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 Ohio Hispanic Coalition was awarded a $400,000 Federal Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. This 3-year grant will fund the Coalition's efforts to provide culturally relevant services and resources to underserved, low-income, immigrant, and limited English proficient Latino/Hispanic communities in Cuyahoga, Hamilton, and Montgomery counties of Ohio. Key service offerings will include safety planning, economic support, culturally responsive prevention strategies through community empowerment groups and social media, and information sharing. The grant aims to increase the capacity of these communities to access services and support for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as enhance 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 continuation culturally specific services program project, the ohio hispanic coalition will implement a project addressing the following purpose areas: 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; enhance traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally specific issues and resources; provide 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. The ohio hispanic coalition will provide services for underserved, low-income, immigrant, limited english proficient, latino/hispanic communities in the following areas: cuyahoga, hamilton, and montgomery county. Specific activities will include: safety planning, economic support, culturally responsiveprevention strategies through community empowerment groups and/or presentations, and information through social media.