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 Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice awarded $500,000 to Survivors Pathway Corporation on August 1, 2026, under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016).

Survivors Pathway Corporation will provide counseling, advocacy, and therapeutic groups to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The recipient will coordinate a new subcommittee within the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Council (DVSAC) of Greater Miami, expand faith-based community engagement and faith-based support groups, and undertake prevention efforts aligned with the program's statutory mandate.

The award funds a three-year project with performance extending through July 31, 2029, at the recipient's location in Miami, Florida. Survivors Pathway Corporation is a minority-owned, tax-exempt nonprofit organization serving immigrant Latinx LGBTQI+ populations and other underserved communities in Miami-Dade County. The organization delivers trauma-informed, bilingual victim services and has received prior funding from the Office on Violence Against Women for the REACH program (Resource, Education, Alliance, Community Building, Healing).

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 programs statutory purpose areas. This project will provide counseling, advocacy, and therapeutic groups, coordinate a new subcommittee within the domestic violence and sexual assault council (dvsac) of greater miami, expand faith-based community engagement and faith-based support groups; and undertake prevention efforts consistent with the program's statute.