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

The Mixteca Organization, Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). The three-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will fund the implementation of culturally specific services and programming for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Latinx and Indigenous communities of Brooklyn, New York. Key project activities include: 1) providing culturally relevant direct services, 2) conducting prevention programming through cultural exchange and personal narratives, and 3) offering economic justice and financial independence support. The grant aims to increase the capacity of the community to provide culturally specific resources and support, as well as enhance traditional victim services through the leadership of the culturally specific Mixteca Organization.

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 new culturally specific services program project, mixtexa organization, INC. 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; purpose area 4 enhancing traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through leadership of culturally specific programs; and purpose area 8 examining the dynamics of culture and its impact on victimization and healing for latinx and indigenous communities in brooklyn, new york. Specific activities will include: 1) culturally specific direct services; 2) prevention programming through cultural exchange and personal narratives; and 3) economic justice and financial independence support.