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 47, to provide training and technical assistance to community-based victim advocates and advocacy programs addressing violence against women. The project will be comprehensive in scope, supporting advocates across OVW grant programs. The project will focus on strengthening skills for advocates in a coordinated community response and in the lives of victims. The project will include in-person and remote training and technical assistance opportunities, as well as a forum for advocates to learn from each other. 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 the FY 2022 TA initiative solicitation. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GK-02247-mumu.