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 has awarded Riverside Community College District (RCCD), a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Riverside, California, a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525). Through this four-year grant, RCCD will create culturally specific strategies to address these issues for LGBTQ+, immigrant, first-generation, military-connected, parenting, and other underserved students. Key activities include building RCCD's capacity to develop a coordinated community response, creating an action plan for this response, and establishing a team to oversee and implement project activities. The funding will enable RCCD to secure relevant partnerships, conduct trainings, and develop tailored resources for its 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. Riverside community college district is a public HSI located in riverside, california. With this new award, riverside community college district, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to lgbtq+, immigrant, first-generation, and military-connected students; as well as, students with dependent children, 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.