Sexual Violence Prevention Project

Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence
R1 2016-2017 $39,658

Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Family Violence in Hagatna, Guam expanded mandated comprehensive age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention curriculum into private school settings. GCASAFV also implemented its Project STAR (Strengthening Teens Awareness & Resources), integrated Safe Dates curriculum and engage youth as peer advocates. 

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  • Communities

    Boys Communities of color Girls Indigenous/Native/Tribal Students Youth/Adolescents/Young Adult
  • System

    School (K-12)
  • Level

    State
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Strategies

  • Strengthen Policies

    Strengthen Policies

    GCASAFV expanded mandated comprehensive age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention curriculum into private school settings. 

  • Enhance Partnerships

    Enhance Partnerships

    GCASAFV partnered with several area private schools: Academy of Our Lady of Guam, Notre Dame High School, Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School, Saint Anthony Catholic School, Santa Barbara Catholic School, Saint Francis Catholic School, Mount Caramel Catholic School, San Vicente Catholic School, and Dominican Catholic School. 

  • Provide Resources

    Provide Resources

    GCASAFV shared its comprehensive age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention curriculum with private schools. GCASAFV implemented prevention programming with older students including Project STAR (Strengthening Teens Awareness & Resources) and Safe Dates, and engaged youth as peer advocates. 

  • Educate & Train

    Educate & Train

    GCASAFV trained 193 school personnel on the Sexual Abuse Prevention Curricula (SAPC) with 7 Catholic Elementary Schools and 4 Day Care Centers. Project STAR sessions were implemented at 2 (Catholic) high schools and 2 middle schools.

    Their original goal was to train 75 elementary school teachers, 4 schools and 2 control schools with minimum of 10 students participating in 6-week, 90-minute weekly sessions.

  • Measure Impact

    Measure Impact

    GCASAFV captured pre and post evaluations of participants showing the success of the curriculum.