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Integrated Stimulus Guide: Public Housing: Transitional Housing Assistance Program Print Share

Transitional Housing Assistance Program
$50 million to be used for transitional housing assistance grant.

Office: Office on Violence Against Women

Agency: U.S. Department of Justice

Type: Competitive Grants

Purpose: Provides competitive, peer-reviewed grants to assist victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking who are in need of transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and related support services.

Activities: May be used for transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, support services designed to enable individuals who are fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to locate and secure permanent housing and integrate into a community by providing those individuals with services such as transportation, counseling, child care services, case management, employment counseling, and other assistance.

Eligibility: States, units of government, Indian tribes, and other organizations, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations

Website: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/thousing_grant_desc.htm

www.usjoj.gov/recovery

Phone: (202) 307-2277 (Office on Violence Against Women)