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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? VAWO
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2000??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? 202/307-0703
ALMOST $29 MILLION IN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FUNDS
CONTINUE LOCAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Ninety-four jurisdictions across the
country are receiving a total of $28.9 million to continue their efforts to
implement policies that encourage or mandate the arrest of batterers and
enforce protection orders, the Justice Department announced today.? The Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies
program (GTEA) fosters collaboration among law enforcement officers,
prosecutors, judges and victim advocates to treat domestic violence as a
serious crime.
?With the help of the Arrest program, communities are
sending a strong message to batterers that domestic violence will not be
tolerated,? said Bonnie Campbell, Director of the Violence Against Women Office
(VAWO), which administers the grants.
?We?re delighted that the President has signed the Violence Against
Women Act of 2000 as part of the ?Victims of Trafficking and Violence
Prevention Act of 2000,? which reauthorizes this grant program for state and
local communities and improves federal prosecutors? ability to prosecute
interstate crimes of domestic violence, stalking and violations of protection
orders.?
VAWO is awarding funds to the 94 communities in 41
states and the District of Columbia to continue GTEA projects begun with FY
1998 and FY 1999 funds.? Currently,
there are 176 jurisdictions that participate in the Arrest Program, with at least
one jurisdiction in
States, local jurisdictions and Indian tribal
governments have to certify that their laws or official policies encourage or
mandate the arrest of domestic violence offenders when there is probable cause
or when a protection order has been violated.
Applicants also have to demonstrate that their laws and policies
discourage the arrests of both offender and victim.
?Police officers, prosecutors and victim advocates
have been using our funds to build on their efforts to hold offenders
accountable and improve victims? safety,? added Campbell.? ?Communities are telling us that the Arrest
program has made a real difference in their fight to eliminate violence against
women.? Our funds are being used to
establish specialized units in police departments or prosecutors? offices that
focus solely on domestic violence.?
GTEA funds are also being used to centralize
responsibility for domestic violence cases in groups or units of probation and
parole officers or judges.? These funds
are also helping to educate these criminal justice personnel about domestic
violence and how to improve the handling of domestic violence cases.? Domestic violence computer tracking systems
are being developed, improved and coordinated to ensure communication among
police, prosecutors and criminal and family courts.? Funds are also strengthening services for victims.
Attached is a list of the specific grant awards.? More information about the Arrest program
and other violence against women efforts is available on VAWO?s Website at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo,
or by calling the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
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VAW01015
After hours contact: Linda
Mansour on 202/616-3534
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
FY 2000 GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE
ARREST POLICIES
JURISDICTION; GRANTEE; AWARD
AMOUNT
ARIZONA
Flagstaff; Coconino County;
$285,466
ARKANSAS
Rogers; City of Little Flock;
$167,181
CALIFORNIA
Antioch; City of Antioch;
$280,966
Fresno; Fresno County;
$149,348
San Rafael; Marin County;
$750,000
Merced; Merced County;
$214,353
Sacramento ; Sacramento
County; $311,484
Sacramento ; California
Office of Criminal Justice Planning
- San Francisco; $250,000
Redwood City; San Mateo
County; $291,871
Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara
County; $136,041
COLORADO
Colorado Springs; City of
Colorado Springs; $799,928
