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 San Diego State University Foundation was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525) from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. This 4-year grant will support the development of culturally-specific strategies and a coordinated community response to address these crimes among Hispanic, undocumented, and reentry incarcerated students at San Diego State University. Key activities include building institutional capacity, creating an action plan, and establishing a response team to implement prevention programming and victim services tailored to the campus community.

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. SAN diego state foundation is a public, hsilocated in SAN diego, california. With this new award, SAN diego state foundation, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to hispanic, undocumented, and reentry incarcerated students, and work with the designatedtechnical 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.