(CY 2019 - 2021) Violence Against Women (V-STOP)

The Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is the administering agency for the Virginia Services, Training, Officers, Prosecution (V-STOP) Violence Against Women grant program. V-STOP offers grant funds to successful applicants for activities that increase the apprehension, prosecution and adjudication of persons committing violent crimes against women. 

The funding period begins January 1, 2019 and continues through December 31, 2021.  Copies of the V-STOP guidelines, including the necessary grant application forms and instructions, may be downloaded below.

To aid applicants in their grant preparation, DCJS is sponsoring a webinar for continuation grantees.  

The webinar will be held Friday, August 17, 2018, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. This is an optional webinar that is open to all current V-STOP grantees. Instructions for webinar participation will be provided after registration.    

Friday, August 17, 2018                                Register

There is no registration fee. 

All continuation grantees must submit their applications by 11:59 p.m. on September 18, 2018.  Applications should be emailed to grantsmgmt@dcjs.virginia.gov. No late applications will be accepted.

DCJS staff will review all applications and make programmatic and budgetary recommendations for consideration by a subcommittee of the Criminal Justice Services Board (CJSB). The subcommittee will meet in early December to review the recommendations and will make final recommendations for consideration by the full CJSB in December. 

I urge you to carefully review the information from our DCJS website, and if you have any questions, please contact one of the following staff members.  

For questions regarding the guidelines, please contact:

Julia Fuller-Wilson
804-371-0386
Julia.Fuller-Wilson@dcjs.virginia.gov                                          

Continuation applicants, please contact your current Grant Monitor:

Amia Barrows
(804) 225-4060
Amia.barrows@dcjs.virginia.gov

Dione Bassett
(804) 371-2419
Dione.bassett@dcjs.virginia.gov

Andrew Kinch
(804) 225-4331
Andrew.kinch@dcjs.virginia.gov

Michelle Miles
(804) 225-1846
Michelle.miles@dcjs.virginia.gov

Anya Shaffer
(804) 786-2059
Anya.shaffer@dcjs.virginia.gov

Tierra Smith
(804) 786-1165
Tierra.smith@dcjs.virginia.gov