As used in this article 7.5, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1)Culturally specific program means a program operated by a
nongovernmental agency or tribal organization with the primary purpose of
providing culturally specific and culturally responsive services by providers from
diverse cultural backgrounds to American Indians, including Alaska Natives,
Eskimos, and Aleuts; Asian Americans; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific
Islanders; Blacks; Hispanics; or any underserved population in order to assist
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, which may include acts of teen
dating violence or stalking.
(2)Domestic violence means an act or pattern of behavior in which a
person uses or threatens to use physical, sexual, mental, or emotional abuse to
control another
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As used in this article 7.5, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Culturally specific program means a program operated by a
nongovernmental agency or tribal organization with the primary purpose of
providing culturally specific and culturally responsive services by providers from
diverse cultural backgrounds to American Indians, including Alaska Natives,
Eskimos, and Aleuts; Asian Americans; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific
Islanders; Blacks; Hispanics; or any underserved population in order to assist
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, which may include acts of teen
dating violence or stalking.
(2) Domestic violence means an act or pattern of behavior in which a
person uses or threatens to use physical, sexual, mental, or emotional abuse to
control another individual with whom the person is or was in an intimate
relationship.
(3) Domestic violence program means a culturally and linguistically
appropriate community-based or community-oriented program, which may include
residential facilities, that uses victim advocates, as defined in section 13-90-107
(1)(k), and that is operated by a nongovernmental agency or federally recognized
Indian tribe and established pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 26-7.5-103,
to assist victims of domestic violence and their dependents, including victims of
teen dating violence or stalking.
(4) Nongovernmental agency means any person, private nonprofit agency,
corporation, or other nongovernmental agency.
(5) Sexual assault means any act or threatened act that is sexual in nature
or intent and causes harm, including sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual
assault, and rape.
(6) Sexual assault program means a culturally and linguistically
appropriate community-based or community-oriented program to assist victims of
sexual assault, which may include teen dating violence or stalking, that uses victim
advocates, as defined in section 13-90-107 (1)(k), and that is operated by a
nongovernmental agency or federally recognized Indian tribe and is established
pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 26-7.5-103.
(7) Stalking means any act described in section 18-3-602.
(8) State domestic violence or sexual assault coalition means a coalition
designated as the state domestic violence coalition by the federal department of
health and human services or designated as the state sexual assault coalition by
the federal centers for disease control and prevention.
(9) Teen dating violence means:
(a) A pattern of behavior in which a person uses or threatens to use physical,
sexual, mental, or emotional abuse to control another person who is in a dating
relationship with the person, and one or both persons are under eighteen years of
age; or
(b) Behavior by which a person uses or threatens to use sexual violence
against another person who is in a dating relationship with the person, and one or
both persons are under eighteen years of age.
(10) Tribal domestic violence or sexual assault coalition means a tribal
coalition that provides services to victims of domestic violence or sexual assault
and that satisfies the criteria set forth in 34 U.S.C. sec. 10441 (d)(2)(A).
(11) Underserved population means a population that faces barriers in
accessing and using victim services, and includes a population underserved
because of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, race or ethnicity, language
barriers, disabilities, alienage, age, or geographic location.