$6.2 million given to help victims.In order to help children and families that have fell victim to violence, the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) said in a press release that $6.2 million in awards will be given to 15 communities. This will include victims who have experienced a violent crime, sexual and physical assault, domestic violence, or child abuse, and those children who have been witnesses to such violence. "These awards will assist communities with early intervention, giving children exposed to violence much better opportunities for development of healthy behavior early in their lives," said Regina B. Schofield Regina B. Schofield, born "Regina Ann Brown," (born January 14, 1962), a former assistant attorney general for the United States Office of Justice Programs. Personal Schofield was born and raised in Bude, Mississippi. , assistant attorney general for the Office of Justice Programs. The grants are given through OJP's Safe Start Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence program. Safe Start Promising Approaches enables communities to build on alliances that already exist among community groups such as mental health personnel, child welfare organizations and domestic violence victim advocates and providers, so that the most effective services for young children and families who have been exposed to or may be exposed to violence are available, according to the release. The 15 sites that were awarded Safe Start Promising Approaches grants are: Western Michigan University Western Michigan University, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; coeducational; founded in 1903 as Western State Normal School, became accredited in 1927 as a college, gained university status in 1957. , Children's Trauma Assessment Center, $419,488; Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Health care The major teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, widely regarded as one of the best health care centers in the world Chelsea Health-Care Center, $414,326; University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U Department of Psychology, $420,000; New York Presbyterian Hospital Ambulatory Care Hospital, $420,000; St. Barnabas Hospital Child Advocacy Center, Bronx, N.Y., $420,000; Children's Advocacy Center of Erie County Inc., Pennsylvania, $419,987; County of San Diego Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Agency, $420,000; The Toledo Hospital Toledo Children's Hospital Toledo Children's Hospital is a public, children's hospital that is inside of Toledo, Ohio's Toledo Hospital. Part of the ProMedica Health System, this level I trauma center has 151 beds,[2] 78 of which being intensive care. , Ohio, $420,000; Edgewood Center for Children and Families Community Based Child Serving Organization, $420,000; Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable isotopes, a museum of paleontology, and a graduate research center. , Dallas, $419,872; Family Service of Rhode Island, Providence Safe Start, $420,000; East Bay Community Foundation Safe Passages, Plaza Oakland, Calif., $419,480; Multnomah County, Oregon Department of County Human Services, $420,000; Institute for Family Centered Services, Pompano Beach, Fla., $420,000; and Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence Inc., Dayton, Ohio, $358,474. |
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