Golden; Jefferson County;
$475,580
Durango; La Plata County;
$146,994
Pueblo; Pueblo County;
$217,413
Denver; Colorado Department
of Public Safety; $398,135
CONNECTICUT
Greenwich; City of Greenwich;
$100,000
New Haven; City of New Haven;
$637,297
Hartford; Connecticut Office
of Policy and Management;
$1,000,000
DELAWARE
Delmar; Town of Delmar;
$100,000
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington; District of
Columbia Justice Grants
Administration; $350,000
FLORIDA
Moore Haven; Glades County;
$76,178
Miami; Metropolitan Dade
County; $1,598,715
GEORGIA
Marietta; Cobb County;
$110,000
ILLINOIS
Carbondale; City of
Carbondale; $199,988
Urbana; Champaign County;
$99,961
Chicago; City of Chicago;
$371,146
Chicago Heights; City of
Chicago Heights; $354,030
Chicago; Cook County Board of
Commissioners; $604,654
INDIANA
Indianapolis; City of
Indianapolis; $249,967
KENTUCKY
Louisville; Jefferson County;
$751,140
Louisville; City of
Louisville; $394,091
Mount Vernon; Rockcastle
County; $80,915
LOUISIANA
New Orleans; City of New
Orleans; $252,286
Covington; St. Tammany
Parish; $299,074
MAINE
Portland; Cumberland County;
$232,352
MASSACHUSETTS
Salem; City of Salem;
$221,269
Waltham; City of Waltham;
$90,286
Haydenville; Town of
Williamsburg; $51,625
MICHIGAN
Bay City; Bay City; $118,681
Inkster; City of Inkster;
$287,145
MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo; Kalamazoo County
Government; $320,822
Marquette; Marquette County;
$140,483
Ann Arbor; Washtenaw County;
$237,315
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis; Hennepin County;
$329,726
St. Paul; St. Louis County;
$206,352
MISSISSIPPI
Greenville; City of
Greenville; $161,956
MISSOURI
Independence; City of
Independence; $144,577
Lee's Summit; City of Lee's
Summit; $154,294
St. Louis; St. Louis County;
$62,743
MONTANA
Havre; City of Havre; $77,400
Lame Deer; Northern Cheyenne
Tribe; $135,748
NEBRASKA
Omaha; City of Omaha;
$262,801
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dover; Strafford County
Commissioners; $258,916
NEW JERSEY
New Brunswick; City of New
Brunswick; $50,000
Paterson; Passaic County;
$133,495
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe; Santa Fe County;
$750,000
NEW YORK
Brooklyn; Borough of
Brooklyn; $650,000
Auburn; Cayuga County;
$126,328
Plattsburgh; Clinton County;
$225,865
Buffalo; Erie County;
$212,931
Kew Gardens; Queens County
Office of the Borough President;
$479,421
NEW YORK
Southhampton; Village of
Southhampton; $100,000
Albany; New York Division of
Criminal Justice Services;
$1,501,609
Ithaca; Tompkins County;
$148,771
White Plains; Westchester
County; $734,405
White Plains; City of White
Plains; $78,147
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham; City of Durham;
$383,102
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks; Grand Forks
County; $47,405
OHIO
Cleveland; Cuyahoga County
Board of Commissioners; $112,899
Dayton; City of Dayton;
$435,289
OKLAHOMA
Wewoka; Seminole County
Commissioners; $748,141
Tulsa; City of Tulsa;
$161,120
OREGON
Medford; Jackson County;
$192,083
Klamath Falls; Klamath
County; $283,418
PENNSYLVANIA
Bensalem; Bensalem Township;
$142,045
State College; Borough of
State College; $185,482
RHODE ISLAND
Providence; Rhode Island
Governor's Justice Commission;
$166,455
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rosebud; Rosebud Sioux Tribe;
$107,404
TENNESSEE
Knoxville; City of Knoxville;
$113,530
Memphis; Shelby County;
$500,000
TEXAS
Dallas; Dallas County;
$595,014
UTAH
Provo; City of Provo; $73,120
Salt Lake City; Salt Lake
County; $227,278
VERMONT
St. Albans; City of St. Albans;
$128,996
Waterbury; Vermont Center for
Crime Victims; $433,201
VIRGINIA
Front Royal; Town of Front
Royal; $63,275
Lynchburg; City of Lynchburg;
$202,766
WASHINGTON
Everett; City of Everett;
$159,131
Longview; City of Longview;
$239,852
Tacoma; Puyallup Tribe of
Indians; $106,620
Seattle; Seattle Human
Services Department; $955,838
Spokane; City of Spokane;
$603,093
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston; City of
Charleston; $98,920
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee; Milwaukee County;
$248,982
TOTAL
94; 94; $28,904,124