The strengthening culturally specific campus approaches to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking initiative (CSC initiative) supports historically black colleges and…

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (CFDA 16.525) to Lincoln University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Pennsylvania. Through this 4-year award, Lincoln University will create culturally specific strategies tailored to LGBTQIA+ students and other underserved populations to build the institution's capacity for a coordinated community response to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. Key activities include securing relevant partnerships, conducting trainings, developing resources, creating an action plan, and establishing a coordinated community response team to oversee project implementation.

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. Lincoln university is a public, historically black college and university (hbcu) located in pennsylvania, PA. With this new award, lincoln university, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to lgbtqia+ students and other underserved populations, 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.