Federal Grant Award Summary

Respect Together, doing business as the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), received a $243,213 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556) for the performance period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports the organization's core mission to coordinate statewide victim services activities and collaborate with federal, state, and local entities engaged in violence against women prevention and response initiatives across Pennsylvania's 67 counties.

Under this award, Respect Together provides critical services including coordination of victim services across the state, training and technical assistance to community-based victim service organizations, and collaboration with judicial and law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault cases. The organization also works to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues when sexual assault is determined to be a factor, designs and conducts public education campaigns to reduce sexual violence, and distributes federal resources to subrecipients through state agencies and local rape crisis centers. These activities ensure that prevention education, direct victim services, medical advocacy, crisis intervention, and legal assistance reach survivors throughout the Commonwealth.