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 a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Battered Women's Justice Project on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). This is year five of a five-year competitively awarded project that continues the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms (NRCDVF).

BWJP will develop and update resources and provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to criminal justice, law enforcement, and legal professionals on responding effectively to domestic violence cases involving firearms and promoting firearms safety. The project supports OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees in developing and implementing state, local, tribal, and campus projects that increase victim safety and bolster offender accountability.

The award period runs through July 31, 2027. Work is performed in St. Paul, Minnesota. This award continues Cooperative Agreement 15JOVW-23-GK-05140-MUMU from the FY 2021 TA Initiative solicitation.

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 battered womens justice project (BWJP) will continue to implement the national resource center on domestic violence and firearms (NRCDVF). This project will develop and update resources and provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to criminal justice, law enforcement, and legal professionals on responding effectively to domestic violence cases involving firearms and promoting firearms safety. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 40: national resource center on domestic violence and firearms. This award is for year five of a five-year comprehensive TA project awarded competitively under the FY 2021 TA initiative solicitation. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-23-GK-05140-mumu.