Mayor's directive
Accept $150,327.96 VAWA STOP Grant
Last activity May 15, 2026 (4 months ago)
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Introduced
May 5, 2026
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In committee
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Council vote
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Adopted
The City Council passed an order authorizing the Mayor to accept and expend $150,327.96 in FY25 Violence Against Women Act STOP Grant funds, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund a Civilian Domestic Violence Advocate for victims in Jamaica Plain and East Boston, assist Spanish-speaking victims citywide, and support overtime for all Civilian Domestic Violence Advocates citywide, under Chapter 44, Section 53A.
Affects Spanish-speaking victims citywide and Domestic violence victims
In Jamaica Plain and East Boston
Now with the City Council
About Public Safety and Health & Human Services
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Official title
Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars And Ninety-Six Cents ($150,327.96) in the form of a grant, the FY25 Violence Against Women Act, a STOP Grant, awarded by United States Department of Justice, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund a Civilian Domestic Violence Advocate to provide services for victims in Jamaica Plain and East Boston, as well as for Spanish-speaking victims citywide and also supporting overtime for all Civilian Domestic Violence Advocates citywide. On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Coletta Zapata).
Timeline
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May 13, 2026
The rules were suspended; the order was passed.
City Council