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 Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Trinity Healing Center Inc. (also known as The Healing Center) to enhance culturally specific services for Latinx survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Sunset Park community of Southwest Brooklyn. The 3-year grant project, which began on October 1, 2023, will provide services including intakes, assessments, supportive counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, referrals, education, support groups, and advocacy. The grant will also fund the "Daughters of the Lotus" program serving Latinx girls ages 13-18 through group discussion, expressive arts, education, and community building. In addition, the project will launch new programs tailored to the economic and work-related needs of participants.

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, trinity healing center INC. (also known as the healing center) will implement a project addressing the following purpose areas: enhance traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally specific programs offering services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 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; and examine the dynamics of culture and its impact on victimization and healing. Trinity healing center INC. Serves latinx survivors within the sunset park community of southwest brooklyn. Specific activities will include: 1) intakes, assessments, supportive counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, referrals, education, support groups (called EL cafecito), and advocacy; 2) daughters of the lotus, which serves latinx girls between the ages of 13-18 through group discussion, expressive arts, education, culturally-focused exercises, and community building; and 3) launching new programs tailored to the economic and work-related needs of our participants.