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 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA 16.525), will enable Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to create culturally specific strategies tailored to LGBTQ+ students to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.

The $499,976 award will allow WSSU, in collaboration with campus partners, to: 1) build the institution's capacity to develop a culturally specific, coordinated community response by securing relevant partnerships, conducting trainings, and developing tailored resources; 2) create an action plan to establish a coordinated community response; and 3) form a coordinated community response team to oversee and implement project activities. The project period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028.

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. Winston-salem state university is a public, historically black college and university (HBCU) located in winston-salem, NC. With this new award, winston-salem state university, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to lgbtq + 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.