Alternative Funding Nontraditional funding is an alternative funding to gain financial assistance. There is federal grants, state grants, crowd-funding, semi-nontraditional funding, and non- profit funding. In Louisiana, we have what is called “The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV). It is a statewide network of domestic violence programs, supportive organizations, and individuals that all want the abuse against women and children ended, and are trying to find all types of ways to end it. Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence strengths its members by speaking out for them, giving them the education that is needed to move on to a better life, giving them ways to find better homes for themselves and their children, and providing the necessary funding to move on. One of the nontraditional grants for domestic violence in Louisiana, The Sunshine Lady Foundation. This grants mission is to seek to provide aid to battered-women and victims of violence. This program is needed for women who want to get out of an abusive relationship. Given the financial aid that the Sunshine Lady Foundation provide, these ladies can move on. Meaning they don’t have to stay with those men and be hurt. Maybe even taking the chance of their children being hurt.
One of the way The Sunshine Lady Foundation, work is to provide domestic violence victims a scholarship called, “Women’s Independence Scholarship Program”. This scholarship assist women who have been through the battle and have the victory over domestic violence. It’s mission is for women to educate themselves for their family. Upon searching the internet, I found there is a R.O.S.E. Fund, that also provide a college grant program for women who experienced violence.
