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 $500,000 Project Grant award from 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) supports Prairie View A&M University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), in developing culturally specific strategies to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on their campus. The funding will enable Prairie View A&M University to: 1) build the institution's capacity to implement a coordinated community response by securing relevant partnerships, conducting trainings, and developing resources tailored to the campus community; 2) create an action plan outlining key strategies to establish the coordinated community response; and 3) establish a coordinated community response team to oversee and implement project activities. The award period runs from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 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. Prairie view a & M university is a public, historically black college and university (HBCU) located in prairie view, TX. With this new award, prairie view a & M university, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to african-american 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.