The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program supports comprehensive, community-based…

The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program supports comprehensive, community-based projects that develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking, including support for their non-abusing parents, caregivers, and legal guardians. With this funding, umbrella, INC., will continue toimplement the umbrella prevention and response projectand provide services tochildren and youth aged 11-18 in northeast kingdom, vermont. In partnership with northeast kingdom community action and northeast kingdom youth services, caledonia SIU, the community restorative justice center, orleans county restorative justice center, ST. Johnsbury school, lake region union high school, north country union high school, ST. Johnsbury academy, orleans county sheriff's department, vermont department of labor, and northeastern vermont regional hospital, umbrella, INC.will: 1) maintain and create access to resources for youth survivors that are specifically designed for their unique needs; 2) implement a multi-pronged community wide prevention approach; and 3) strive to empower youth to work toward prevention through community leadership initiatives. The project will address OVW priority area 4BY partnering with entities such as the vermont department of labor and establishing the NEK economic empowerment to provide wrap around services to homeless, runaway, foster care, and emancipated youth victims. The project period for this award is 36 months.