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OVW Announces Recovery Act Awards to Tribal Governments and Tribal Coalitions

The landmark American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), signed into law by President Obama, provides the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) with $20.8 million for the Indian Tribal Governments Program to decrease the number of violent crimes committed against Indian women, help Indian tribes use their independent authority to respond to crimes of violence against Indian women and make sure that people who commit violent crimes against Indian women are held responsible for their actions. The award period is 36 months.

The Recovery Act provides OVW with $2.8 million for the Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program to provide much needed resources for organizing and supporting efforts to end violence against Indian women and provide technical assistance to member programs. The award period is 24 months.

OVW will announce Recovery Act awards to Tribal Governments and Tribal Coalitions on a rolling basis throughout the summer.

Tribal Coalitions

State Organization Amount Awarded
Alaska Alaska Native Women's Coalition $154,000
Arizona Hopi–Tewa Women’s Coalition to End Abuse $337,000
California Strong Hearted Women’s Coalition $246,400
Michigan Uniting Three Fires Against Violence $246,172
Minnesota Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition $154,000
Minnesota Sacred Spirits $154,000
North Dakota First Nations Women’s Alliance $348,500
South Dakota Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains $215,350
South Dakota Sicangu Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence $329,000
Wisconsin American Indians Against Abuse, Inc (AIAA) $350,300

Tribal Governments

State Organization Amount Awarded
Alaska Alaska Department of Public Safety Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault $803,624
Alaska Native Village of Barrow $447,488
Arizona Tohono O'Odham Nation $899,983
California Big Valley Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians $446,700
California La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians $400,000
California Los Coyotes Band of Indians $331,371
California Strong Hearted Native Women's Coalition $400,000
California Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribal Council $450,000
Kansas Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation $334,630
Maine Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians $261,299
Michigan Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians $388,747
Michigan Keweenaw Bay Indian Community $429,000
Michigan Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan $802,627
Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians $855,100
Minnesota White Earth Reservation Tribal Council $707,404
Mississippi Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians $899,999
Montana Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes $802,642
New Mexico Pueblo of Nambe $438,880
North Carolina North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety $3,784,210
North Dakota Spirit Lake Tribe $420,188
North Dakota Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians $455,263
Oklahoma Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma $510,000
Oklahoma Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma $899,999
Oklahoma Citizen Potawatomi Nation $899,999
Oklahoma Comanche Nation $687,312
Oklahoma Kaw Nation $366,882
Oklahoma Osage Nation $773,667
Oklahoma Seminole Nation of Oklahoma $744,809
Oklahoma Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma $440,200
Oregon Klamath Tribes of Oregon $539,798
South Dakota Rosebud Sioux Tribe $787,633
South Dakota Wiconi Wawokiya, Inc $600,000
Washington Squaxin Island Tribe $899,999
Washington Swinomish Indian Tribal Community $633,703
Washington Tulalip Tribes of Washington $899,999
Wisconsin Forest County Potawatomi Community $354,951
Wisconsin Menominee Indian of Wisconsin $899,999


Recovery Act Transitional Housing Awards

OVW's Recovery Act Transitional Housing program provides holistic, victim-centered transitional housing services and related support services that move individuals into permanent housing. Grants support programs that provide assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are in need of transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and related support services. Providing viable temporary housing options and services that promote self-sufficiency are critical and proven steps toward violence-free lives.

OVW will announce Recovery Act Transitional Housing on a rolling basis throughout the summer.

