Children's Domestic Violence Response Team Expansion

The OJJDP FY 09 Earmarks Programs further the Department's mission by providing grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, to organizations identified in the Explanatory Statement Regarding H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009), 155 Cong. Rec. H1653 (daily ed. Feb. 23, 2009) (statement by Rep. Obey, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House).

The King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCCADV) project will implement the expansion of a promising practice program seeking to address the needs of children in King County, WA, who have been exposed to domestic violence. Research indicates that exposure to domestic violence as a child is a significant contributing factor to violent and/or other criminal behavior as a juvenile or adult. The primary purpose of the Children's Domestic Violence Response Team is to break the cycles of violence. The Response Team program was originally developed as a result of the federally-funded Safe and Bright Future planning project in King County. NCA/NCF