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 national network to end domestic violence (NNEDV) will continue to implement the comprehensive coalition technical assistance (CTA) project. This project will focus on strengthening the capacity of domestic violence and dual coalitions to create and implement effective, survivor-centered, and survivor-driven services, policies, and practices for domestic violence work in their state or territory. Over the course of the project period, NNEDV will provide direct technical assistance, host coalition community calls and TA clinics, maintain a virtual resource library, continue to disseminate the field digest, host virtual regional meetings and peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and update and distribute the domestic violence coalition directory. This project supports FY 2023 TA initiative purpose area 60: comprehensive for domestic violence coalitions. This award is for years 3 and 4 of a five-year comprehensive TA project, awarded competitively in FY 2021 and is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GK-02235-stop.