The Virgin Islands Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Council

The Virgin Islands Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Council (DVSAC), doing business as Dvsac, is a non-profit organization serving as the designated State Domestic Violence Coalition for the U.S. Virgin Islands. DVSAC coordinates statewide activities, develops policy, and maintains a 24-hour crisis hotline to help protect women and families from domestic violence in the territory.

Through various prime federal grant awards, DVSAC has provided services related to domestic violence and sexual assault victim assistance, training, public awareness, and coalition building. Major funding has been awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/State Domestic Violence Coalitions program (CFDA 93.591) and by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions program (CFDA 16.556). With over $3 million in total prime federal funding to date, DVSAC has coordinated projects providing crisis intervention, survivor support groups, court advocacy, community education, professional training, technical assistance for local organizations, policy development assistance for government agencies, and the facilitation of collaborative partnerships to enhance the response to violence against women in the territory.