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 28, to provide specialized training and technical assistance to enhance community supervision strategies and build the capacity of pre-trial, probation, and parole officers to effectively supervise cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This project will develop and implement training and technical assistance that approaches offender accountability programs as a critical component of a broad and coordinated criminal justice response. The project will also address both on-going and emerging training needs such as risk assessment, bail reform, investigations, victim notification, pre-trial release, and other related topics. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months. This is a new award.