Rape Prevention and Education: Enhancing Capacity for Sexual Violence Prevention among Tribal Sexual Assault Coalitions

Rape Prevention and Education: Enhancing Capacity for Sexual Violence Prevention among Tribal Sexual Assault Coalitions is sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This CDC program focuses on enhancing the capacity for sexual violence prevention among Tribal sexual assault coalitions.

Program: Rape Prevention and Education Program | Sexual Violence Prevention | CDC Skip directly to site content Program: Rape Prevention and Education Program Learn about CDC's Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program including current program activities and state contact information.

The RPE program works to prevent sexual violence by providing funding to state and territorial health departments in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and state, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions.

The RPE program recipients work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders including educational institutions, rape crisis centers, community organizations, and other state agency partners to guide the implementation and evaluation of their state sexual violence prevention efforts.

CDC supports this work by providing tools, training, and technical assistance to RPE programs to promote the implementation and evaluation of programs, practices, and policies based on the best available evidence to prevent sexual violence. The RPE program is authorized through the Violence Against Women Act, passed by Congress in 1994 and most recently reauthorized in 2022.

In 2016, CDC received additional funding to support program evaluation research on programs implemented through RPE. What guides the RPE Program Primary prevention—stopping sexual violence before it begins—is the focus of the RPE program. Program activities are guided by a set of principles that include: Preventing the first-time occurrence of sexual violence.

Reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors linked to sexual violence perpetration and victimization. Using the best available evidence when planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs. Implementing comprehensive strategies that address individual, relationship, community, and societal factors.

Analyzing state and community data, such as health and safety data, to inform program decisions and monitor trends. Evaluating prevention efforts and using the results to improve future program plans. The RPE program encourages the development of comprehensive prevention strategies using as guiding frameworks, the public health approach, and the social-ecological model.

These frameworks guide the recipients to implement a range of activities to address the ways individual, relationship, community, and societal factors impact sexual violence. This approach is more likely to prevent sexual violence across a lifetime than any single intervention and is also more likely to benefit the largest number of people and reduce sexual violence.

CDC's current RPE projects include Rape Prevention and Education: Using the Best Available Evidence for Sexual Violence Prevention, Rape Prevention and Education: Enhancing Capacity for Sexual Violence Prevention Across State and Territory Sexual Assault Coalitions, and Rape Prevention and Education: Enhancing Capacity for Sexual Violence Prevention among Tribal Sexual Assault Coalitions.

These projects require RPE program recipients to collaborate with state health departments and other applicable federal, state, tribal, and local entities engaged in sexual violence prevention to address social and structural determinants of health at the community and societal levels of the social-ecological model to plan, implement, and evaluate sexual violence prevention strategies in alignment with the the Sexual Violence Prevention Resource for Action , formerly known as a technical package.

This project places an increased emphasis on implementing community and societal-level strategies that create protective environments and provide opportunities to empower and support girls and women. Evidence-based examples of community and societal level strategies include: Conducting hot-spot mapping and improving safety and monitoring in schools. Establishing and consistently applying school and workplace policies.

Working with communities to improve safety and health in the built environment. Ensuring women have adequate work supports such as safe and affordable childcare and paid family leave policies. Improving educational and leadership opportunities for girls and women.

State sexual assault coalitions eligible for RPE funding The term state sexual assault coalition, sometimes referred to as a state sexual violence coalition, is defined by the Violence Against Women Act as "a program determined by the Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Public Health Service Act."

In order to be eligible for RPE funds, CDC must approve or certify the state sexual assault coalition. Below is the 2025 list of approved state sexual assault coalitions. The fiscal year 2026 list will be updated in fall of 2025.

Alabama Coalition Against Rape. Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence. Coordinadora Paz para las Mujeres Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence. DC Coalition to End Sexual Violence.

Florida Council Against Sexual Violence. Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault. Guam Coalition Against Sexual and Family Violence.

Hawaii Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking. Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault. Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, Jane Doe Inc. Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.

Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault. North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition.

Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence. Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Respect Together (formerly, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape). South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. South Dakota Coalition Ending Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services. Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

The Rape Prevention and Education Program operates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. View profile information for each grantee below. Program Manager, Rape Prevention Education Alabama Department of Public Health Behavioral Health Division Montgomery, Alabama 36104 Email: Betsy.

Cagle@adph. state. al.

us Child and Adolescent Health Unit Manager Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health Division of Public Health Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Email: mollie. rosier@alaska. gov Sexual Violence Prevention Program Manager Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Chronic Disease & Health Promotions 150 North 18th Avenue, Suite 310 Phoenix, Arizona 85007-3242 Email: Diana.

Lee@azdhs. gov Public Health Educator, Injury & Violence Prevention Arkansas Department of Health 4815 W. Markham St.

Slot #10 Email: josette. boons@arkansas. gov Rape Prevention and Education Program Coordinator California Department of Public Health Injury and Violence Prevention Branch 1616 Capitol Ave.

, Suite 74. 436, MS 7214 Sacramento, CA 95814-5052 Email: Enrica. Bertoldo@cdph.

ca. gov Sexual Violence Prevention Program Manager Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 Email: Danielle. tuft@state.

co. us Connecticut Department of Public Health Hartford, Connecticut 06134-0308 Email: colleen. violet@ct.

gov DHSS Division of Public Health Dover, Delaware 19901-4523 Email: Karen. McGloughlin@state. de.

us Community Health Administration (CHA) District of Columbia Department of Health 899 North Capitol Street, NE, 5th Fl Email: jaida. carter@dc. gov Violence and Injury Prevention Program Administrator Florida Department of Health Division of Community Health Promotion Bureau of Family Health Services 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # A-13 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1721 Email: Rhonda.

Jackson2@flhealth. gov Director, Rape Prevention Education Program Chronic Disease Prevention Section Georgia Department of Public Health 2 Peachtree Street NW, 16h Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3142 Email: vanessa. corona@dph.

ga. gov Sexual Violence Prevention Program Maternal & Child Health Branch 741-A Sunset Ave, Room 205 Email: joanne. higashi@doh.

hawaii. gov Sexual Violence Prevention Health Program Manager Division of Public Health Idaho Department of Health and Welfare 450 West State Street, 6th Floor Email: heidi. cook@dhw.

idaho. gov Injury Prevention Coordinator Illinois Department of Public Health Springfield, Illinois 62701 Email: Tiffanie. Pressley@illinois.

gov Violence Prevention Program Director Division of Women's Health Indiana State Department of Health Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-3021 Email: Vkakarla@isdh. IN. gov Violence Prevention Coordinator Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075 E-mail: monica.

goedken@idph. iowa. gov Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program Manager Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Health Promotion 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 230 E-mail: belinda.

flores@ks. gov or Daina. Zolck@ks.

gov Miranda Stocker, MS (Primary) Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department for Community Based Services Division of Protection & Permanency Clinical Services Branch 275 East Main Street, 3E-A Frankfort, Kentucky 40621 Email: Miranda. Stocker@ky. gov Maternal and Child Health Program 1450 Poydras Street, Room 2040B New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 E-mail: Karen.

Webb@LA. gov Violence Prevention Program Manager Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child and Family Services Email: alicia. hunter@maine.

gov Rape and Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator Rape & Sexual Assault Prevention Program Center for Injury and Sexual Assault Prevention Maryland Department of Health Email: erin. boguski@maryland. gov Massachusetts Department of Public Health 250 Washington Street, Fourth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 4619 Email: mark.

bergeron-naper@state. ma. us Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Michigan Department of Community Health Email: GrzywaczJ@michigan.

gov Fed Ex: Washington Square Bldg-8th Fl Injury and Violence Prevention Unit Leader 85 E. Seventh Place, Suite 220 St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0882 Email: mary.

hopkins@state. mn. us Division Director, Office Against Interpersonal Violence Mississippi State Department of Health 715 S.

Pear Orchard Rd. Suite 102 Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 Email: Patti. Williams@msdh.

ms.gov Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Jefferson City, Missouri 65109 Email: jenay. divin@health. mo.

gov Email: Sarah. EhrhardReid@health. mo.

gov Montana Department of Health and Human Services Email: patrick. paradis@mt. gov Email: jacqueline.

isaly@mt. gov Injury Prevention Program Manager Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 310 Centennial Mall South Email: peg. ogeaginsburg@nebraska.

gov Director, Rape Prevention and Education Program Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public & Behavioral Health | MCAH 4150 Technology Way, Ste 200 Carson City, Nevada 89706 Email: swarfel@health. nv. gov Injury Prevention Program Manager Maternal and Child Health Section New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301 Email: JoAnne.

