Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault And Family Violence

Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (GCASAFV), a tax-exempt non-profit organization based in Hagåtña, Guam, serves as a critical advocacy and coordinating entity dedicated to addressing gender-based violence in Guam and surrounding territories. As an Asian-Pacific American-owned organization registered in SAM.gov since March 2009, GCASAFV operates as a coalition leader focused on preventing and responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Through its federal grant awards, GCASAFV provides comprehensive coordination of victim services, training and technical assistance to service providers, policy development support, and direct victim assistance, functioning as a pass-through entity that sub-awards federal funds to local organizations while advancing island-wide prevention and community engagement initiatives.

GCASAFV has demonstrated sustained federal grant funding across multiple programs and agencies, securing awards totaling over $2 million since fiscal year 2021. The organization receives recurring Formula Grants under the Office on Violence Against Women's State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556), with recent awards of $367,379 for fiscal year 2024-2025 and $353,303 for fiscal year 2025-2026, supporting coordination of victim services and collaboration with federal, state, and local entities. Additionally, GCASAFV has received Project Grants from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for its Awareness Capacity-Building Training (ACT) Project and Prevention, Resources, Outreach, and Awareness (PROA) Project, both designed to enhance sexual violence prevention capacity through training, community outreach, and development of territory-wide action plans. The organization also manages a $350,000 Project Grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.888) in partnership with Gumamami, Inc., focused on engaging men and boys as allies in preventing violence against women and girls through culturally-relevant programming adapted to Asian and Pacific Islander communities, including immigrant populations from the Federated States of Micronesia. GCASAFV further participates in a Cooperative Agreement with the Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320) under Project Setbe Yan Protehi, collaborating with the Office of the Attorney General to reestablish the Marianas Human Trafficking Task Force and provide trafficking victim services. Through its sub-award activities, GCASAFV has supported fiscal sponsorship of culturally-specific organizations including AF3IRM's nationwide Digital School of Women's Activism, Peaceful Heart for holistic wellness services, and Our Medicine is Resistance, while also sub-awarding to the Bureau of Women's Affairs and other local entities for interpreter training, prosecutor training, victim advocacy, and direct sexual assault services, all while maintaining recurring formula grants from the Administration on Children Youth and Families for statewide domestic violence coalition activities.