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 $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Futures Without Violence on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526). The award funds continuation of the Enhancing Judicial Skills in Abuse in Later Life Cases project through July 31, 2029.

Futures Without Violence will develop and revise resources and provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to state and tribal court judges and judicial officers on improving the justice system response to abuse in later life. The work addresses the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative's purpose of building the capacity of criminal and civil justice systems and victim service providers to respond effectively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Performance takes place in San Francisco, California. This award is a continuation of a prior cooperative agreement (15JOVW-22-GK-03995-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, futures without violence will continue its enhancing judicial skills in abuse in later life cases project. The organization will develop and revise resources and provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to state and tribal court judges and judicial officers on improving the justice system response to abuse in later life. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 1: training and technical assistance for judges on elder abuse. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-22-GK-03995-mumu.