WASHINGTON, DC — On Thursday, it was announced that a total of $15,009,020 in Department of Justice (DOJ) awards for violence prevention efforts across Illinois.

“This federal funding will give communities around Illinois additional resources to not only respond to violence but help prevent these tragedies from happening in the first place,” said U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Illinois. “Senator Duckworth and I will continue working to secure federal resources that will help create a safer state for all Illinoisans.”

The following Illinois agencies and organizations have been awarded FY2022 grants:

• The city of Chicago for BJA FY2022 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding / Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - $500,000.00
• City of Chicago for the FY2022 Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Awards - $425,000.00
• Metropolitan Family Services for the FY2022 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program Awards - $600,000
• DePaul University in Chicago for the NIJ FY2022 Funding to Support the Research Assistant Program (RAP) - $58,101.00
• Lawndale Christian Legal Center in Chicago for BJA FY22 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding / Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - $200,000.00
• Village of University Park for BJA FY2022 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding / Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - $20,000.00
• Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living for the FY2022 Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Awards - $425,000.00
• Illinois Department of Human Services for OJJDP FY2021 Title II Formula Grants Program - $1,300,895.00
• Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority in Chicago for the BJA FY2022 Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Reallocation Funds Program - $127,984.00
• Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority in Chicago for the FY2022 State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers - $228,407.55
• Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority in Chicago for the BJA FY2022 Sex Offender and Registration Notification Act (SORNA) Reallocation Program - $255,986.00
• Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority in Chicago for the BJA FY2022 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program Formula Grant Solicitation - $943,050.00
• Illinois Court of Claims in Springfield for the OVC FY2022 VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant - $860,000.00
• Children’s Home & Aid Society of Illinois for FY2022 Justice for Families Program Awards - $550,000.00
• Travelers & Immigrants AID’s Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights in Chicago for BJA FY2022 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding / Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - $500,000.00
• Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation in Downers Grove for BJA FY2022 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding / Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - $640,000.00
• National Opinion Research Center in Chicago for the FY2022 Census of Public Defender Offices - $999,979.00
• National Opinion Research Center in Chicago for the FY2022 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies and Census of Tribal Court Systems - $1,478,757.07
• Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for FY2022 STOP Formula Grant Program - $4,628,391.00
• Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault for FY2022 State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition Program - $177,127.00
• Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence for FY2022 State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition Program - $90,342.00