The National Family Justice Center Alliance provides technical assistance and support to federally funded Family Justice Centers through funding from the Office on Violence Against Women in the United States Department of Justice. For more information, contact the Alliance at (888) 511-3522). If you represent an originally funded Center from the President's Family Justice Center Initiative, you may contact Training Directors Jim Barker ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Diane McGrogan ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) directly for assistance.

• PFJCI Timeline
• October 2003
  President announces the Family Justice Center Initiative. 
• November 2003
  PFJCI Solicitation Announcement by OVW
• January 2004
  Informational conference in San Diego, California.
  February 5, 2004
  Application due date
• July 21, 2004
  Department of Justice announces the fifteen recipients
• August 20-24, 2004
  Kick-off conference in San Diego for the initiative. Eight representatives from each of the fifteen sites attend.
• August 2004
  Site strategic plans complete
• December 2004
  120-day strategic plan progress reviews complete
• January 2005 - December 2005
  Technical assistance provided to each of the sites through site visits, conference calls, email, idea-sharing and networking with domestic violence professionals across the United States.
• January 11-12, 2005
  Learning Exchange I: Based on the collaborative learning model used by the healthcare industry, PFJCI initiates a series of learning exchanges. This first is in Tampa, Floria. Four representatives are sent from each of the sites; each representative having a specific role to play in the development of the FJC (visionary, operational leader, strategic planner, and community-based advocate). Learning exchanges will repeat at 120-day intervals to create a collaborative learning experience among PFJCI sites.
• April 2005
  120-Day strategic plan progress reviews complete
• May 3-4, 2005
  Learning Exchange II in San Diego.
• July 18-21, 2005
  ToP Group Facilitation Methods training is provided to the sites' strategic planners to help in the process of creating site-specific strategic plans.
• July 20, 2005
  New York City Family Justice Center (Brooklyn, NY) grand opening. 
• August 2005
  120-Day strategic plan progress reviews complete
• August 4, 2005
  Bexar County Family Justice Center (San Antonio, TX) grand opening.
• August 31, 2005
  Alameda County Family Justice Center (Oakland, CA) grand opening.
• September 20-22, 2005
  Learning Exchange III in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• September 28-29, 2005
  Promising Practices: Saving Lives, Maximizing Resources is presented by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and the St. Joseph County Family Justice Center.
• October 12, 2005
  Ouachita Parish Family Justice Center (Monroe, LA) grand opening.
• November 1-3, 2005
  Cultural Competency and Faith-Based Initiatives Conference is hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office/Domestic Abuse Service Center, and Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence in Minneapolis, MN. Representatives from each PFJCI site are required to attend.
• November 9, 2005
  PFJCI website revision is launched
• November 16, 2005
  New PFJCI executive directors orientation visit to the San Diego Family Justice Center.
• November 30, 2005
  Nampa Family Justice Center (Nampa, ID) grand opening. 
• December 2005
  120-day strategic plan progress reviews complete
• January 2006 - June 2006
  Technical assistance is provided to each of the fifteen sites through site visits, conference calls, email, idea-sharing and networking.
• January 12, 2006
  City of St. Louis Family Justice Center (St. Louis, MO) grand opening.
• January 24, 2006
  Ann Patterson Dooley Family Safety Center (Tulsa, OK) grand opening.
• March 28-29, 2006
  Promising Practices conference held at the Knoxville Family Justice Center.
• May 2, 2006
  Erie County Family Justice Center (Buffalo, NY) grand opening.
• May 9-10, 2006
  Promising Practices conference held in Tampa. 
• May 19, 2006
  Knoxville Family Justice Center (Knoxville, TN) grand opening. 
• May 23-24. 2006
  Promising Practices conference held at the Tulsa Family Safety Center.
• June 1, 2006 
  Sitka Family Justice Center (Sitka, AK) grand opening.
• June 13, 2006 
  Boston Family Justice Center (Boston, MA) grand opening.
• October 11, 2006 
  Hillsborough County Family Justice Center (Tampa, FL) grand opening.
• October 17, 2006 
  Northwest Ohio Family Justice Centers (Defiance, OH)grand opening.
• October 26, 2006 
  Tri-County Family Justice Center of Northeastern New Mexico (Las Vegas, NM) grand opening.
• February 22, 2007 
  Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County (South Bend, IN) grand opening.