Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc

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 VICTIMS (AGES 11 AND OLDER) OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING 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 INCLUDES ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING IN: A) FAMILY, TRIBAL, TERRITORIAL, IMMIGRATION, EMPLOYMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY, HOUSING MATTERS, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE, OR PROTECTION OR STAY AWAY ORDER PROCEEDINGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR MATTERS; B) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVESTIGATIONS, PROSECUTIONS, AND POST-TRIAL MATTERS (INCLUDING SENTENCING, PAROLE, AND PROBATION) THAT IMPACT THE VICTIMS SAFETY AND PRIVACY; C) ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, OR OTHER PROCESSES INTENDED TO PROMOTE VICTIM SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND AUTONOMY; AND D) POST-CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDINGS IN STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, OR TERRITORIAL COURT WHERE THE CONVICTION OF A VICTIM IS RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, OR SEX TRAFFICKING. 34 U.S.C. 12291(A)(24)(C). THROUGH THIS NEW LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS PROJECT, THE GEORGIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JANE W. WILSON FAMILY JUSTICE CLINIC UGA SCHOOL OF LAW, IGNITING HOPE GA, AND LAW FIRM PARTNERS ALSTON & BIRD LLP, BONDURANT MIXON & ELMORE LLP, FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP, KING & SPALDING LLP, AND TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP, WILL PROVIDE POST-CONVICTION LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCARCERATED IN GEORGIAS WOMENS PRISONS.

SERVICES TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST DEAF WOMEN

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GCADV/CIU ABSTRACT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 47,227 PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN GEORGIA’S PRISONS. 3,132 OF THEM ARE WOMEN. IF AN ESTIMATED 4-6% OF THESE INMATES ARE INNOCENT, THAT MEANS AT LEAST 125 WOMEN ARE SERVING TIME IN GEORGIA’S PRISONS FOR CRIMES FOR THEY DID NOT COMMIT. IDENTIFYING AND REDRESSING WRONGFUL CONVICTION IS DIFFICULT; PROVING THE INNOCENCE OF FEMALE PRISONERS IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT. UNLIKE CASES TAKEN ON BY TRADITIONAL INNOCENCE ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR CASES OFTEN DO NOT INVOLVE DNA EVIDENCE. THEY DO, HOWEVER, INVOLVE MISAPPLIED FORENSIC SCIENCE, FALSE CONFESSIONS, INCENTIVIZED WITNESSES, EYEWITNESS MISIDENTIFICATION, AND OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT; MAKING THESE CASES PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO INVESTIGATE AND SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVE. SINCE 2015, THE GEORGIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (GCADV), GEORGIA’S STATEWIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION, DEVELOPED THE JUSTICE FOR INCARCERATED SURVIVORS (JFIS) PROJECT AFTER DISCOVERING THAT AT LEAST 77% OF INCARCERATED WOMEN HAD A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WORKING WITH VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES, THE JFIS TEAM HAS SECURED THE RELEASE OF AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 4 INCARCERATED SURVIVORS PER YEAR BASED ON THEIR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HISTORY. RECENTLY, GCADV BEGAN WORKING WITH CIU TO INVESTIGATE SEVERAL INNOCENCE CLAIMS RESULTING FROM FULTON COUNTY CONVICTIONS. AS MORE OF THESE CASES ARE IDENTIFIED, THE JFIS TEAM LACKS THE CAPACITY TO ASSIST THOSE WOMEN IN SEEKING POST-CONVICTION RELIEF. FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FORMED ITS CIU IN AUGUST 2019 TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WITH VIABLE INNOCENCE CLAIMS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, CIU HAS RECEIVED 460 REQUESTS FOR CASE REVIEWS. FULTON COUNTY, WITH ITS COUNTY SEAT IN ATLANTA, HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS IN THE STATE. THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF THIS GRANT PROPOSAL IS THE FOCUS ON WOMEN IN PRISON. THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW GCADV TO PARTNER WITH CIU TO ENSURE CLAIMS OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE FROM SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM FULTON COUNTY, ARE ADEQUATELY REVIEWED AND LITIGATED. TO BETTER SERVE MORE SURVIVORS, GCADV WILL HIRE DEDICATED STAFF, INCLUDING A STAFF ATTORNEY, WHO WILL TRAIN AND SUPERVISE GCADV’S PRO BONO ATTORNEY TEAM AND TO REVIEW AND LITIGATE CLAIMS ORIGINATING IN FULTON COUNTY IN ADDITION TO CLAIMS FROM OTHER REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE. UNDER THIS GRANT, CIU WILL HIRE AN INVESTIGATOR AND WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE AND SCREEN CASES DIRECTLY FROM INMATES AND REFER APPROPRIATE CASES TO GCADV’S STAFF ATTORNEY FOR EVALUATION AND INVESTIGATION. CIU WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO REVIEW ALL NON-DNA ACTUAL INNOCENCE CLAIMS FROM FULTON COUNTY CONVICTIONS.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING PROGRAM SUPPORTS VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS, TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING, ALONGSIDE OTHER VICTIM SERVICES. FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS IN ACHIEVING SAFETY, STABILITY, AND HEALING BY PAYING FOR NECESSITIES THAT ARE NOT EASILY MET BY TRADITIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET SELF-IDENTIFIED NEEDS QUICKLY. RECIPIENTS UNDER THIS NEW PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT SURVIVOR-IDENTIFIED NEEDS THAT COULD INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, SUPPORT FOR RENT, SECURITY DEPOSITS, UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, CHILDREN'S NEEDS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH EXPENSES, EDUCATION EXPENSES, DEBT, AND/OR OTHER EXPENSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A SURVIVOR'S LONG-TERM SAFETY, WELL-BEING, INDEPENDENCE, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.

