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 federal 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), provides $496,267 to Southwestern University, a private Hispanic-Serving Institution located in Georgetown, TX. The funding will support the university's efforts to build capacity and develop culturally specific strategies to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. Key activities include establishing a coordinated community response team, conducting trainings, developing resources tailored to the campus community, and creating an action plan to guide the implementation of these initiatives. The project 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. Southwestern university is a private, hispanic-serving institution (HSI) located in georgetown, TX. With this new award, southwestern university, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to hispanic, latin-american, and 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.