Albertus Magnus College announced today that the United States Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded a three-year grant totaling $300,000 to the College. This grant will allow Albertus Magnus to proactively strengthen services and raise awareness on campus and throughout the surrounding community so victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and/or stalking will be more likely to come forward and seek help.
“This grant provides the financial resources, training and opportunity to create an even safer campus environment for our students,” said Andrew Foster, vice president for Student Services at Albertus Magnus. “In addition, the funds will help develop the Safe and Sound Students (SASS) Project, which formalizes the commitment of the College and our community partners with strengthening our response to sexual violence, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking both on campus and within the community.”
The SASS Project will be implemented at Albertus to support collaborative work with partnering agencies in New Haven to better respond rapidly and effectively should an incident occur. Additionally, it will help build capacity to prevent and respond to incidents via campus systems and in collaboration with community partners.
“We look forward to supporting our students and to the opportunity to work closely with our local partnering agencies,” said Director of Residential Life & Community Standards Samantha Quinn, deputy Title IX coordinator.
During implementation of the program, education and training will be provided for students, administrators, staff, faculty and the community.
About Albertus Magnus College: Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of Peace, is a Catholic College in the Dominican Tradition. It has an enrollment of 1,500 students in its traditional undergraduate program, accelerated adult degree programs, and 12 graduate programs, including a new Master of Public Administration.
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