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 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. With FY 2024 TA initiative funding, the national network to end domestic violence (NNEDV) will continue its comprehensive transitional housing technical assistance project. NNEDV will provide technical assistance for grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees and subgrantees of ovws transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program), including the following: convene new grantee orientations and voluntary services training (basic and advanced); provide direct technical assistance, including reviewing and providing technical assistance on transitional housing policies and procedures; provide a series of webinars on emerging trends; provide various options to proactively respond to technical assistance requests (e.g., conference calls, remote and/or on-site visits); convene in-person and virtual trainings; create E-learning modules; collaborate with partners around issues related to housing and sexual assault, particularly grantees working with asian american and pacific islander (AAPI) survivors; create podcasts; and develop and/or update resources as needed. This project supports FY 2024 TA initiative purpose area 57: comprehensive for the transitional housing grant program. The timing for performance of this award is 12 months. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-23-GK-05145-tran. This award is for year three of a five-year comprehensive TA project awarded competitively under the FY 2022 TA initiative solicitation.