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, pyramid lake paiute tribe, in partnership with pyramid lake victim services program, pyramid lake tribal court, pyramid lake tribal health clinic, pyramid lake paiute tribe human services, and pyramid lake police department, will implement a victim services project for the pyramid lake indian reservation, which includes the nevada counties of washoe, storey, and lyon. Specific activities for indigenous survivors will include: 1) conducting on-site trainings to providers to increase their knowledge regarding how victimization impacts the community and how to better serve victims/survivors; 2) providing on-site, accessible, voluntary counseling services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; 3) providing transportation assistance to victims; 4) providing 24-hour hotline assistance; 5) providing on-site, accessible, voluntary counseling services to victims; 6) working with rural communities in the development of educational and prevention strategies; and 7) increasing accessibility for victims who are LEP individuals, deaf or hard of hearing or disabled. Deliverables will include: 1) four brochures detailing available services and the effects of violence on children (one in english and one in spanish); 2) three athletic posters per year for the pyramid lake tribal JR./SR. High school, with information identifying the victim services program contact information and award number; and 3) pens with the victim services programs contact information for distribution at outreach events. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.