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

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $499,900 Project Grant under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525) to CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation. The funds will support CSU Fullerton, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, in developing culturally specific strategies and coordinated community responses to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. Key activities include building the institution's capacity through relevant partnerships, training, and tailored resources; creating an action plan for a coordinated community response; and establishing a response team to oversee project implementation. The award period is from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027.

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. CSU fullerton auxiliary services corporation is a public, HSI, and asian american native american pacific islanderinstitution located in fullerton, california. With this new award, CSU fullerton auxiliary services corporation, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to latinx, asian american, native american, pacific islander, lgbtq+, and immigrant 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.