The FY 2010 Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program (“Campus Program”) solicitation has been released. The Campus Program strengthens campus victim services, security, and investigative strategies to prevent and prosecute violent crimes against women on campuses. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education (as defined under the Higher Education Amendments of 1998), and a consortium of higher education institutions provided that each individual member of the consortium is also eligible to apply. For more information go to www.ovw.usdoj.gov and see section labeled New Fiscal Year 2010 Solicitations.
Author: Althea Hart (13 Articles)
Althea served as the Program Coordinator for 6 years at Tougaloo College for the first special initiative awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Project STOP NOW!, that worked with HBCU's. Ms. Hart holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Tougaloo College and a Master's of Science degree in Community Counseling from Jackson State University. Over the past seven years she has worked in various capacities countering violence against women such as volunteer for the Catholic Charities Rape Crisis Center and Sims Transitional Shelter for Women and Children; committee member of Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault Women of Color Caucus and the Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault SAC Taskforce. Presently, she is the Training and Resource Coordinator at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) Campus Program providing technical assistance to recipients of the Office on Violence Against Women Grant to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus.
