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…

This $600,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), will support Alteristic, Inc. in providing comprehensive training and technical assistance to institutions of higher education on effective sexual violence prevention strategies. Over the 24-month project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, Alteristic, Inc. will deliver basic and intermediate training, conduct webinars, host in-person and virtual trainings, and create/update tools and resources for campus program grantees. This award continues Alteristic, Inc.'s ongoing work under a previous $1.8M contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide sexual harassment training, as well as prior OVW Cooperative Agreements focused on supporting institutional efforts to prevent and respond to sexual violence.

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, alteristic, INC. Will continue to provide the campus comprehensive prevention project. This project will provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to institutions of higher education on effective comprehensive prevention strategies that are informed by research or evidence-based. Over the course of the project period, alteristic, INC. Will provide technical assistance, conduct webinars, host in-person and virtual trainings, and create and/or update tools and resources as needed. Alteristic, INC., will also support a designated cohort of assigned campus program grantees. This project supports FY 2024 TA initiative purpose area 63: comprehensive on campus prevention project. The timing for performance of this award is 24 months. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-22-GK-04038-camp. This award is for years 3 and 4 of a five-year comprehensive TA project awarded competitively under the FY 2022 TA initiative solicitation.