Deadline: 1/27/2020
Amount:
- New applications: $500,000
- Continuation applications: $750,000
Description:
The purpose of this program is to enhance the safety of rural victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Funding will support projects that implement a collaborative response, support victim services, and/or create a direct response to the aforementioned crimes in rural communities.
Funding must be used for one or more of the following purpose areas:
- Purpose area 1: to identify, assess, and appropriately respond to child, youth, and adult victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities, by encouraging collaboration among domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victim service providers; law enforcement agencies; prosecutors; courts; other criminal justice service providers; human and community service providers; educational institutions; and health care providers, including sexual assault forensic examiners
- Purpose area 2: to establish and expand nonprofit, non-governmental, state, tribal, territorial, and local government victim services in rural communities to child, youth, and adult victims
- Purpose area 3: to increase the safety and well-being of women and children in rural communities by:
- Purpose area 3A: dealing directly and immediately with domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking occurring in rural communities
- Purpose area 3B: creating and implementing strategies to increase awareness and prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking