The grants to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus program (campus program) is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20125

The program provides a unique opportunity for institutions of higher education to establish multidisciplinary approaches to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses. These comprehensive efforts are designed to enhance victim services (including legal services), implement prevention and education programs, and develop and strengthen security and investigation strategies to prevent, prosecute, and respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The campus program supports activities that develop campus-based coordinated responses among campus victim services, campus law enforcement, health care providers, housing officials, administrators, student leaders, faith-based organizations, student organizations, and disciplinary boards, enhance victim safety and the provision of assistance, and hold offenders accountable. To be effective, these responses must be linked to local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors offices, courts, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victim advocacy and victim services organizations. Eastern mennonite university is a private, faith-based institution located in harrisonburg, VA. With this continuation award, eastern mennonite university, in collaboration with the collins center and harrisonburg police department, will continue to meet the statutory and programmatic requirements. In addition, the project will: 1) diversify the established coordinated community response team to include people of color to enhance the culturally relevant programming for the institutions underserved student population; 2) develop a bystander intervention program that includes intervention strategies that are culturally relevant to address students of color; and 3) collaborate with internal and external partners to establish an annual review process of policies and procedures that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking with a focus on restorative practices.