Programs that assist women who have been victims of violent crimes to receive nearly $4 million in grants

MADISON, Wis. (CIVIC MEDIA) – Programs dedicated to assisting women who have been victims of violent crimes will receive nearly $4 million in grant funding.

According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) news release, the grants will be provided by the DOJ, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The funding will be used to combat violent crimes against women, as well as develop and strengthen victim service cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, and more.

The Wisconsin DOJ received $3,030,186 for the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. The initiative was created in 1994, and it aims to hold offenders accountable in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by encouraging partnership between law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations.

The Wisconsin office also received $954,705 for the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (SAS Formula Program). The program was created in 2005, and it directs grants dollars to states and territories to assist rape crisis centers and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations that provide core services to victims of sexual assault.