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's 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 the Rio Hondo College Foundation, a Hispanic-Serving Institution located in Whittier, CA. The grant will support the Foundation and its campus partners in developing culturally specific strategies to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking affecting Hispanic and Latinx students, including those who are former foster youth, LGBTQ, undocumented, or housing insecure. Key activities will involve building the institution's capacity to establish a coordinated community response, developing an action plan, and creating a response team to oversee and implement project initiatives. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 through 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. RIO hondo college foundation is a public, hispanic-serving institution (HSI) located in whittier, CA. With this new award, RIO hondo college foundation, in collaboration with its campus partners, will create culturally specific strategies tailored to hispanic and latinx students, including those that are former foster youth, lgbtq, undocumented, or housing insecure, 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.