MilesHolmes@dhhs. nh. gov Rape Prevention and Education Director Office on the Prevention of Violence Against Women NJ Department of Children and Families Email: Danielle.

Scott@dcf. nj. gov Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator Office of Injury Prevention Injury and Behavioral Epidemiology Bureau Epidemiology and Response Division Email: Erica.

Trujillo@state. nm. us Director of Sexual Violence Prevention Program Bureau of Women, Infant and Adolescent Health New York State Department of Health Corning Tower, Room 821, ESP Email: Bernadette.

Dolen@health. ny. gov Injury and Violence Prevention Branch Division of Public Health Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1915 Email: sara.

crouch@dhhs. nc. gov Fed Ex: 5505 Six Forks Rd, Bldg.

1, 3rd Floor, Room A-3 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-3809 Director, Rape Prevention and Education Program 600 East Blvd. Ave. , Dept.

325 Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0250 Rape Prevention & Education Coordinator Ohio Department of Health 246 N High Street, 8th Floor Email: Debra. seltzer@odh. ohio.

gov Administrative Program Manager Violence Prevention Programs Injury Prevention Service Oklahoma State Department of Health Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1207 Phone: (405) 271-3430 ext 56461 Email: brandiw@health. ok. gov Maternal & Child Health Tribal Liaison Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Public Health Division Center for Prevention and Health Promotion Maternal and Child Health Section Email: Julie.

M. McFarlane@state. or.

us Pennsylvania Department of Health Violence and Injury Prevention Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0701 Email: bzakutney@state. pa Rhode Island Department of Health 3 Capitol Hl Community Health & Equity-DUP Providence, RI 02908-5034 Email: Angela. kemp@health.

ri. gov Sexual Violence Services Program Coordinator South Carolina Health Department Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Email: HallMT@dhec. sc.

gov Director, Rape Prevention and Education Program Office of Child and Family Services South Dakota Department of Health Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57106 Email: sarah. barclay@state. sd.

us Rape Prevention Education Program Director Division of Family Health and Wellness Tennessee Department of Health 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37243 Email: Renea. Satterwhite@tn.

gov Texas Department of State Health Services Maternal and Child Health Director, Rape Prevention and Education Program Utah Department of Health Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 Director, Preventive Reproductive Health Vermont Department of Health Division of Maternal and Child Health Burlington, Vermont 05402 Email: Emily. Fredette@vermont.

gov Injury and Violence Prevention Program Supervisor Division of Prevention and Health Promotion Virginia Department of Health 109 Governor St. , 9th Floor Email: maria. altonen@vdh.

virginia. gov Intentional Injury Prevention Specialist Injury and Violence Prevention Program Prevention and Community Health Washington State Department of Health Olympia, Washington 98504-7853 Email: Kirstin. mcfarland@doh.

wa. gov WV Violence and Injury Prevention Program Director Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health 350 Capitol Street, Room 427 Charleston, West Virginia 25301-3715 Email: sarah. l.

brown@wv. gov Adolescent Health Consultant Bureau of Community Health Promotion 1 West Wilson Street, Rm 233 Email: Kara. Benjamin@dhs.

wisconsin. gov Youth and Young Adult Health Program Manager Maternal and Child Health Unit Wyoming Department of Health 122 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor West Email: megan. selheim@wyo.

gov U.S. Territorial Profiles American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Email: jennifer. tofaeono@asadsv. com Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centro de Ayuda a Victimas de Violación (Rape Victims Support Center) Puerto Rico Department of Health San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8184 Email: mrward@salud.

gov.pr Fed Ex: 1058 Muñoz Rivera Avenue San Juan, Puerto Rico 00927-5008 U.S. Virgin Islands Chronic Disease Prevention Program US Virgin Islands 00820-4370 Phone: (340) 719-0144 Ext 1 Email: lyna. fredericks@usvi-doh. org National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Sexual Violence Prevention Discover definitions, data, and effective strategies to prevent sexual violence.

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