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

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under CFDA Program #16.525 "Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus" will support Adams State University, a Hispanic-Serving Institution located in Alamosa, Colorado, to develop culturally-specific strategies and a coordinated community response to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. Key activities will include:

1. Building the university's capacity to develop a culturally-relevant, coordinated community response through securing partnerships, conducting trainings, and creating tailored resources for immigrant and Native American students.

2. Developing an action plan to outline strategies for establishing this coordinated community response.

3. Forming a coordinated community response team to oversee and implement project activities.

The award supports Adams State University's efforts to enhance victim safety, strengthen investigative and security approaches, and hold offenders accountable through comprehensive, multidisciplinary efforts focused on the unique needs of the university's diverse student population.

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. Adams state university ISA hsilocated in alamosa, CO. With this new award, adams state university, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored toimmigrantand native american 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.