The CJI Program coordinates the services and goals of the criminal justice system in relation to domestic assaults; provides direct and indirect advocacy services to victims of domestic assault, specifically to those who are involved in the criminal justice system; provides training related to best practices in domestic violence responses to professionals within the criminal justice system; assists with criminal justice system policy development; and monitors the criminal justice systems responses to domestic assaults.

The CJI Program provides legal advocacy for domestic violence victims who are in need of criminal justice intervention. Legal advocacy may include but is not limited to explanation of court process, accompaniment of victim through the court process, attendance of hearings on victim's behalf, intervention with criminal justice personnel on victim's behalf, provision of information on victim witness programs and reparations, assurance the victim's rights in case proceedings are upheld, assurance that victim is aware of options to increase safety and warn victim of any immediate threat to safety, and gathering of information from victim on perpetrator's previous violence that victim seeks to convey to the court.