Deadline: 28 February 2017
Nominations are open for The Mary Byron Project’s 2017 Roth Award and Celebrating Solutions Awards with an aim to honor innovative programs that demonstrate promise in ending the generational cycle of domestic violence and to address the needs of underserved populations. One Roth Award and four Celebrating Solutions Awards will be presented under the project.
The Mary Byron Project was established in 2000 in memory of the young woman whose tragic murder led to the creation of automated crime victim notification technologies. As a nationally recognized thought leader on domestic violence, the Mary Byron Project cultivates and supports efforts that extend beyond crisis management to attack the root causes of this epidemic and help build safer, healthier communities.
2017 Celebrating Award: The Mary Byron Project created the Celebrating Solutions Awards to showcase and applaud local innovations that demonstrate promise in breaking the cycle of intimate partner violence.
2017 Roth Award: The Roth Award was created specifically for programs that address the issue of intimate partner violence in an underseved or vulnerable population.
The Roth Award, the 5th Celebrating Solutions Award, was created specifically for programs that address the issue of intimate partner violence in an underseved or vulnerable population. These programs provide services to those who are identified as such based on characteristics that include age, race, ethnicity, gender, faith, disabilities, low socio-economic status, non-English speaking, sexual preference, and surprisingly, victims from economically-comfortable suburban areas who traditionally do not know how to avail themselves of services or who are too ashamed to find them. In general, there is a lack of resources for these specific populations, or the individuals have difficulty accessing available resources.
Award Information
Eligible programs may be nominated for both the Celebrating Solutions and the Roth Awards, but would only receive one $10,000 grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- The program’s primary focus must address the issue of intimate partner violence.
- The nominated program, the agency or organization, the core components and primary innovations of the program being nominated must have been operating for a minimum of three (3) years(established no later than December 31, 2013 for the 2017 award year) The program must be in existence and fully operational when the nomination is made.
- The program must be part of a non-profit 501(c) (3) or government agency.
- The program should be replicable, or if it is national in scope, the program should have applications for individual communities, regardless of their size or ethnic population.
Not eligible for Celebrating Solutions Awards are:
- Past Celebrating Solutions and Roth Award winners.
- Organizations other than non-profit or gove
- Organizations operating outside the United States or a U.S. territory.
- Individual
- Basic research.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can download the Celebrating Solutions nomination form via given website.
- There are two stages to the awards process. Stage one requires submission of a nomination form, program outline, and release. If the nomination advances to the second stage, the applicant will be asked to provide additional information and letters of support. Do not send brochures, videos, annual reports, or any support materials for the first round of judging, as they will be discarded.
- Nominations are judged by a panel of experts in criminal justice, health care, and public policy. These individuals remain anonymous so their ability to judge the nominations will not be influenced by a relationship with a nominated organization.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit 2017 The Mary Byron Project Awards.