The grants to enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20124

This $400,000 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). The funding will support a 3-year project by Narika, a non-profit organization based in Fremont, California, to implement trauma-informed, culturally responsive services for South Asian survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Specific activities to be delivered include: 1) providing culturally responsive healing modalities, 2) developing and distributing culturally appropriate outreach materials, 3) offering culturally responsive client services on economic, reproductive, mental, and physical health and wellness, and 4) delivering trauma-informed case management. This grant builds on Narika's expertise in providing targeted, culturally sensitive support services to address the unique challenges faced by South Asian communities in addressing violence and supporting survivors.

This program supports the maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using more traditional programs. Culturally specific services means community-based services that include culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities which are statutorily defined as american indians (including alaska natives, eskimos, and aleuts); asian americans; native hawaiians and other pacific islanders; blacks; and hispanics. Projects must address at least one of the programs statutory purpose areas. Through this continuation culturally specific services program project, narika will implement a project addressing the following purpose areas: purpose area 2 -increasing communities capacity to provide culturally specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes and their families; purpose area 4 -enhancing traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally specific programs; and purpose area 5 -working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally specific issues and resources for south asian survivors of domestic violence in the BAY area of california.specific activities will include: 1) culturally responsive healing modalities; 2) developing and distributing culturally responsive outreach materials; 3) culturally responsive client services on economic and financial wellness, reproductive and maternal health and wellness, mental and physical health and wellness; and 4) trauma informed case management.