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Sexual assault
April 2023 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Low Prosecution Rates in Sexual Assault Cases: Can We Make Sustainable Improvements?
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
2023 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Webinar Series: Novel Research on Sexual Assault
Exploring the Link Between Dating Apps and Sexual Assault: Novel Research Findings
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
2023 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Webinar Series: Novel Research on Sexual Assault
OVC FY 2023 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
OVC seeks to establish or expand sexual assault examination programs that focus on increasing the number and availability of SANEs/SAFEs, expanding access to sexual assault forensic examinations, and improving the quality of post-sexual assault care using a hospital-based, community-based, campus-based, or corrections-based approach.
OVC FY 2023 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program will provide funding for shelter and transitional housing and other assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their companion animals.
How Helpful Is Bystander Intervention? Perspectives of Dating and Sexual Violence Survivors
Date Published
August 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Development of a Legal Service Needs and Barriers Measure for Victims of Family Violence and Other Crime
Date Published
January 2022
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
This project will launch a pilot Youth Advocate Leadership Program where college students will participate in a paid victim advocacy fellowship program serving traditionally marginalized communities.
15POVC-22-GK-03572-NONF
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$750,000
Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking Prevention and Decriminalization Project for Summit & Medina Counties
15POVC-22-GG-03699-MINO
Geographical Areas Served
- Summit County
- Medina County
Indicates all geographic areas to which services are provided, excluding states. See States Served.
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$399,084
DVIS FY22 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Program
15POVC-22-GG-01782-NONF
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$400,000
Enhancing Culturally Specific Access to Hispanic/Latinx Victims Services Program
15POVC-22-GK-04365-NONF
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$399,984
Turningpoint Sheltering Pets and Families Together
15POVC-22-GG-01790-NONF
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$400,000
Trauma-informed comprehensive legal services and case management for victims
15POVC-22-GK-04368-NONF
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$400,000
YWCA Missoula is transitioning our Domestic Violence Shelter to a pet-friendly facility.
15POVC-22-GG-01778-NONF
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$100,000