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 federal Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is provided under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA #16.525). The funding will support Virginia State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Petersburg, Virginia, to strengthen its institutional response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on its campus. Key activities include building the university's capacity to develop a culturally-specific, coordinated community response, establishing a response team to oversee project implementation, and creating tailored prevention programming and victim services for African American, LGBTQ+, and international students. The award 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. Virginia state university is a public, hbculocated in petersburg, VA. With this new award, virginia state university, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to african american, lgbtq+, and international 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.