The rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (rural program) is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12341

Rural program funds are used to support programs that: 1) identify, assess, and appropriately respond to child, youth, and adult victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities; 2) establish and expand victim services in rural communities to child, youth, and adult victims; 3) increase the safety and well-being of women and children in rural communities, by (a) dealing directly and immediately with domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; and (B) creating and implementing strategies to increase awareness and prevent these crimes; and 4) develop, expand, implement, and improve the quality of sexual assault forensic medical examination or sexual assault nurse examiner programs. Grantees must use at least one of the following strategies in implementing their projects: 1) implement, expand, and establish cooperative efforts and projects among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 2) provide treatment, counseling, advocacy, legal assistance, and other long-term and short-term victim and population specific services to adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in rural communities; 3) work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward such issues; 4) develop, enlarge, or strengthen programs addressing sexual assault; and 5) develop programs and strategies that focus on the specific needs of victims of who reside in remote rural and geographically isolated areas. With this continuation rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant award, the nebraska domestic violence sexual assault coalition (DBA the nebraska coalition to end sexual and domestic violence), in partnership with the nebraska county attorneys association and nebraskas rural domestic violence/sexual assault programs (healing hearts and families, parent-child center, sandhills crisis intervention program, the bridge, bright horizons, haven house, S.A.F.E. Center, center for survivors, hope crisis center, encourage, the doves program, rape/domestic abuse program, domestic abuse/sexual assault services, and project response), will implement a victim services project for all 86 federally-recognized fully rural counties within the state of nebraska. Specific activities for immigrant survivors will include: 1) providing legal services to victims through the coalition; 2) partnering with the nebraska county attorneys association (NECAA) in order to provide training at their annual conferencefor law enforcement officers, county attorneys, advocates, and other professionals; 3) providing training through partnerships with local law enforcement agencies and other statewide agencies which provide training on domestic and sexual violence to improve response; and 4) providing the coalition and the rural programs access to reimbursement of expenses to utilize either a language line or interpreters/translators available through other agencies, organizations, or communities for eligible rural victims who speak other languages. Deliverables will include brochures with information regardingvictim services in multiple languages. The timing for performance of this award is 24 months.