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The RPE program provides funding to state health departments in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. RPE grantees work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, including state sexual violence coalitions, educational institutions, rape crisis centers, community organizations and other state agency partners to guide implementation of their state sexual violence prevention efforts. These collaborations have strengthened states’ sexual violence prevention systems, leveraging resources and enhancing prevention opportunities.

What guides the work of the RPE program?
Primary prevention—stopping violence before it begins—is the cornerstone of the RPE program. Program activities are guided by a set of principles that include:

Preventing first-time occurrence of sexual violence;
Reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors linked to sexual violence perpetration and victimization;
Using the best available evidence when planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs;
Incorporating behavior and social change theories into prevention programs so that behavior patterns, cultural values, and norms contributing to sexual violence will change over time;
Analyzing state and community data, such as health and safety data, to inform program decisions and monitor trends; and
Evaluating prevention efforts and using the results to improve future program plans.