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's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded $350,000 under its Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) federal grant program to the National Housing Law Project of San Francisco, California. This 36-month cooperative agreement will support the provision of training and technical assistance to OVW grantees on the housing provisions of the Violence Against Women Act to improve grantee capacity to provide housing assistance to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The OVW Technical Assistance Initiative aims to equip communities to forge partnerships to effectively respond to violent crimes against women through critical resources and expertise. This award continues work begun under a prior 2016 cooperative agreement.

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 32, provide training and technical assistance on the housing provisions of vawa to improve the capacity of OVW grantees to provide housing assistance to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months. This project is a continuation of 2016-TA-AX-K028.