At the 2024 National Conference on Domestic Violence in Chicago, Women Aware spoke with Rosie Hidalgo, Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) in the U.S. Department of Justice. OVW awarded Women Aware an unprecedented $1 million grant through its 2021 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program. The grant provides funding for the Middlesex County Family Justice Center (FJC). Pictured l to r: Middlesex County FJC Director Mildred Torres, OVW Director Rosie Hidalgo, Women Aware COO Maria Betanzos and Women Aware Director of Client Services Maliha Janjua.