41 Pageviews Read Stories
- EIN 46-3584341
- (612) 824-8768
- 540 Fairview Ave N Ste 208 Saint Paul MN 55104-1753 USA
- www.bwjp.org
- Add to Favorites
Promote This Nonprofit
More Nonprofits
Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Mental Health, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Mission: Bwjp promotes systemic change with the civil and criminal justice systems to ensure an effective and just response to victims and perpetrators of intimate partner violence and the children exposed to this violence.
Programs: Resource centers-bwjp is the national resource center on civil and criminal justice responses to domestic violence. Services include technical assistance to victims and professionals in the field, training, policy analysis and other publications, and consultation on promising policies and practices in the field. Bwjp gathers relevant research and publications to stay updated on innovations and emerging issues in the field. Bwjp also manages the national center on protection orders and full faith and credit, which performs the same activities but focused specifically on application, service and enforcement of protection orders, especially related interjurisdictional issues between states and between states/tribes.
training & technical assistance-bwjp provides training and technical assistance on related topics under national technical assistance cooperative agreements with federal agencies. Current grant activities address: parenting arrangements in custody cases involving domestic violence; probation responses to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; addressing domestic violence among military service members and veterans; support for criminal justice coordination projects funded by the office on violence against women; and enforcement of existing domestic violence-related firearms prohibitions.
contracts for services-bwjp is available to provide training or consultations in our areas of expertise under contracts from local, state, military, or tribal jurisdictions, public agencies and organizations.