These are the reported cases. Many are never reported. Advocacy roles and victim needs are different. It makes sense to have separate resources for both issues - with collaboration, of course. Expert advocates in one area are not necessarily expert in the other.
Applicants answer requests for proposals when priority is set on their area of expertise.
States can insist that sexual assault agencies be part of collaborative teams and involve their sexual assault coalition in managing and awarding grants for sexual assault projects. STOP funds are intended to address sexual assault issues as well as domestic violence issues across all purpose areas. The report firmly counters the idea that sexual assault is already being adequately addressed and offers detailed case studies on various communities that developed collaborative responses to sexual assault and their outcomes. Certain ideas and observations were reported at site visits that bear review in this summary as well as two critical lessons the researchers highlighted in the 2000 Report. The themes and critical lessons are the results of the study and compilation of agency information.