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 $100,000 under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA #16.526) cooperative agreement to Justice Innovation Inc. The award will support providing technical assistance to OVW Mentor Courts, including support for developing mentoring skills and logistics for providing mentoring to other communities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

The OVW Technical Assistance Initiative aims to provide critical resources to help communities forge cross-agency and cross-discipline partnerships to effectively respond to violent crimes against women. Through this award, Justice Innovation Inc. will deliver technical assistance products and services to OVW Mentor Courts grantees related to mentoring other communities and courts on developing effective responses to violence against women during the 12-month period of performance.

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 19, to provide technical assistance to OVW mentor courts, including support for the development of mentoring skills and logistics of providing mentoring courts in other communities. The timing for performance of this award is 12 months. This is a new award.