000 |
CALIFORNIA |
Davis |
University of California at Davis |
$199,819 |
ILLINOIS |
DeKalb |
Northern Illinois University |
$400,000 |
IOWA |
Cedar Falls |
University of Northern Iowa |
$505,744 |
LOUISIANA |
Baton Rouge |
Southern University and A&M College |
$349,882 |
MAINE |
Orono |
University of Maine |
$302,256 |
MARYLAND |
Baltimore |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
$381,616 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
Amherst |
University of Massachusetts |
$392,238 |
NEW JERSEY |
New Brunswick |
Rutgers University |
$399,879 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
Winston-Salem |
Wake Forest University |
$199,995 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
Jamestown |
Jamestown College |
$40,000 |
OHIO |
Bowling Green |
Bowling Green State University |
$400,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
University Park |
Pennsylvania State University |
$451,409 |
RHODE ISLAND |
Kingston |
University of Rhode Island |
$372,104 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
Rosebud |
Sinte Gleska University |
$232,293 |
TENNESSEE |
Memphis |
LeMoyne Owen College |
300,000 |
TEXAS |
Austin |
University of Texas at Austin |
$549,030 |
VERMONT |
Burlington |
University of Vermont |
$294,324 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
Huntington |
Marshall University |
$300,000 |
WISCONSIN |
Milwaukee |
Marquette University |
$335,000 |
TOTAL |
20 |
20 |
$6,800,589 |