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 University of La Verne, a private Hispanic-Serving Institution in La Verne, CA, received a $499,997 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA #16.525 - Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus) to strengthen the university's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. With this funding, the university will develop culturally relevant strategies tailored to LGBTQ+ and immigrant students, establish a coordinated community response team, and build the institution's capacity to address these issues through relevant partnerships, trainings, and resources. The 4-year project period runs from October 1, 2023 to 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. The university of LA verne is a private HSI located in SAN diego, california. With this new award, the university of LA verne, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to 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.