The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as…

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded Women's Coalition of St. Croix $525,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault program (CFDA 16.736).

The recipient will operate eight scattered-site transitional housing residences in rural areas of the U.S. Virgin Islands, providing victim-centered transitional housing and support services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are homeless or in need of housing assistance. The project will serve eight survivors and their families, assisting clients for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twenty-four months. Support services include rental and utility assistance, case management, childcare, transportation, counseling, job training, and legal aid, with services tailored to help survivors transition to permanent housing and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Women's Coalition of St. Croix is collaborating with Kids Can Do It Too Adventure Center on service delivery.

The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This is a continuation project under the Transitional Housing Program, which provides housing and support services to aid minors, adults, and their dependents who are homeless or in need of transitional housing as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as its primary purpose the provision of transitional housing and support services to aid minors, adults, and their dependents who are homeless (as defined in 34 U.S.C. 12473(6)) or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The program is intended to provide assistance to victims for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. The program supports victim-centered approaches to providing transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and voluntary support services to assist with locating and securing permanent housing, obtaining employment, and integrating into a community. Womens coalition of ST. Croix, a non-profit organization located in christiansted, VI, will implement the transitional housing services in the US virgin islands project through the provision of victim-centered approaches to transitional housing needs, in collaboration with kids can do IT too adventure center. The project will provide eight private landlord, scattered site transitional housing residences for eight survivors and their families in a rural region of the u.s virgin islands. This continuation project will use funds to provide both housing and supportive services to move survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are homeless or in need of housing assistance to permanent housing. The project will assist clients for an anticipated minimum of 6 months and a maximum length of 24 months. The services offered will focus on providing victim services in rural areas and will be tailored to address the needs of victims who are served. The range of optional support services includes rental and utility assistance, case management, safety planning, childcare, individual counseling, and housing advocacy. The project will retain one dedicated staff member to implement the program and provide follow-up services for at least 3 months once permanent housing is secured.