Taller Salud Inc

The Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program Is Authorized by 34 U.s.c. 20124. This Program Supports the Maintenance and Replication of Existing Successful Community-based Programs Providing Culturally Specific Services to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking, as Well as the Development of Innovative Culturally Specific Strategies to Enhance Access to Services and Resources for Victims Who Face Obstacles to Using More Traditional Programs. Culturally Specific Services Means Community-based Services That Include Culturally Relevant and Linguistically Specific Services and Resources to Culturally Specific Communities Which Are Statutorily Defined as American Indians (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts); Asian Americans; Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders; Blacks; and Hispanics. Projects Must Address at Least One of the Programs Statutory Purpose Areas. Through This Continuation Culturally Specific Services Program Project, Taller Salud Inc. Will Implement a Project Addressing the Following Purpose Areas: Work With State and Local Governments and Social Service Agencies to Develop and Enhance Effective Strategies to Provide Culturally Specific Services to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking; Increase Communities Capacity to Provide Culturally Specific Resources and Support for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Crimes and Their Families; Enhance Traditional Services to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking; Work in Cooperation With the Community to Develop Education and Prevention Strategies Highlighting Culturally Specific Issues and Resources; Provide Culturally Specific Resources and Services That Address the Safety, Economic, Housing, and Workplace Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking, Including Emergency Assistance; and Examine the Dynamics of Culture and Its Impact on Victimization and Healing for Hispanic/latino and Black Survivors in the Community of Loza and the Northeastern Region of Puerto Rico. the Project Will Address the Following Priority Areas: Priority Area 1 - Advancing Racial Equity and Priority Area 3 - Underserved Communities. the Tu Paz Cuenta (your Peace Matters) Program Develops Innovative Culturally Specific Strategies to Enhance Access to Services and Resources for Racial and Ethnic Afro-descendant Women Survivors of Gender-based Violence (GBV). Specific Activities Will Include: Music, Art, Food, Writing, Somatic Approaches, Self-connection, and Collective Integration, Among Other Cultural Aspects, to Integrate the Culture Into the Healing Process for the Survivors. Program Services Include Case Management, Psychotherapy, Support Group and a GBV Hotline.