The office on violence against women (OVW) emerging issues and training and technical assistance call for concept papers (call for concept papers)invitedinterested eligible entities to propose…

Through funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (Iowacasa) and project partner North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA) will implement the "Inviting Imagination: Healing Advocacy for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse" project. This $1.5M, 36-month Cooperative Agreement will provide training and technical assistance to victim service organizations, state and territorial coalitions, and state administrators on developing advocacy and financial assistance programming for adult survivors of child sexual abuse. The project will pilot programs at select sites, assist with policy and protocol development, and produce written resources and trainings based on lessons learned.

The office on violence against women (OVW) emerging issues and training and technical assistance call for concept papers (call for concept papers)invitedinterested eligible entities to propose projects that explore new and emerging issues and training and technical assistance projects addressing the needs and challenges of OVW grantees, subgrantees, and the larger violence against women field. In particular, with the passage of the violence against women act reauthorization act of 2022 (vawa 2022), PUB. L. No. 117-103, DIV. W, 136 stat. 49, 840-962, OVW sought to identify innovative projects and technical assistance that address the new and revised programs and issues included in vawa 2022, as well as other emerging issues in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. See 34 U.S.C. 12291(B)(11) and (16). OVW reviewed the submitted concept papers, selected promising projects in each of the call for concept papers purpose areas, and contacted selected applicants to invite them to submit a full application for their concept paper through the call for concept papers invitation to apply solicitation. With funding through the OVW FY 2023 emerging issues and training and technical assistance call for concept papers, the resource sharing project (RSP) of the iowa coalition against sexual assault and project partner north carolina coalition against sexual assault (NCCASA) will implement inviting imagination: healing advocacy for adult survivors of child sexual abuse. This project will provide training and technical assistance to victim service organizations, state and territorial coalitions, and state administrators on advocacy and healing for adult survivors of child sexual abuse and developing financial assistance programming for adult survivors of child sexual abuse. During the course of the project period, RSP and NCCASA will select pilot sites focused on developing advocacy and direct financial assistance programming for adult survivors of child sexual assault, provide tailored training and technical assistance for each pilot site, assist pilot sites with developing agency policies and protocols on providing direct services and financial assistance to adult survivors of child sexual abuse; and develop written products, trainings, and technical assistance focused on lessons learned from the pilot sites. This award supports purpose area 1: emerging issues. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months for $1,500,000, of which $500,000 will be awarded through the OVW innovation fund and $1,000,000 will be awarded from OVW technical assistance funds. This project is being awarded as a pilot project