JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS OVER $3 MILLION TO THE LOUISIANA COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT

Acting U.S. Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women, has awarded $3,382,830 to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (“LCLE”) to provide resources to help Louisiana agencies combat violent crimes against women and to develop and strengthen victim services.

$2,474,419 was awarded through the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. The goal of the grant program is to develop and strengthen law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to combat violent crimes against women and to develop and strengthen victim services, including community-based, culturally specific services, in cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

$908,411 was awarded through the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program. This program directs grant dollars to states and territories to assist them in supporting rape crisis centers (including governmental rape crisis centers not in territories and tribal governmental programs) and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations that provide core services, direct intervention, and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, regardless of age. Funds provided through the SAS Formula Program are designed to supplement other funding sources directed at addressing sexual assault on the state and territorial levels.

LCLE is a foundation located in Baton Rouge dedicated to improving the operations of the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems and to promoting public safety by providing progressive leadership and coordination within the criminal justice community.

For more information about this award, contact the Office on Violence Against Women at 202-307-6026 and ask for the Policy, Communication, and Evaluation Division.