The strengthening culturally specific campus approaches to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking initiative (CSC initiative) supports historically black colleges and…

Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), Shorter College, a private Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in North Little Rock, Arkansas, will develop and implement a coordinated community response to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on its campus. The grant, awarded under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525), will enable Shorter College to build institutional capacity, secure relevant partnerships, conduct trainings, and develop culturally-specific resources and prevention programming tailored to its student population, including formerly incarcerated reentry students. The project aims to enhance victim safety, strengthen security and investigation strategies, and hold offenders accountable through a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach.

The strengthening culturally specific campus approaches to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking initiative (CSC initiative) supports historically black colleges and universities (HBCUS), hispanic-serving institutions (HSIS), and tribal colleges and universities (TCUS) to strengthen their institutional response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. The CSC initiative focuses on building the capacity of these institutions to establish culturally relevant strategies to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including the development of effective response protocols and prevention programming. Shorter college is a private, faith-based, hbculocated in north little rock, arkansas. With this new award, shorter college, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to formerly incarcerated reentry students and work with the designated campus technical assistance provider to: 1) build the capacity of the institution to develop a culturally specific, coordinated community response to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by securing relevant partnerships, conducting trainings, and developing resources tailored to the campus community; 2) develop an action plan to outline key strategies necessary to establish a coordinated community response; and 3) establish a coordinated community response team that will oversee and implement project activities.