$15,000 to Northeast Ohio Worker Center for the Worker Justice Project which will support wage theft clinics providing education on wage theft, overtime, classification, and harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Counties Served: Cuyahoga, Ashland, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland, Ashtabula, Geauga.

$25,000 to Equality Ohio Education Fund to update and disseminate the Ohio Trans Know Your Rights Guide. This project will revise the guide to reflect current challenges and distribute it widely, empowering transgender individuals and service providers with crucial information. Serving counties statewide.

$19,550 for The Summits for Racial Justice project to create targeted events to address racial and systemic discrimination against BIPOC workers in the workplace.

$66,111 to conduct outreach and training to the courts, prosecutors, victim advocates, and homicide co-victim support groups to educate them about the legal rights of co-victims and the resources available to them. This project continues a multi-year endeavor that OVWA has undertaken to improve the provision of services and access to justice for those who have lost a loved one to homicide.

$35,000 to create and distribute a policy brief focused on the mental health and well-being of system-involved children and youth, focused on children involved in the juvenile justice system and including impacts of other systems, such as children services and behavioral health. The brief will highlight the mental health conditions and treatment access challenges experienced by system-involved youth, as well as potential changes to law and other policies that could lead to improved health and well-being for these youth.

$30,000 to Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition for the Behavioral Health in Ohio: Improving Data, Moving Toward Racial and Ethnic Equity Research and Report project which will identify areas of inequity in the behavioral health system, propose solutions, and make policy recommendations. Serving all 88 counties.

$25,000 for the Driving Justice Project will give Ohioans with suspended driver's licenses step-by-step action plans to help them understand and navigate the various court and administrative processes required to complete the reinstatement process. It will also screen for eligibility for fee reductions and provide information for local organizations that assist with reinstatement for individuals who require additional assistance.

$15,500 to revitalize the Victim Offender Dialogue program, which will be conducted with the goals of healing, accountability, restitution, and improving the justice system.

$50,000 to Summer Work Experience In Law to grow it's membership program which supports Black high school and college students interested in careers in the law. This project will fund student internships with government offices and nonprofit organizations.

$10,000 to Women Helping Women for the Increasing Awareness and Access to Legal Advocacy Services for Survivors project which will provide support, education, and legal advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.