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 Office on Violence Against Women awarded $750,000 to the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Inc. under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) federal grant program. This 12-month cooperative agreement will support the provision of comprehensive training and technical assistance to OVW Transitional Housing Program grantees. Key deliverables include new grantee orientations, voluntary services training, policy review and technical assistance, and a webinar series on emerging trends. Sub-awards totaling $90,000 were provided to the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence and Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault to deliver culturally specific assistance and expertise on integrating sexual assault services into transitional housing, respectively. This award continues a five-year technical assistance project supporting OVW grantees.

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 services 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 2022 TA initiative purpose area 56, to provide comprehensive training and technical assistance for the OVW transitional housing grant program. The project will provide the following technical assistance for transitional housing grantees: convene new grantee orientations and voluntary services training (basic and advanced); review and provide technical assistance on transitional housing policies and procedures; and provide a series of webinars on emerging trends. The timing for performance of this award is 12 months. This award is for year 1 of a five-year comprehensive TA project awarded competitively under the OVW FY 2022 TA initiative solicitation. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GK-02234-tran.