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

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. (DVIS), a nonprofit organization in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through this 36-month project, DVIS will collaborate with the Kellyville Police Department to implement a SANE/SART program and expand services for child, youth, and adult victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities. Key activities include establishing additional victim services, building partnerships, increasing awareness, and developing a coordinated community response. The grant aims to enhance safety and well-being for women and children in rural areas by addressing these crimes.

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 new rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant award, domestic violence intervention services, INC., in partnership with kellyville police department, will implement a sane/sart projectfor the oklahoma county of creek. Specific activities will include: 1) establishing additional victim services and directresponses for child, youth, and adult victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking in rural communities; 2) establishing collaboration among all partners, other agencies, and other service providers; 3) increasing awareness of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking; and 4) developing coordinated community response and sexual assault response teamsand increase collaboration and training. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.