The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program supports comprehensive, community-based…

The grants to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking against children and youth program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking, including support for their non-abusing parents, caregivers, and legal guardians. With this grant funding, the young womens christian association of mclean county (YWCA) will implement the YWCA mclean county prevention education program to expand current prevention education services and direct services for children and youth ages 11-24 that have been impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or SEX trafficking. In collaboration with project OZ, the YWCA will: 1) hire two prevention coordinators to provide sexual violence prevention education lessons and trainings to schools, community organizations, and businesses; 2) partner with project OZ to offer services to their children and youth clients who are high at-risk youth; 3) provide stipends for after-hour, on call personnel at the hotline and hospital; and 4) support occupancy costs of the program to include building and grounds repairs/maintenance, property insurance, and utilities. The project address OVW priority area to expand economic justice and financial advocacy. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.