The grants to engage men and boys as allies in the prevention of violence against women and girls program supports projects that develop and implement strategies that create educational programming…

This $350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under CFDA 16.888, the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies, will allow the DC Coalition To End Sexual Violence to implement a 22-week curriculum-based program engaging middle and high school boys in Washington, DC to prevent technology-facilitated domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. The grant will also fund the development and delivery of virtual and in-person trainings and workshops to enhance the capacity of the coalition's member organizations to engage men and boys and address the prevention of technology-facilitated abuse. Additionally, the project will implement community strength projects to educate youth about these forms of technology-facilitated violence. The award period is 36 months, from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

The grants to engage men and boys as allies in the prevention of violence against women and girls program supports projects that develop and implement strategies that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking. With this funding, the DC coalition to end sexual violence (dccesv) will implement the engaging boys and men in the prevention of technology facilitated abuse program to expand efforts to engage men as allies and change agents and strengthen coalition member services and programming to educate boys and young men about domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and SEX trafficking in washington, DC. In partnership with themcsr (formerly men can stop rape) and the national network to end domestic violence, the DC coalition will: 1) develop and implement a curriculum-based, 22-week program that engages, educates, and empowers boys and young men in middle and high schools to prevent technology-facilitated domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking; 2) develop and implement virtual and in-person trainings and workshops to enhance the capacity and ability of dccesv's member organizations to engage men and boys and address the prevention of technology-facilitated abuse through their programs and services; and 3) implement community strength projects (csps) to educate youth about technology-facilitated domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking. This project addresses the OVW priority area of advancing equity and tribal sovereignty and the program-specific priority of technology-facilitated abuse. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.