$677k to help sexual assault victims

The CNMI Criminal Justice Planning Agency is getting a total of $676,703 in grant funding from the Office of Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice. $619,042 comes from the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program to support local efforts to strengthen victim services and to develop and strengthen law enforcement, prosecution and court strategies that combat violent crimes against women. $57,661 has been awarded under the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program which is intended to support rape crisis centers and other organizations that provide critical services to victims of sexual assault.