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 awarded Healing Hands USA, Inc. $500,000 under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) on August 1, 2026. The recipient will provide faith-based services, youth peer-to-peer support, and community education to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The award period runs through July 31, 2029, with place of performance in Jamaica, New York. The program supports the maintenance and replication of existing community-based programs delivering culturally specific services, as well as innovative strategies to enhance access for victims facing obstacles to traditional services.

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 faith-based services, youth peer-to-peer support, and community education consistent with the program's statute.