ENHANCING ACCESS AND ATTITUDINAL CHANGES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SURVIVORS

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SDVC-2025 - STATEWIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION

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THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO INCREASE SAFETY FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH PROVISION OF COORDINATION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THR

STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION

2019 STATE AND TERRITORIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS PROGRAM

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

THE OVW STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS PROGRAM, AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. § 10441(C), SUPPORTS THE CRITICAL WORK OF STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS AND IS A SET-ASIDE PROGRAM UNDER THE OVW STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM STATUTE. THESE ORGANIZATIONS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADVANCING THE GOAL OF ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. GRANT FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: PROVIDING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, EXPANDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY OF COALITIONS AND/OR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, DEVELOPING OR ENHANCING APPROPRIATE STANDARDS OF SERVICES FOR MEMBER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, CONDUCTING STATEWIDE, REGIONAL AND/OR COMMUNITY-BASED MEETINGS OR WORKSHOPS FOR VICTIM ADVOCATES, SURVIVORS, LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REPRESENTATIVES, BRINGING LOCAL PROGRAMS TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN SERVICES AND TO COORDINATE ACTIVITIES, INCREASING THE REPRESENTATION OF UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN COORDINATION ACTIVITIES, ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE COALITION-BUILDING AT THE LOCAL AND/OR STATE LEVEL, OR COORDINATING AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND TERRITORY LEVEL WITH JUDICIAL OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO DEVELOP OR ENHANCE STRATEGIES.

GEORGIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OVW COALITIONS GRANT

GEORGIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OVW ANNUAL APPLICATION TO INCREASE SAFETY FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH THE PROVISION AND COOR

THE OVW STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS PROGRAM, (COALITIONS PROGRAM, CFDA 16.556) IS AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. 10441(C) AND 34 U.S.C. 12511(D). THIS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CRITICAL WORK OF STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. IT IS A SET-ASIDE PROGRAM UNDER THE OVW STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM STATUTE AND ALSO INCLUDES A STATUTORY SET ASIDE FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM (SASP) STATUTE, SPECIFICALLY FOR STATE AND TERRITORY SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. GRANT FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE STOP SET-ASIDE MAY BE USED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: 1. COORDINATING STATE AND TERRITORY VICTIM SERVICES ACTIVITIES. 2. COLLABORATING AND COORDINATING WITH FEDERAL, STATE, TERRITORY, AND LOCAL ENTITIES ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACTIVITIES.

SDDR-2023

THE OVW STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS PROGRAM, (COALITIONS PROGRAM, CFDA 16.556) IS AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. 10441(C) AND 34 U.S.C. 12511(D). THIS GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CRITICAL WORK OF STATE AND TERRITORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. IT IS A SET-ASIDE PROGRAM UNDER THE OVW STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM STATUTE AND ALSO INCLUDES A STATUTORY SET ASIDE FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM (SASP) STATUTE, SPECIFICALLY FOR STATE AND TERRITORY SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITIONS. GRANT FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE STOP SET-ASIDE MAY BE USED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: 1. COORDINATING STATE AND TERRITORY VICTIM SERVICES ACTIVITIES. 2. COLLABORATING AND COORDINATING WITH FEDERAL, STATE, TERRITORY, AND LOCAL ENTITIES ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACTIVITIES.

FY 2021 OVW STATE AND TERRITORY COALITIONS GRANT PROGRAM

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GCADV APPLICATION FOR OVW FY 2014 GRANTS TO STATE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS PROGRAM

SDC3-2020

THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF GCADV BY SUPPORTING THE HIRING OF A HALF TIME STAFF POSITION AND USING CONTRACTORS AND

PROVISION OF ASL INTERPRETERS AND MANAGEMENT OF DEAF-FOCUSED PROJECT

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM