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 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 29, to develop and implement a consortium training and technical assistance project for improving criminal justice responses program grantees and potential grantees on the cultural context of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking in traditionally marginalized and underserved communities including, but are not limited to, american indians (including alaska natives, eskimos, and aleuts), asian americans, native hawaiians and other pacific islanders, blacks, hispanics, or lgtbq communities. The timing for performance of this award is 24 months. This is a new award.