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 a $1 million cooperative agreement to Alliance Of Local Service Organizations to provide comprehensive training and technical assistance for the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

Under this award, Alliance Of Local Service Organizations will deliver comprehensive training and technical assistance to support state administering agencies and subrecipients of the OVW STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. Services will address all statutory purpose areas of the program and allow current and potential grantees to obtain expertise from experts and each other on developing and implementing successful projects to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking at the state, local, tribal and campus levels.

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 comprehensive training and technical assistance for the stop violence against women formula grant program. The project will support state administering agencies and stop subrecipients and will address all program statutory purpose areas. The timing for performance of this award is 12 months. This award is for year 5 of a five-year comprehensive TA project, awarded competitively under OVW's FY 2018 TA initiative solicitation. This award is a continuation of 2018-TA-AX-K025.