A grant that allows WSU to have a campus advocate for Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse will expire at the end of September.

Health & Wellness Services, in partnership with ATVP, originally received the grant in 2011 from the Department Of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women.

Paula Adams, associate director of health promotion at Health & Wellness, was the recipient of the grant. She said ATVP made services available to the Pullman community and WSU students long before WSU received the grant.

“[With the grant], we strengthened our relationship with ATVP and began directing some of the grant funds to ATVP as key collaborators in moving the grant activities forward,” Adams said.

She said Health & Wellness will continue to work closely with ATVP on campus despite the upcoming expiration. Institutions have a limited number of years they can apply for this specific grant funding, and therefore the grant is no longer available to WSU or ATVP, she said.

Reporting by Jennifer Forsmann