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 20, to conduct a review and update of the OVW guiding principles for supervised visitation and safe exchange and related documents for responding to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse. The review process will ensure that any updates to the guiding principles address racial equity, language access, and the needs of underserved communities. This project will include partner representation from experts in supervised visitation and safe exchange, civil legal services, courts, advocacy, law enforcement, tribal issues, and culturally specific services. The timing for performance of this award is 24 months. This is a new award.