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…

This $600,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women will support the development and implementation of specialized technical assistance, resources, and trainings for grantees and potential grantees of the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program and the Tribal Government Program. Funded under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA #16.526), this 24-month project aims to establish, maintain, and expand sexual assault programs and projects that provide intervention and assistance to survivors of sexual assault in tribal communities. The Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition will deliver services supporting a broad range of survivors, including adults abused as children, male survivors, child and youth survivors, and two-spirited survivors. This award continues a previous 2017 grant and is part of a larger five-year comprehensive technical assistance project selected competitively under the FY 2022 solicitation.

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 45, to develop and implement specialized technical assistance, resources, and trainings for grantees and potential grantees of the tribal sexual assault services program and the tribal government program to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of sexual assault programs and projects that provide for intervention and related assistance to those victimized by sexual assault. This project will support services for a broad range of survivors of sexual assault (e.g., adults abused as children, male survivors, child and youth survivors, and two-spirted survivors). The timing for performance of this award is 24 months. This award is for years 1 and 2 of a five-year comprehensive TA project, awarded competitively under OVW's FY 2022 TA initiative solicitation. This award is a continuation of 2017-TA-AX-K025.