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 $800,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Inc., effective August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526).

The Legal Resource Center will develop and revise resources and provide training and technical assistance to attorneys, legal advocates, and judges on improving legal representation, advocacy, and judicial practices for interstate enforcement of protection orders and custody orders. The work supports survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through an interstate civil legal assistance project. The recipient is located in Takoma Park, Maryland. Performance continues through July 31, 2029. This award is a continuation of a prior agreement (15JOVW-22-GK-03988-MUMU) and satisfies the FY 2025 TA Initiative Purpose Area 14: Interstate Civil Legal Assistance, which provides OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees with expertise and support to develop and implement successful state, local, tribal, and campus projects; increase victim safety; and bolster offender accountability.

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 legal resource center on violence against women will continue its interstate civil legal assistance for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking project. The organization will develop and revise resources and provide training and technical assistance to attorneys, legal advocates, and judges on improving legal representation, advocacy, and judicial practices for interstate enforcement of protection orders and custody orders. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 14: interstate civil legal assistance. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-22-GK-03988-mumu.