The grants to enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20124

This program supports the maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using more traditional programs. Culturally specific services means community-based services that include culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities which are statutorily defined as american indians (including alaska natives, eskimos, and aleuts); asian americans; native hawaiians and other pacific islanders; blacks; and hispanics. Projects must address at least one of the programs statutory purpose areas. Through this new culturally specific services program project, servicios DE LA raza, INC. Will implement a project addressing the following purpose areas : work with state and local governments and social service agencies to develop and enhance effective strategies to provide culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; increase communities capacity to provide culturally specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes and their families; strengthen criminal justice interventions; and enhance traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The project will also address the following priority areas: priority area 1 - advancing racial equity and priority area 3 - underserved communities (latine lgbtq+).servicios DE LA raza (services for the people) servesthe needs of marginalized latinopeople in the denver metropolitan area and throughout colorado - especially those who are monolingual spanish-speaking. Specific activities will include: trauma-informed and culturally and linguistically responsive crisis intervention, case management, advocacy, safety planning, legal services, mental health care, wraparound support to needed resources to promote self-sufficiency, and traditional curanderismo (healing practices) such as inpi ceremonies (sweat lodges), limpias (spiritual cleanses), tribal dancers that offer prayer in the four directions, prayers, laying on of hands and/or massage, acudetox, acupressure, healing through the five senses, and artacura (art therapy).