Click here to view and explore a chart and map with the demographic data for your state

As you consider the information on that page, you may want to ask yourself some questions and obtain additional information that can help you with the creation of your implementation plan and development of your grantmaking strategy. For example, you may wish to obtain information on:

• The geographic distribution of different demographic groups within your state (this Census Bureau map provides some of this data at the state and county level)
• Poverty and unemployment across your state (this Census Bureau map provides some information on poverty at the county level)
• [additional items]

Questions: what do the numbers tell you? What is missing etc.

The demographic chart and map linked above (and here) provides information about the population sizes of historically underserved populations within your state.

You may wish to consult additional resources beyond the demographic data available on the dashboard to understand the distribution of underserved populations within your state. For instance, you can search County, zip, or census-track level demographic data:

• The Census provides maps and other visualizations of select demographic factors here. This data is less intersectional (i.e., does not show Black women population, only all women or all Black people, but it does show helpful county and census tract level data as you zoom in. Other Interactive Maps are here.
• Many states are compiling open-access data tools that provide raw data tables and other maps or visualizations at the county, zip, or other local levels. For example, see Connecticut’s Data Collaborative. Does your state have similar tools?

You also can obtain additional state-level data at the intersection of social/economic issues and broader demographic factors: The Household Pulse Survey by the US Census has data tables on expanded populations and across important economic and social factors, like childcare costs across age, gender, race and including transgender and people with disabilities. Tables include state-level data for 51 States and 15 metro areas, but no Territories or more local-level data.

Finally, although there is not much data (or good quality data) on marginalized or historically underserved populations in general, you can find some using tools such as UCLA’s LGBT Data & Demographics dashboard, the Black Wealth Data Center, the Native Land Information System, or you can conduct internet searches for similar dashboards or data tools on specific populations and/or topics of interest.

Questions: what do the numbers tell you? What is missing etc.

By selecting your state and clicking on the “Femicide” button on the left-hand side of this page, you can view the femicide rate by race in your state. You can learn which populations within your state are most at risk of femicide, and identify racial disparities in femicide rates (if there were no racial disparities, femicide rates would be the same across all racial groups).

You can find further state-level information about DV-related homicides from a variety of possible sources: publications by your state domestic violence coalition or fatality review committee; data compilations by your state criminal justice agency or department of public safety; federal data.

You can learn about strategies to reduce DV-related homicides that may be supported through STOP funds by exploring the following resources: links to DV RISC, FTAP, DVHRT, LAP, APRAIS, etc.

A. Recognizing the needs of underserved populations:

As a starting point, you can click here for a chart that provides information about the victimization levels by race and gender in your state, including for underserved populations. The “donut” charts in the lower-left-hand portion of the dashboard allows you to compare rates of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and femicide (you can select the type of violence using the boxes on the upper left) for the demographic populations for which data exist.  This can provide insight into the degree of needed services for each population, but it is critical to note that significant data gaps exist—there may simply be no data about particular underserved populations available for your state. The map on the lower left portion of the dashboard can help you to see the states in which data about the rate of victimization for various groups is available and where it is missing.

Reviewing the information for your state, ask yourself and reach out to others about how you could obtain information about victimization rates across race/ethnicity and among other populations, such as people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

The dashboard provides a second source of information regarding victimization levels. This chart lets you explore the racial makeup of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in your state. The bar graphs in the lower left-hand part of the dashboard allows you to compare the percentage of the total number of female survivors of DV or SA for each race/ethnicity (for which there are data) to the percentage of the total population of women for that race/ethnicity. For example, you may find that Black/African-American female survivors make up 22% of the total female survivors in your state, but that Black/African-American women constitute only 12% of the total population in the state. This discrepancy may be an indication of disproportionate impact of that victimization type on Black/African-American women, because they are victimized at a rate that is almost double the percentage of the population they constitute.

Combined with the information discussed above, these data can provide insight into the degree of needed services for each population. But as with the data on victimization rates discussed above, there are significant data gaps, including whole racial/ethnic groups for which data do not exist, and some of the data are derived by estimates using national victimization data. The gaps are described on the dashboard, and the map in the lower right-hand portion provides a visualization of data gaps on a national level. As mentioned previously, you will want to ask yourself and reach out to others about how you could obtain information about victimization rates across race/ethnicity and among other populations, such as people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

For additional guidance on how to effectively address this implementation plan requirement, see STAAR’s STOP Formula Grants Program Implementation Plan Guidance Tool (especially pages 17-18).  You can also find webinars and additional helpful resources here.

[Other resources to add here?]

