Prince George's County Domestic Violence Fund
Prince George’s County, through the Department of Family Services, established the Domestic Violence Community Grants Fund in March 2017 to award mini-grants to domestic violence prevention nonprofit organizations. Grants assist individuals, families and survivors of domestic violence in achieving a greater level of independence, strengthen the family’s ability to cope with healing, and rebuild the family unit by removing various challenges which inhibit self-sufficiency, including but not limited to legal services, counseling services, support groups, employment, training and housing. The Fund recently made $280,000 in grants to provide survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking with counseling, housing, transportation, and legal services.
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- House of Ruth to provide counseling/therapy services to survivors of intimate partner violence and their children, and to enhance HRM’s legal advocacy, job navigation, service coordination and housing services in the county.
- Community Legal Services of Prince George’s County to provide representation to victims of violence and holistic legal services in the areas of protective orders, family law, and landlord and tenant -- through partnerships with the Family Justice Center, CAFY, and others.
- La Clinica Del Pueblo to support gender-based violence prevention program, Entre Amigas (Among Friends) which provides peer-led support groups, outreach, education, and peer-led advocacy services to meet the growing needs for support services for Latina survivors of domestic violence in Prince George’s County.
- University of Maryland SAFE Center to increase and enhance the SAFE Center's capacity to provide trauma-informed and culturally competent behavioral health services to human trafficking survivors who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) and whose first language is Spanish.
- Ayuda to implement clinical case management services and mental health therapy services for low-income immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, as well as secondary survivors.
- Community Advocates for Family and Youth to provide for a Domestic Violence Relocation Advocate, software costs, and direct service costs needed for victims.
- Community Crisis Services to support core services and targeted rental assistance for survivors in their Safe Passages Domestic Violence Safe House (Safe Passages) by providing rental assistance and/or security deposit support for 10 households exiting the program to safe, permanent housing opportunities.
- Mary’s Center to support the salary and expenses for a full-time Family Support Worker at the Adelphi Clinic, who will provide 100 survivors and their children with behavioral health services through 250 encounters in order to help survivors move past their traumatic experiences.
- The Training Source to provide workforce development training and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence. Survivors will receive training to enhance employability, both hard and soft skills as well as receive supportive services and referrals to SNAP, housing assistance and professional coaching.