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 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Center for the Pacific-Asian Family, Inc. a $400,000 cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to develop resources and deliver training and technical assistance on sexual assault victim services.

The recipient will implement the Sexual Assault Focused Exchange of Practitioners Advancing Transitional Housing Project, supporting OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees operating transitional housing programs for sexual assault victims. The Center for the Pacific-Asian Family will develop training materials and provide direct technical assistance to sexual assault victim services providers funded under the OVW Transitional Housing Program, as well as to organizations seeking to develop new transitional housing programs. This project addresses Purpose Area 26 of the FY 2025 TA Initiative: Training and Technical Assistance for Transitional Housing Sexual Assault Victim Service Providers.

The Center for the Pacific-Asian Family, Inc., based in Los Angeles, California, is a nonprofit organization specializing in culturally responsive services for Asian and Pacific Islander communities experiencing violence. Performance occurs in Los Angeles, California, with a period of performance from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028. This is a new award.

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 center for the pacific-asian family will implement the sexual assault focused exchange of practitioners advancing transitional housing project. The organization will develop resources and provide training and technical assistance to sexual assault victim services providers funded under the OVW transitional housing program, as well as potential grantees, on developing and implementing transitional housing programs for victims of sexual assault. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 26: training and technical assistance for transitional housing sexual assault victim service providers. This is a new award.