State City Organization Amount Awarded
Alabama Montgomery The Montgomery Area Family Violence Program, Incorporated $488,010
Alaska Fairbanks Interior Alaska Center for NonViolent Living $478,869
Arizona Payson Time Out Inc $500,000
Arkansas Jonesboro Counseling Services of Eastern Arkansas $388,407
California San Mateo CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse) $500,000
California Visalia Family Services of Tulare County $500,000
California Claremont House of Ruth, Inc $500,000
California San Rafael Marin Abused Women's Services $413,023
California Downey Southern California Alcohol and Drug Programs, Inc. $520,755
California Los Angeles Volunteers of America Los Angeles $500,000
California San Luis Obispo Women's Shelter Program of San Luis Obispo County $500,000
Colorado Fort Collins Crossroads Safehouse, Inc $500,000
Connecticut Torrington Susan B. Anthony Project, Inc $492,524
Delaware Wilmington Delaware Criminal Justice Council $500,000
District of Columbia Washington District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH) $499,809
District of Columbia Washington Polaris Project $489,355
Florida Fort Walton Beach Bridgeway Center, Inc $497,176
Florida Miami Victim Response, Inc $500,000
Georgia Cornelia Georgia Mountain Women's Center, Inc. $387,317
Hawaii Ewa Beach Child and Family Service $499,134
Idaho Caldwell Advocates Against Family Violence, Inc $481,790
Idaho Decorah Helping Services for Northeast Iowa, Inc $459,556
Illinois Joliet Guardian Angel Community Services $510,544
Illinois Springfield M.E.R.C.Y. Communities, Inc. $250,000
Indiana Indianapolis Coburn Place Safehaven, Inc $532,076
Iowa Iowa City Domestic Violence Intervention Program, Inc $393,926
Kansas Kansas City Friends of Yates $315,549
Kansas Overland Park SAFEHOME, Inc. $164,747
Kentucky Richmond Kentucky River Foothills Development Council, Inc $500,000
Louisiana Monroe Wellspring Alliance for Families $499,999
Louisiana New Orleans Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $500,000
Maine Portland Elder Abuse Institute of Maine $570,796
Maryland Frederick Heartly House, Inc $413,764
Maryland Baltimore House Of Ruth Maryland, Inc $496,335
Massachusetts Boston Case Myrna Vazquez $403,544
Massachusetts Newburyport Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center $500,000
Massachusetts New Bedford New Bedford Women's Center, Inc $401,680
Massachusetts Springfield YWCA of Western Massachusetts $500,000
Michigan Jackson AWARE, Inc $500,000
Michigan Detroit Looking for My Sister $497,300
Michigan Lansing Michigan Department of Human Services $2,000,000
Minnesota Minneapolis Minneapolis American Indian Center $500,000
Minnesota Saint Paul Casa de Esperanza $500,000
Mississippi Jackson Catholic Charities, Inc $536,734
Missouri Lee's Summit Hope House, Inc $305,335
Missouri Kansas City Rose Brooks Centers $184,910
Montana Red Lodge Domestic and Sexual Violence Services of Carbon County $497,351
Montana Hamilton Supporters of Abuse Free Environments $466,111
Nebraska Gering The DOVES Program $495,000
New Hampshire Claremont Turning Points Network $450,000
Nevada Reno Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence $500,000
New Jersey Camden Center For Family Services, Inc. $399,799
New Jersey Hackensack Shelter Our Sisters Inc $463,137
New Mexico Las Cruces La Casa Inc $496,271
New York Albany Equinox $330,262
New York New York Girls Educational & Mentoring Services $499,864
New York Oneonta Opportunities for Otsego, Inc $395,935
New Jersey Trenton Womanspace, Inc $488,727
North Carolina Durham Durham Crisis Response Center $591,722
North Carolina Charlotte Mecklenburg County $500,000
North Carolina GREENSBORO Youth Focus, Inc $400,000
North Dakota Bismarck Abused Adult Resource Center $397,814
North Dakota Fargo YWCA Cass Clay $301,208
Ohio Ravenna Family & Community Services, Inc. $311,233
Ohio Cincinnati YWCA of Greater Cincinnati $463,463
Oklahoma Perkins Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma $549,261
Oklahoma Tulsa Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc $426,335
Oregon Oregon City Clackamas Women's Services $498,217
Oregon Klamath Falls Klamath Crisis Center $499,978
Oregon Portland Multnomah County Department of Human Services $499,302
Pennsylvania Clearfield Central Pennsylvania Community Action Inc $248,500
Pennsylvania West Chester Domestic Violence Center of Chester $386,132
Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre Domestic Violence Service Center, Inc $485,627
Puerto Rico Caguas Proyecto Matria, Inc $707,816
Rhode Island Providence Sojourner House, Inc $381,451
South Carolina Greenville Safe Harbor, Inc $499,974
South Dakota Sioux Falls South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault $500,000
Tennessee Knoxville Child & Family Tennessee $500,000
Texas Austin Travis County Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Survival Center $355,626
U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted Women's Coalition of St. Croix $498,899
Utah Logan Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse $344,231
Utah Brigham City Your Community in Unity $349,251
Vermont Burlington Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity $405,184
Vermont Burlington Women Helping Battered Women $318,989
Virginia Falls Church Boat People SOS, Inc $500,000
Virginia Fredericksburg Rappahannock Council on Domestic Violence $491,185
Washington Spokane YWCA of Spokane $498,253
West Virginia Welch Stop Abusive Family Environments, Inc $280,396
Wisconsin Green Bay Family Services of Northeast WI $450,000
Wisconsin Oneida Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin $572,259
Wyoming Cheyenne Safehouse Sexual Assault Services, Inc. $383,589

OVW Announces Recovery Act Awards to States and State Coalitions

OVW announced more than $134 million in Recovery Act awards to states, territories, and state coalitions to support comprehensive strategies addressing violence against women. The STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program (STOP Program) supports a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to stopping and responding to crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

By supporting coordination among state agencies and service organizations, this funding offers an opportunity to state administrators and survivors of violence to be part of and benefit from the Recovery Act. Cross-cutting services may include but are not limited to educational opportunities, job training, housing and social services.

