The office on violence against women (OVW) training and technical assistance (TA) initiative provides OVW grantees and subgrantees with the expertise and support they need to develop and implement…

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $225,000 cooperative agreement to Justice Innovation Inc. under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) program. The award will support training and technical assistance to Justice for Families grantees and Stop Violence Against Women formula subgrantees to enhance their ability to design and deliver educational programs to court-based staff and civil justice system personnel using adult learning methods. Specifically, Justice Innovation Inc. will provide educational initiatives, conferences, peer-to-peer consultations, and targeted assistance from Oct. 1, 2022 to Sep. 30, 2024. Additionally, Futures Without Violence will work under a subaward to develop an e-learning library, assist with curriculum design, serve as faculty for a national train-the-trainer program, and provide technical assistance as needed. The funding aims to build grantee and subgrantee capacity to effectively address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The office on violence against women (OVW) training and technical assistance (TA) initiative provides OVW grantees and subgrantees with the expertise and support they need to develop and implement successful state, local, tribal, and campus projects; increase victim safety; and bolster offender accountability. Through cooperative agreements, OVW supports educational initiatives, conferences, peer-to-peer consultations, and targeted assistance that allow current and potential grantees and subgrantees to learn from experts and one another about how to overcome obstacles and incorporate promising practices in their efforts to address violence against women. In addition, OVW is focused on building the capacity of the criminal and civil justice systems and victim service providers to respond effectively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and to foster partnerships between organizations that have not traditionally worked together to address violence against women. This award will support FY 2021 TA initiative purpose area 29 to provide training and technical assistance to justice for families grantees and stop violence against women formula subgrantees to enhance their ability to design and deliver educational and training programs to court-based staff and those within the civil justice system using adult learning methods.