Nevada Domestic Violence Organization Receives $800,000 Grant From U.S. Department Of Justice

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The U.S. Justice Department today awarded a Nevada non-profit organization, the Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence, an $800,000 grant to improve arrest outcomes in domestic violence cases in Clark County and other areas of Nevada, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada. The announcement was made by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates at the Justice Department’s Second Annual Violence Reduction Network Summit in Detroit, Mich.

“It is critical that we enhance the partnerships between criminal justice agencies, victim services providers, and community organizations in order to effectively investigate and prosecute domestic violence crimes,” said U.S. Attorney Bogden. “I am pleased to see that Nevada was one of the states to receive this very important grant award.”

In addition to the Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence, 43 other organizations across the country received awards totaling over $26 million from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women.

The Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence, located in Reno, Nev., will collaborate with the State of Nevada Attorney General’s Office and other non-governmental victim organizations to implement the grant over a three-year period.  The award will be used to support five victim advocates, and to identify legislative and policy barriers and develop best practice recommendations on the arrest and prosecution of domestic violence cases.

Created in 1995, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) provides federal leadership in developing the nation’s capacity to reduce violence against women through the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent legislation. OVW administers financial and technical assistance to communities across the country that are developing programs, policies and practices aimed at ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. To learn more, visit www.justice.gov/ovw.