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 New York Asian Women's Center, doing business as Womankind, was awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The three-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will support Womankind in providing culturally and linguistically specific services to Asian American survivors of gender-based violence in New York City. Key activities include individual counseling, case management, economic empowerment, workforce development, financial workshops, and specialized programs for children exposed to violence. This grant award aligns with the program's objectives to maintain and replicate existing successful community-based services as well as develop innovative strategies to enhance access to support for underserved populations facing obstacles to traditional services.

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, the new york asian womens center DBA womankind will implement a project addressing multiple purpose areas, including : 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 - to enhance traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally and linguistically specific programs; and purpose area 6 - providing culturally specific programs for children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking for asian american survivors in new york city. The project will address priority area 3: expanding economic justice. Specific activities will include: 1) individual counseling; 2) case management; 3) economic empowerment; 4) workforce development, 5) financial workshops; and 6) children and youth programs.