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Grant Award
EWC has received a $112,000 36 month grant to provide outreach, counseling and sexual assault prevention education in the rural communities of Hampshire County. EWC is partnering with the MA Department of Public Health which was awarded $ 1,007,455 by the federal Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support sexual and domestic violence ser vices in rural western MA communities. With the new funding EWC will reach out to survivors of sexual assault who live in rural communities and offer free peer counseling and support groups. A new focus of the project includes meeting with health care providers to develop screening and referral policies for teens and adults who have experienced sexual assault. EWC will also collaborate with area schools, social service agencies and youth groups to provide educational workshops on preventing sexual violence, including preventing the perpetration of child sexual abuse. The federally designated "rural" communities in Hampshire County to be served by the grant include Amherst, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Granby, Middlefield, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg and Worthington. Additional community organizations that are partnered with the Department of Public Health for this grant include NELCWIT in Franklin County and the Elizabeth Freeman Center in Berkshire County.
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