A National Project of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Green Dot et cetera is proud to be a technical assistance provider for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women Campus Program.
As the Technical Assistance provider for the Office on Violence Against Women’s Campus Technical Assistance Program with a focus on Comprehensive Prevention and Education , Green Dot provides training, consultation, and research-informed support to program participants to increase the overall effectiveness of the prevention and education component of the campus grant program. Green Dot supports campuses through technical assistance in the following ways:
• Develop a comprehensive prevention strategy that is research-informed and has maximum likelihood of creating a reduction in sexual, dating, domestic, and stalking violence.
• Develop a mandatory prevention and education program about sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking that incorporates information, awareness, and resources about topics including students’ code of conduct.
• Implement a bystander intervention program as part of an overall violence against women prevention strategy.
• Develop the necessary infrastructure to develop, support and sustain an ongoing prevention and education strategy.
In this statement written by Dorothy Edwards on key consideration for building a comprehensive prevention and education program, she discusses the important aspects of that make violence prevention programming and education impactful.
Click on the link below to read her one-page statement.