The grants to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus program (campus program) is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20125

The Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) received a $400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525). The grant will enable STCC, in collaboration with the YWCA of Western Massachusetts and the Hampden County District Attorney's Office, to continue developing a coordinated community response to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. Key activities include creating a video-based onboarding and training process for the coordinated community response team, developing a bystander intervention training program in video format for online students, and designing accessible prevention and education modules in English and Spanish. The grant will also support ongoing efforts to enhance victim services, security, and investigation strategies on STCC's campus over the 3-year project period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.

The program provides a unique opportunity for institutions of higher education to establish multidisciplinary approaches to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses. These comprehensive efforts are designed to enhance victim services (including legal services), implement prevention and education programs, and develop and strengthen security and investigation strategies to prevent, prosecute, and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The campus program supports activities that develop campus-based coordinated responses among campus victim services, campus law enforcement, health care providers, housing officials, administrators, student leaders, faith-based organizations, student organizations, and disciplinary boards, and enhance victim safety and assistance and hold offenders accountable. To be effective, these responses must be linked to local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors offices, courts, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advocacy and victim services organizations. Springfield technical community college is a public, hispanic serving institution located in springfield, MA. With this continuation award, springfield technical community college, in collaboration with ywca of western massachusetts and the hampden county district attorneys office will continue to meet the statutory and programmatic requirements. In addition, the project will: 1) develop and implement an coordinated community response teamonboarding process that includes video-based training from all campus and community partners on their roles and referral process;2) develop a bystander intervention training into a video-based format and incorporate into an online course to reach springfield technical community college online students; 3) collaborate with the center for online and digital learning to design and implement modules in both english and spanish and adapt video that are accessible to students with disabilities.