Attorney General Masto Offers Grant Opportunities for Anti-Violence Against Women Programs


October 1, 2014

Carson City, NV – Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced Wednesday two grant opportunities for Nevada programs aimed at the prevention of violence against women.

“These grants provide much needed resources to our non-profit service providers, law enforcement and judicial partners to strengthen public safety in areas that need it most,” said Masto. 

The grants are funded by the federal Violence Against Women Act and are awarded to the Nevada Attorney General’s Office to administer annually to programs throughout the state. This year’s available grants are the Services Training Officers Prosecution (STOP) with $1,544,461 in total monies and Sexual Assault Services Provider (SASP) that includes a $280,581 grant.

In 2012, Nevada ranked sixth as the state with the highest homicide rate among female victims killed by male offenders in single victim/single offender incidents. According to the Violence Policy Center Annual Report  the state’s rate of 1.83 female deaths per 100,000 topped the national average of 1.16.

The programs eligible for these grants should provide victim-centered intervention through non-profit service providers, law enforcement, prosecution and courts. The mission of these programs should be to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable for intimate partner violence that includes sexual assault and stalking.

The deadline to turn in letters of intent is Oct. 10 while completed applications mailed to the Carson City office are due by Nov. 3. Late applications will not be accepted. To obtain the grant application and letter of intent, as well as the supporting documents go to http://ag.nv.gov/Grants/Grants.

For more information on these grants, contact Grant Administrator, Elizabeth Greb at 775-684-1148.

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