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 $425,200 to the Alliance of Local Service Organizations through the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) cooperative agreement program. This year four award will provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to grantees of the OVW Underserved Grant Program. Services will address statutory purpose areas including organizational capacity, outreach strategies, victim services, and topics related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This represents a continuation of a five-year $425,200 competitive award issued in fiscal year 2019 to provide targeted assistance allowing current and potential grantees to learn from experts and peers about overcoming obstacles and incorporating promising practices to address violence against women.

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 provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to grantees of the OVW underserved grant program. The project will address all the underserved grant program statutory purpose areas, organizational capacity, outreach strategies, victim services, and topics related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The timing for performance of this award is 12 months. This award is for year 4 of a five-year comprehensive TA project awarded competitively in FY 2019. This award represents year 4 of the five-year award cycle and is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GK-02201-unde