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 U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $469,882 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to Women's Center And Shelter Civil Law Project, a domestic shelter and non-profit organization. This 36-month grant will fund the organization's "Hands Are Not for Hurting" program, which will: 1) provide school-based domestic and dating violence prevention and response services to middle and high school youth in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; 2) develop a coordinated community response team to address barriers in youth access to support services; and 3) measure progress towards project goals with community partners. The award will enable Women's Center And Shelter Civil Law Project to deliver comprehensive, trauma-informed services to 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.

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, womens center shelter, in partnership with gwens girls and center for family excellence community, will implement the hands are not for hurting program to provide services to youth ages 11 19 in allegheny county, pennsylvania. Specifically, this project will: 1) provide school-based services and educational programming for preventing and responding to domestic violence and dating violence to middle and high school youths, community-based, and culturally-specific partners; 2) develop coordinated community response team (ccrt) to cross-train and strategize on emerging issues or barriers in youth and young adults access to supportive services and develop solutions across the communities served; and 3) measure progress in completing project goals and objectives by setting key performance indicators with the proposed school and community-based, culturally-specific partners. The project period for this award is 36 months.