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…

The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, Inc. (Icasdv) received a $350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888). The 36-month award will fund the Warriors Rising Project, which aims to train and educate Native adult men in southwestern Idaho as cultural role models for violence prevention efforts. In partnership with the Indigenous Idaho Alliance, Icasdv will develop a multimedia curriculum to engage Idaho's Native population in addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. This project aligns with OVW's priority to advance equity for underserved communities.

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 idaho coalition against sexual and domestic violence (idaho coalition) will implement the warriors rising project to address the purpose area of identifying positive male influencers in southwestern idaho to serve as allies in the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking. In partnership with the indigenous idaho alliance, the idaho coalition will:1) train and educate native adult men as cultural role models in violence prevention effort; 2) develop a multimedia curriculum for training these men on gender violence. By engaging idahos native population through the indigenous idaho alliance, this project fulfills the OVW priority area to advance equity. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.