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

The Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the Nevada Coalition To End Domestic And Sexual Violence (NCEDSV) to enhance victim services and improve community coordination across 9 rural Nevada counties.

The 36-month grant project will support expanded advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, and outreach services delivered by NCEDSV in partnership with 5 sub-awardees: Committee Against Domestic Violence (Harbor House), Consolidated Agency Of Human Services, Nevada Outreach Training Organization (No To Abuse), Winnemucca Domestic Violence Shelter, and Domestic Violence Intervention. Key activities include training, technical assistance, coordinated community response, and strengthening relationships with tribal communities to better serve rural and geographically isolated victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

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 nevada coalition to end domestic and sexual violence, in partnership with committee against domestic violence (DBA harbor house), consolidated agencies of human services, domestic violence intervention, INC., nevada outreach training organization (DBA no to abuse), and winnemucca domestic violence shelter will implement a victim services projectfor the nevada counties of churchill, elko, esmeralda, eureka, humbolt, lyon, mineral, NYE, and white pine. Specific activities will include: 1) enhancing domestic violence and sexual assault services through training, technical assistance, and increased staffing; 2) developing and enhancing community support through CCR teams; and 3) improving relationships between rural partner agencies and tribal communities through weaving communities together for healing, outreach, annual training, and process circles. Deliverables will include training curricula and outreach materials specific to rural and tribal advocates. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.