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 $500,000 to the Center For Southeast Asians on August 1, 2026, under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016).

The award funds crisis intervention, safety planning, case management, advocacy, and prevention education workshops serving Southeast Asian victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Providence, Rhode Island. The Center For Southeast Asians, a minority-owned nonprofit, will deliver culturally specific services addressing obstacles that victims in the Southeast Asian community face when accessing traditional programs.

The period of performance runs through July 31, 2029. The assistance type is a Project Grant.

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 crisis intervention, safety planning, case management, advocacy, and prevention education workshops consistent with the program's statute.