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, the institute for intergovernmental research (IIR) will continue to implement the national violence against women law enforcement training and technical assistance consortium (LETTAC). LETTAC provides streamlined training and technical assistance to law enforcement and criminal justice system professionals to deliver trauma-informed, survivor-centered, culturally specific responses to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Over the course of the project period, IIR will provide training and technical assistance; update and maintain the LETTAC resource center; present in-person, on-site, and virtual trainings and national summits; conduct presentations at other OVW and non-OVW conferences; develop toolkits and other resources; participate in regional and national convenings, and coordinate and deliver special projects as guided by OVW. This project supports FY 2023 TA initiative purpose area 49: comprehensive for law enforcement training and technical assistance. This award is for years 4 and 5 of a five-year comprehensive TA project, awarded competitively in FY 2020, and is a continuation of 2020-TA-AX-K033