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 $575,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to the Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington, Incorporated. This 3-year project will provide culturally relevant services to Asian American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Greater Washington D.C. area, particularly targeting the Korean and Chinese communities. Specific project activities will include creating and disseminating educational materials, conducting small group domestic violence trainings, providing semi-annual trainings for professionals, and delivering direct services such as crisis intervention, mental health counseling, civil legal assistance, financial literacy training, and transportation assistance. The project aims to increase the community's capacity to offer culturally specific resources and support for these victims and their families.

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, korean community service center of greater washington will implement a project addressing the following purpose area(S): increasing communities capacity to provide culturally specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes and their families; enhancing 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; working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally specific issues and resources regarding victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 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; and examining the dynamics of culture and its impact on victimization and healing. The korean community service center of greater washington (KCSC)S building capacity of the asian community to combat sexual violence against women proposes to focus on the korean and chinese communities in the greater DC area. The project will also address the following priority area: priority area 2 - strengthening efforts to prevent and end sexual assault. Specific activities will include: creation/revision and dissemination of educational materials and media outreach; small group domestic violence training; semi-annual training for state, local, and social service professionals; and direct services, including crisis intervention, mental health counseling, emergency financial assistance, civil legal assistance /court accompaniment, transportation assistance, employment counseling, financial literacy training, and accompaniment of victims to a medical facility.