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 $400,000 to Women For Afghan Women Inc. on August 1, 2026, under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to expand resources and services for domestic violence victims.

The award funds counseling, victim services, and case management to help domestic violence victims achieve safety and self-sufficiency, with services available to youth and adult victims. The recipient will conduct community education consistent with the program's statutory purpose. Performance runs through July 31, 2029, at the recipient's location in Flushing, New York. Women For Afghan Women Inc. specializes in culturally specific victim services to vulnerable populations, including Afghan evacuees and immigrant communities facing barriers to traditional support programs.

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 expand resources and services to help domestic violence victims achieve safety and self-sufficiency through counseling, victim services, and case management; provide services for youth and adult victims; and conduct community education consistent with the program's statute.