Grant to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus

Funder: U.S. Department of Justice
Amount: $168,028
Funding Period: 10/1/04-9/30/06

The “Grant to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus” is a two-year collaborative project with the University of Michigan – Flint, as the lead applicant, Mott Community College, and the YWCA of Greater Flint. This grant provides for the design and implementation of a 3P Campaign to Prevent, Protect and Prosecute Violence against Women. The goals of the project are to create a coordinated response to violence against women on both campuses, and create a safe and empowering network of services for victims. The objectives of the 3P Campaign is to 1) ensure women’s safety by improving the policing and security infrastructure on the campus and in the neighborhood corridor between the two campuses; 2) introduce new standards and approaches to institutional behavior by designing appropriate curricula and providing mandatory education to all incoming students, staff and faculty, and by training campus police and security personnel, campus disciplinary officers and administrators, as well as Student Services and Human Resource staff; and 3) heighten campus awareness of the community resources and legal options for victims through campus education efforts conducted by students and supported by the Project Coordinators on the respective campuses. These strategies will result in the provision of training, equipment, and resources to increase the prevention, identification, response, apprehension, investigation, and adjudication of persons committing violent crimes against women on campuses as well as improve the delivery of victim services.