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 Kokua Kalihi Valley (Comprehensive Family Services) $399,999 on August 1, 2026, under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). The recipient will provide victim services and education and prevention programming for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking survivors through culturally specific approaches tailored to populations facing barriers to traditional services. The award period runs through July 31, 2029, with place of performance in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kokua Kalihi Valley, a non-profit federally qualified health center founded in 1972 and operating from nine locations across Kalihi Valley, serves a predominantly low-income, immigrant, and non-English-speaking population and integrates medical services with cultural preservation and community support. The Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program supports maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to violence survivors, as well as development of innovative strategies to enhance access for underserved populations.

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. This project will provide victim services and education and prevention programming consistent with the program's statute.