Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
Coalition Capacity to Enhance Prevention - CCEP - The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA) is the federally recognized state sexual assault coalition in Maryland working to prevent and respond to sexual violence statewide. Through the one-year, Rape Prevention and Education: Assessing Coalition Capacity to Advance Primary Prevention opportunity awarded in FY24, MCASA was funded to assess our capacity for primary prevention and health equity work, and develop recommendations for future prevention programming in Maryland. This funding opportunity, Rape Prevention and Education: Enhancing Capacity for Sexual Violence Prevention Across State and Territory Sexual Assault Coalitions, will support the implementation of our recommendations as we build infrastructure to implement and evaluate programs, practices, and policies aimed at preventing sexual violence and promoting health equity in communities and populations of focus in Maryland. This funding will also support MCASA in fostering meaningful involvement and coordination among partners to build sustainable infrastructure for sexual violence prevention throughout the state. MCASA will use this funding to increase our use of SV prevention strategies and programs that focus on populations and communities with a high burden of SV. The actions and strategies outlined in this proposal will help MCASA achieve the following outcomes at outlined in the CDC NOFO logic model: ● Increased MCASA’s capacity to implement and evaluate primary prevention of SV at the community and societal levels ● Increased capacity to promote and incorporate health equity program activities relevant to SV prevention among partner organizations ● Increased coordination and collaboration among partners and between State Health Departments (SHDs), representatives from underserved communities and other sectors to prevent SV ● Increased partner and community awareness of effective primary prevention strategies to prevent SV ● Increased community and societal level implementation of SV prevention strategies ● Increased implementation of prevention strategies among communities and populations with disproportionately high rates of SV ● Increased implementation of prevention strategies that seek to prevent SV by addressing social and structural determinants of health ● Increased monitoring and evaluation activities and sharing of data related to SV prevention ● Increase in protective factors and decrease in risk factors associated with SV
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).