The grants to engage men and boys as allies in the prevention of violence against women and girls program supports projects that develop and implement strategies that create educational programming…

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women provides $315,000 in funding over 36 months for the "Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls" program (CFDA 16.888). The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in partnership with several local organizations, will implement "Project TeamUp Hartford County" to: 1) train male coaches in Hartford County middle and high schools on addressing and preventing domestic/dating violence and stalking; 2) integrate education on these issues into established male sports programs to help boys and young men develop healthy relationships, challenge gender stereotypes, and become active bystanders; and 3) implement the "Coaching Boys into Men" curriculum with middle and high school male athletes. The project will also address the priority of addressing online harm and abuse through this programming. The 36-month project period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.

The grants to engage men and boys as allies in the prevention of violence against women and girls program supports projects that develop and implement strategies that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking. With this funding, the connecticut coalition against domestic violence, in partnership with the connecticut youth excellence project, hartford public schools, the american school for the deaf, and the capital region education council, will implement project teamup hartford county. Specifically, this project will: 1) implement programming to recruit and train male hartford county middle and high school athletics coaches to address and prevent domestic/dating violence, and stalking; 2) integrate education on domestic/dating violence and stalking into established male sports programs to assist boys and young men in developing healthy relationships, challenging gender stereotypes, and becoming active bystanders; and 3) implement coaching boys into men with middle and high school male athletics. Also, by directing the cbim curriculum at students use of technology and impact of technology-enabled abuse, the project will address the program-specific priority against online harm and abuse. The project period for this award is 36 months.