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 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded South Asian Network Inc. $500,000 under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) on August 1, 2026. The award funds case management, community education, healing arts workshops, supportive services for parents and caregivers of victimized youth, and training for law enforcement and allied professionals including faith leaders and school staff on responding to youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Performance occurs in Artesia, California, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. South Asian Network Inc., a minority-owned and woman-owned nonprofit, provides culturally and linguistically specific victim services to South Asian communities and other underserved populations in the Los Angeles area, with particular focus on serving individuals from Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Nepalese backgrounds.

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. Projects must address at least one of the program's statutory purpose areas. The project will provide case management, community education consistent with the program's statute, healing arts workshops, supportive services for parents/caregivers of youth who have been victimized, and training for law enforcement and allied professionals (e.g., faith leaders and school staff) on how to respond to youth victims.