About Our Collaboration
The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault (the Alliance) and the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) have worked as partners on multiple projects for many years; this collaboration has been funded by the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV). Both programs previously served as New York State’s two Centers of Excellence in Sexual Assault Prevention, providing technical assistance (TA), training, resources and expertise to 80 Rape Crisis and Sexual Violence Prevention programs statewide together. We have five years of experience collaborating together to identify emerging and ongoing prevention and intervention issues, determine the best ways to address the needs (i.e., timing, delivery method, etc.), and prepare a comprehensive training plan. Under this partnership, the Alliance and NYSCASA have developed a joint TA methodology and effective strategy with which to assess on-the-ground needs of our partner programs and identify how to most effectively meet them. Together, the Alliance and NYSCASA are able to collaboratively work both state-wide, and on a regional and individual level with partner programs to provide targeted resources and expertise.
The purpose of the collaboration between the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the New York City Alliance Against Sexual assault is to: