Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assualt

National resource sharing project - provided ongoing comprehensive technical assistance to state and territorial sexual assault coalitions through targeted individualized technical assistance, site visits, peer monitoring, regional and national conference calls and meetings, newsletters, web sites and other methods. This program is funded through the u.s. Department of justice, office on violence against women (ovw).

The legal assistance to victims project's primary purpose area is in developing and implementing innovative and collaborative efforts to effectively address sexual violence and fill a void in legal services being provided to survivors of sexual assault on campus and sexual assault survivors in secondary schools and to provide technical assistance and training to sexual assault comprehensive programs and other project partners.

Rape prevention education - this program is funded by the u.s. Department of health and human services through the iowa department of public health. The program provides educational seminars, hotlines, training programs for professionals and others, and other activities designed to expand the capabilities of iowa's rape prevention education activities. The funds support part-time sexual violence educator positions in member centers located across the state. The funds also support iowacasa's public education efforts including a significant portion of the education/prevention specialist's salary and benefits, plus infastructure expenses.

Other program services include state sexual violence prevention, sexual assault services project, state coalitions program, and others.