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 service organizations 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. With FY 2023 TA initiative funding, justice innovation, INC. Doing business as the center for justice innovation (the center) will implement the holistic pre-trial training and technical assistance project. This project will provide training and technical assistance for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and court staff, and victim services providers on pre-trial release criteria and conditions of bond (COB) that address the safety of victims in cases that involve domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Over the course of the project period, the center will provide direct technical assistance, as well as develop a protocol to address the coordination of COB across systems, host a multi-day virtual training for selected multi-disciplinary teams, and conduct a webinar series on foundational components of holistic intimate partner violence pre-trial responses. This project supports FY 2023 TA initiative purpose area 35: training and technical assistance on pre-trial release criteria and conditions of bond. This is a new award.