The office on violence against women (OVW) training and technical assistance (TA) initiative provides OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees with the expertise and support they need to…

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges a $300,000 cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526).

NCJFCJ will continue its Civil Protection Order (CPO) Guide Training and Technical Assistance Project. The recipient will develop and revise online and multimedia resources and deliver training and technical assistance to advocates, attorneys, court staff, court supervision and probation officers, judges, law enforcement officers, and prosecutors on implementing the CPO Guide. This award funds FY 2025 TA Initiative Purpose Area 13, which focuses on civil protection order guide training and technical assistance for improving practice.

Performance runs through July 31, 2028, with place of performance in Reno, Nevada. This is a continuation of prior cooperative agreement 15JOVW-23-GK-05166-MUMU.

The office on violence against women (OVW) training and technical assistance (TA) initiative provides OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees 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 programming and resources, conferences, peer-to-peer learning, and targeted assistance that allows 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 2025 TA initiative funding, the national council of juvenile and family court judges (NCJFCJ) will continue its civil protection order (CPO) guide training and technical assistance project. NCJFCJ will develop and revise online and multimedia resources and provide training and technical assistance to advocates, attorneys, court staff, court supervision and probation officers, judges, law enforcement officers, and prosecutors on implementing the CPO guide. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 13: civil protection order guide for improving practice training and technical assistance. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-23-GK-05166-mumu.