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. Metropolitan organization to counter sexual assault (mocsa) will implement education and prevention services programs (purpose area 2) to help survivors as well as non-offending caregivers of child sexual abuse and sexual assault in kansas city, MO. In collaboration with young women on the move, mocsawill: 1) provide education and prevention programming to help youth recognize abusive behaviors and bystander intervention strategies; 2) provide outreach and awareness efforts, single-session presentations, tabling at events, multi-session youth education, training community partners at youth-serving organizations or businesses, and youth-led prevention programs in and outside schools; 3) conduct stewards of children, awareness to action, and/or safe bar trainings in the community to reduce the incidence of sexual violence; 4) engage in community-level prevention initiatives including norms change campaigns to reduce sexual violence for children and youth; AND5) directly work with youth who are at high risk for victimization or perpetration, and engage with youth in the community to draw on youth-led strategies to address sexual violence and bystander intervention. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.