Deadline: 31 January 2018
Nominations are open for The Mary Byron Project’s 2017 Celebrating Solutions Awards to showcase and applaud local innovations that demonstrate promise in breaking the cycle of violence.
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.
Intimate partner violence is an epidemic throughout the United States, but few communities are able to find the resources to do much more than provide crisis management after the crime has already occurred. Recognizing that Intimate partner violence is a generational crime, producing new batterers who have grown up with batterers as models, the Mary Byron Project knows this approach isn’t enough.
Eligibility Criteria
- The program’s primary focus must address the issue of intimate partner violence.
- The nominated program, the agency or organization, and the core components 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 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 Award winners.
- Organizations other than non-profit or governmental.
- Organizations operating outside the United States or a U.S. territory.
- 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 2018 Celebrating Solutions Awards.