Questions: what are you doing to obtain more recent data? How can you better support orgs serving these groups? Who are you talking to to get an accurate picture of who is experiencing the victimizations; What are these numbers not telling us because of the underservice; people not reporting, etc.

Data re: men

Also point to National Anti-Violence Coalition re: lgbtq+ and API-GBV data and perhaps academic research

B. Meaningfully responding to the needs of underserved populations:

You can click here to view and explore a chart and map that helps you to explore the demographic information for each underserved population served using STOP funds. This information can tell you who has been served using STOP funds during the period 2017-2020. You can see trends over time and get a sense of how services based on STOP funding have been distributed on a statewide basis.

In addition [link to subgrantee info when available]

This information is only a starting point. Assessing whether your grantmaking has meaningfully responded to the needs of the underserved populations in your state, and planning to better meet those needs through future grantmaking, requires a fuller understanding of the actual needs of victims from those populations, for instance the types of services needed and the accessibility and cultural responsiveness of those services. To obtain that information and use it for planning purposes, you will need to engage in a diverse set of need assessment and related activities, in partnership or close collaboration with culturally specific and other organizations serving underserved populations. [Should we say more; this is getting long!] For additional guidance on how to effectively address this implementation plan requirement, see STAAR’s STOP Formula Grants Program Implementation Plan Guidance Tool (especially pages 31-34).  You can also find webinars and additional helpful resources here.

By clicking here, you can explore some top-level data regarding whether past STOP funding has been equitably distributed among the different demographic groups, including underserved populations, in your state. These data are provided for three types of crime: intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and femicide.

For example, you can look at the percentage of IPV victims in your state who identify as Black or African American, and compare that to the percentage of all STOP IPV victims served who are Black or African American. If the percentage served is lower than the percentage of total victims, funding culturally specific services and activities may not be equitably distributed to Black/African American populations.

[Additional suggestions]

By clicking here, by selecting your state and the year using the dropdown menus, you can explore whether past STOP funding has met the requisite set-aside for culturally specific community based organizations. If the set-aside percentage was not achieved, it is an indication that you should engage in further work to reach out to and engage partners and organizations …

As you compare the percentage over time, are you seeing improvements, are you allocating funds to eventually meet the set-aside requirement…?

To obtain specific information as to which subgrantees met the required 10% set aside within the victim services allocation for culturally specific organizations during a particular funding year, look at the list provided in the lower right-hand corner of the dashboard. You will see a list of the organization names, towns, and county within your state for all subgrantees that provide services to culturally specific and/or tribal communities.

By clicking here, by selecting your state and the year using the dropdown menus, you can explore whether past STOP funding has met the requisite set-aside for culturally specific community based organizations. If the set-aside percentage was not achieved, it is an indication that you should engage in further work to reach out to and engage partners and organizations …

As you compare the percentage over time, are you seeing improvements, are you allocating funds to eventually meet the set-aside requirement…?

To obtain specific information as to which subgrantees met the required 10% set aside within the victim services allocation for culturally specific organizations during a particular funding year, look at the list provided in the lower right-hand corner of the dashboard. You will see a list of the organization names, towns, and county within your state for all subgrantees that provide services to culturally specific and/or tribal communities.

By clicking here, by selecting your state and the year using the dropdown menus, you can explore whether past STOP funding has met the requisite set-aside for culturally specific community based organizations. If the set-aside percentage was not achieved, it is an indication that you should engage in further work to reach out to and engage partners and organizations …

As you compare the percentage over time, are you seeing improvements, are you allocating funds to eventually meet the set-aside requirement…?

To obtain specific information as to which subgrantees met the required 10% set aside within the victim services allocation for culturally specific organizations during a particular funding year, look at the list provided in the lower right-hand corner of the dashboard. You will see a list of the organization names, towns, and county within your state for all subgrantees that provide services to culturally specific and/or tribal communities.

By clicking here, by selecting your state and the year using the dropdown menus, you can explore whether past STOP funding has met the requisite set-aside for culturally specific community based organizations. If the set-aside percentage was not achieved, it is an indication that you should engage in further work to reach out to and engage partners and organizations …

As you compare the percentage over time, are you seeing improvements, are you allocating funds to eventually meet the set-aside requirement…?

To obtain specific information as to which subgrantees met the required 10% set aside within the victim services allocation for culturally specific organizations during a particular funding year, look at the list provided in the lower right-hand corner of the dashboard. You will see a list of the organization names, towns, and county within your state for all subgrantees that provide services to culturally specific and/or tribal communities.

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