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 Latina Center, Inc. was awarded a $575,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to implement the "Creating Culturally Specific Caminos al Apoyo (Pathways to Support)" project from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The project will enhance culturally specific services and resources for Latino/Hispanic victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Richmond, California. Specific activities include listening sessions, training and educational workshops, a culturally specific community mobilization campaign, trauma-informed mental health services, and holistic healing circles. This grant funding builds upon the Latina Center's prior successful projects under this federal program to increase access to culturally and linguistically appropriate services, strengthen traditional victim support through a cultural lens, and comprehensively address the safety, economic, housing, and workplace needs of Latino/Hispanic survivors in the local community.

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 latina center, INC. Will implement a project addressing the following purpose areas: 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; and 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. The creating culturally specific caminos AL apoyo (pathways to support) provide services for the latino/hispanic population in richmond, california. The project will also address the following priority area: priority area 2 - strengthening efforts to prevent and end sexual assault. Specific activities will include: listening sessions, training & educational workshops, a culturally specific community mobilization campaign, trauma-informed mental health services, holistic and trauma-informed crculos DE sanacin/healing circles.