The grants to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus program (campus program) is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20125

This project grant award of $298,420 from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women will fund Fontbonne University to implement a comprehensive violence against women program on its campus through September 30, 2025. Under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus program (CFDA 16.525), Fontbonne University will partner with local criminal justice and victim service organizations to create a coordinated community response team, provide prevention programming and bystander intervention training to students, conduct law enforcement training, ensure 24-hour confidential victim services and advocacy, and provide ongoing training to campus disciplinary personnel. The award will support Fontbonne University's efforts to develop and strengthen effective strategies to combat sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on its campus and strengthen victim services for these crimes.

The program provides a unique opportunity for institutions of higher education to establish multidisciplinary approaches to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses. These comprehensive efforts are designed to enhance victim services, implement prevention and education programs, and develop and strengthen security and investigation strategies in order to prevent, prosecute, and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The campus program supports activities that develop campus-based coordinated responses that include campus victim services, law enforcement, health care providers, housing officials, administrators, student leaders, faith-based organizations, student organizations, and disciplinary boards, and that enhance victim safety and assistance and hold offenders accountable. To be effective, these responses must be linked to local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices, courts, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advocacy and victim services organizations. The funded institution of higher education, in partnership with the project's criminal justice and victim service partners, will implement a comprehensive violence against women project on campus. Through this initial award, the collaborative partnership will: 1) create a coordinated community response team to oversee all planning and implementation activities; 2) provide prevention programming, including bystander intervention to all students on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking; 3) provide ongoing training to all law enforcement on how to effectively respond to these crimes; 4) provide access to 24-hour confidential victim services and advocacy; and 5) conduct ongoing training to all personnel in the campus disciplinary process.