Program provides an opportunity for law enforcement and prosecution agencies, the courts, non-governmental victim service agencies, community organizations, businesses in rural communities, and Indian Nations to collaborate in creating protocols and strategies tailored specifically to meet the needs of rural populations.
Community based organizations are eligible.
This is not a competitive grant. The long-term goal of the program is to modify the social norms related to the perpetuation and tolerance of violence against women and children in rural environments, reducing both incidents of violence and the level of trauma to the victims through consistent sustained services over a period of years.