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, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $499,920 Project Grant to Dillard University, a private historically Black university in New Orleans, Louisiana, under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525).

The purpose of this 4-year grant is for Dillard University, in collaboration with campus partners, to build the institution's capacity to develop a culturally-specific, coordinated community response to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. The key activities include securing relevant partnerships, conducting trainings, developing tailored resources, establishing a coordinated community response team, and creating an action plan to outline strategies for the coordinated response. The project aims to strengthen Dillard's institutional response and create culturally relevant prevention and response programming, with a focus on services for LGBTQ and immigrant student communities.

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. Dillard university is a private, faith-based, hbculocated in new orleans, LA. With this new award, dillard university, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to lgbtq and immigrant communities 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.