Connecticut Alliance To End Sexual Violence, Inc.

Connecticut Alliance To End Sexual Violence, Inc., registered as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization and doing business as CT Alliance To End Sexual, serves as Connecticut's designated statewide coalition dedicated to ending sexual violence and ensuring comprehensive, high-quality, and culturally competent sexual assault victim services. Based in East Hartford, Connecticut, the organization coordinates victim services across nine member sexual assault crisis centers throughout the state and works collaboratively with federal, state, and local entities to implement strategies addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Alliance's mission encompasses victim assistance, community education, and public policy advocacy to support survivors across the state.

The Connecticut Alliance To End Sexual Violence has received substantial federal grant funding across multiple programs and agencies. The organization has been awarded multiple Formula Grants under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556), including awards valued at $243,213 (FY 2025-2026) and $252,846 (FY 2024-2025), which support coordination of victim services, collaboration with criminal justice entities, and multi-agency coordination efforts. Additionally, the Alliance received a Project Grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for a four-year sexual violence prevention initiative running from June 2024 to June 2028, focused on building statewide prevention infrastructure and implementing evidence-based community-level prevention strategies with health equity emphasis. The organization also received a Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) grant from OVW (FY 2023-2025) totaling support for legal representation and advocacy in matters concerning orders of protection, criminal justice processes, family law, immigration, and employment for sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking victims across multiple Connecticut counties through the Victim Rights Center of Connecticut legal program. The Alliance has further received evaluation and capacity assessment grants from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to assess coalition prevention efforts and improve prevention programming. Through these prime awards and numerous sub-awards passed through from the Connecticut Office of Policy & Management, Judicial Branch, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and Department of Social Services, the Alliance has provided direct intervention and crisis services to sexual violence victims, including 24-hour crisis hotlines in English and Spanish, short-term counseling, safety planning, case management, legal services, post-conviction victim services, and advocacy support. The organization has also distributed funds to nine member centers for bilingual services targeting Spanish-speaking survivors, outreach to underserved communities including people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with disabilities, training and technical assistance programming, public education and awareness campaigns, and specialized services such as a Manager of Law Enforcement position and Post-Conviction Victim Services team. Recent sub-awards have supported direct intervention services, bilingual service provision, outreach to underserved communities, post-conviction services, sexual assault crisis counselor staffing, victim advocacy, text and chat service capabilities, and implementation of data management systems, demonstrating the Alliance's comprehensive approach to supporting sexual violence survivors through victim services coordination and prevention activities.