KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Partnership for Families, Children and Adults, Incorporated, Chattanooga, TN, received $549,179 in Department of Justice grants to respond to safety challenges posed by violence against women.
These grants are designed to develop the nation's capacity to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by strengthening services to victims and holding offenders accountable. The grant is available under the Justice for Families Program and was awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women.
“We are thrilled this grant has been made to the Partnership for Families, Children and Adults. Domestic violence and violence directed toward women are particularly egregious crimes and will not be tolerated. Our office remains committed to deterring, investigating, and prosecuting those who commit domestic violence and other crimes against women," said U.S. Attorney Overbey.
The Partnership for Families, Children and Adults and its collaborative partners, Hamilton County Circuit Courts; Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office; Chattanooga Police Department; Chattanooga Family Justice Center; and Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office; and Legal Aid of East Tennessee, will use the grant to: 1) provide supervised visits and safe exchanges to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking; 2) conduct education surrounding domestic violence issues and best practices to partners and the community; 3) provide civil legal assistance to domestic violence victims, especially to rural victims; and 4) improve training and education of judges, judicial personnel, attorneys, child welfare workers and court advocates in civil justice system.
The Justice for Families Program was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