States will release requests for proposals to local communities requesting proposals that will be reviewed through a competitive selection process at the state level. Please contact your state's STOP administering agency for information about applying for STOP Program funds. A complete contact list of STOP administering agencies is posted on OVW's website: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/stop-contactlist.htm.

OVW's Recovery Act STOP Program

All OVW Recovery Act Awards to States

The following states received funding under OVW's Recovery Act STOP Awards:

State Amount
Awarded		 State Amount
Awarded
Alabama $2,220,871 Montana $916,955
American Samoa $622,658 Nebraska $1,217,180
Arizona
$2,767,911 Nevada $1,496,089
Arkansas $1,589,942 New Hampshire $1,058,641
California $13,298,809 New Jersey $3,624,711
Colorado $2,306,619 New Mexico $1,228,450
Connecticut $1,819,310 New York $7,374,913
Delaware $903,933 North Dakota $812,159
District of Columbia $806,053 Ohio $4,604,597
Florida $6,976,652 Oklahoma $1,773,156
Georgia $3,973,732 Oregon $1,906,545
Guam $661,510 Pennsylvania $4,942,096
Hawaii $1,047,877 Puerto Rico $1,978,993
Idaho $1,125,019 Rhode Island $965,065
Illinois $5,094,365 South Carolina $2,159,535
Indiana $2,821,938 South Dakota $857,968
Iowa $1,645,347 Texas $9,042,754
Kansas $1,569,660 Tennessee $2,765,332
Kentucky $2,088,443 Utah $1,544,099
Louisiana $2,132,194 Vermont $816,288
Maine $1,057,447 Virgin Islands $638, 390
Maryland $2,562,236 Virginia $3,305,800
Massachusetts $2,864,277 West Virginia $1,232,720
Michigan $4,074,946 Wisconsin $2,548,507
Minnesota $2,403,272 Wyoming $781,663
Mississippi $1,622,147    
Missouri $2,655,994    


The following coalitions received funding under OVW's Recovery Act State Coalitions Program:

State State Coalition Amount Awarded
Alabama Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Alabama Alabama Coalition Against Rape $78,125
Alaska Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault $156,250
American Samoa Flo Ainuu American Samoa Coalition $78,125
Arizona Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Arizona Arizona Sexual Assault Network $78,125
Arkansas Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Arkansas Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
California California Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Colorado Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Colorado Colorado Coaliton Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Connecticut Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Connecticut Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services, Inc $78,125
Delaware ContactLifeline Inc $78,125
Delaware Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
District of Columbia District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
District of Columbia DC Rape Crisis Center $78,125
Florida Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Florida Florida Council Against Sexual Violence $78,125
Georgia Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Georgia Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault $78,125
Guam Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence Corp. $156,250
Hawaii Hawaii Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Hawaii Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Idaho Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence $156,250
Illinois Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Illinois Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Indiana Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Indiana Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Iowa Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Iowa Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Kansas Kansas Coalition Against Sexual And Domestic Violence $156,250
Kentucky Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs $78,125
Kentucky Kentucky Domestic Violence Association $78,125
Louisiana Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Louisiana Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Maine Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence $78,125
Maine Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Maryland Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Maryland Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Massachusetts Jane Doe, Inc $156,250
Michigan Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence $156,250
Minnesota Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Minnesota Minnesota Coalition For Battered Women $78,125
Mississippi Mississippi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Mississippi Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Missouri Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence $156,250
Nevada Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence, Inc $78,125
Montana Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence $156,250
Nebraska Nebraska Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition $156,250
Nevada Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence $78,125
New Hampshire New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence $156,250
New Jersey New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
New Jersey New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women $78,125
New Mexico New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
New Mexico New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs $78,125
New York New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
New York New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
North Carolina North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
North Carolina North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
North Dakota North Dakota Council on Abused Women’s Services $156,250
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands $78,125
Ohio Ohio Domestic Violence Network $78,125
Oklahoma Oklahoma Coalition on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault $156,250
Oregon Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence $156,250
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape $78,125
Puerto Rico Coordinadora Paz para la Mujer Inc $156,250
Rhode Island Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Rhode Island Day One: The Sexual Assault and Trauma Resource Center $78,125
South Carolina South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault $156,250
South Dakota South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault $156,250
Tennessee Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence $156,250
Texas Texas Association Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Texas Texas Council on Family Violence $78,125
Utah Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Utah Utah Domestic Violence Advisory Council $78,125
Vermont Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault $156,250
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands – Women’s Coalition of St. Croix $156,250
Virginia Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance $156,250
Washington Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Washington Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs $78,125
West Virginia West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc $78,125
West Virginia West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services $78,125
Wisconsin Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence $78,125
Wisconsin Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault $78,125
Wyoming Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault $156,250


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