Respect Together

Respect Together, a nonprofit organization doing business as the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), is registered as a tax-exempt corporate entity based in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania. Operating at both state and national levels, Respect Together works to respond to and end sexual violence through comprehensive victim services, prevention initiatives, training and technical assistance, and legal support. The organization has established itself as a significant federal grant recipient with a demonstrated history of receiving prime awards from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reflecting its specialized expertise in addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking across Pennsylvania and nationally.

Respect Together's involvement in federal contract work is limited but demonstrates its technical expertise in specialized areas. The organization received a subcontract award in October 2023 from ICF Incorporated, L.L.C., a prime contractor to the Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Women's Health, to provide subject matter expertise on expanding health center awareness of sexual assault-related health care needs. This engagement positions Respect Together as a specialized knowledge provider within the federal contracting landscape, contributing to broader federal initiatives related to sexual assault victim care and health services accessibility.

Respect Together has been a prolific recipient of federal grant funding, primarily through the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The organization currently holds multiple active prime grants, including a $243,213 Formula Grant under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556) for October 2025 through September 2026, a $600,000 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant (CFDA 16.524) running through September 2027, and a $375,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) focused on services for male survivors of sexual assault extending through September 2027. Additional active grants include projects funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control addressing rape prevention and education with a focus on health equity and capacity building at the state level. Respect Together's grant work encompasses coordinating victim services across Pennsylvania's 67 counties, providing trauma-informed legal assistance to survivors, delivering training and technical assistance to community-based victim service organizations, hosting and coordinating the National Sexual Assault Conference, and managing the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's Sexual Assault Capacity Building Center. The organization serves as a prime grantee distributing substantial federal resources to subrecipients through multiple state agencies and local rape crisis centers, with documented subgrant allocations from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, ensuring that prevention education, direct victim services, medical advocacy, crisis intervention, and legal assistance reach survivors throughout the Commonwealth while also providing scholarships and training scholarships to national conference participants.