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

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Stronghearts Native Helpline, Inc., a non-profit organization. The grant will fund Stronghearts to implement the following services and activities over a 3-year period from October 2023 to September 2026:

Stronghearts will provide 24/7 confidential support, advocacy, crisis intervention, safety planning, education, and referrals to culturally appropriate services for American Indian, Alaska Native, and indigenous LGBTQ and Two Spirit victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services will include outreach, media campaigns, a national hotline, peer-to-peer support, and addressing the safety, economic, housing, and workplace needs of this underserved population. The grant funding aims to enhance access to resources and support for Native American and indigenous victims facing cultural or linguistic barriers to traditional victim services.

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, stronghearts native helpline, INC. Will implement a project addressing the following purpose area: providing culturally specific resources and services that address the safety, economic, housing, and workplace needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including emergency assistance for american indian and alaska native (AI/an) relatives and tribes across the nation. The project will address the following priority area:priority area 3 -underserved communities (lgbtqs and two spirits).specific activities will include: outreach materials and media campaigns, a national hotline (24/7/365), advocacy, peer to peer support, crisis intervention, safety planning, education, and referrals to culturally appropriateservices.