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 victim rights law center (vrlc) will continue its sexual assault justice education (saje) project. This project will provide basic and advanced consultations, resources, training, and technical assistance to attorneys who represent sexual assault survivors. Over the course of the project period, vrlc will provide ongoing comprehensive consultations; host roundtables; expand content in the legal practice manual; create the higher education toolkit; host sexual assault priority organization and new attorney collaborative cohorts; update where to start legal services toolkit; create onboarding curriculum; facilitate practical skills workshops; develop and deliver virtual and in-person trainings; and create plain language templates and resources. This project supports FY 2024 TA initiative purpose area 16: sexual assault training and technical assistance for attorneys. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GK-02205-mumu.