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

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence a $400,000 cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526).

NAESV will continue operating its National Sexual Assault Housing Collaborative to address sexual assault, homelessness, and housing needs. The organization will develop and revise resources and provide training and technical assistance to sexual assault victim services providers, statewide sexual assault coalitions and dual sexual assault/domestic violence coalitions, STOP Violence Against Women formula grant program administrators, transitional housing programs, national housing organizations, and housing and homelessness services providers. The work focuses on building coordination between organizations serving housing needs and those assisting sexual assault victims to improve housing services and advocacy for sexual assault survivors. The award funds Purpose Area 47: Training and Technical Assistance to the Transitional Housing Consortium on Sexual Assault.

Performance extends from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028, with place of performance in Washington, DC. The OVW Technical Assistance Initiative provides training, technical assistance, educational programming, conferences, and peer-to-peer learning to current and potential OVW grantees and subgrantees to build capacity in the criminal and civil justice systems and victim service providers to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The office on violence against women (OVW) training and technical assistance (TA) initiative provides OVW grantees, subgrantees, and potential grantees and subgrantees 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 alliance to end sexual violence (NAESV) will continue its national sexual assault housing collaborative to address sexual assault, homelessness, and housing project. NAESV will develop and revise resources as well as provide training and TA to sexual assault victim services providers, statewide sexual assault and dual sexual assault/domestic violence coalitions, stop violence against women formula grant program administrators, transitional housing programs, national housing organizations, and housing/homelessness services providers. These resources, training, and TA will focus on building the coordination between organizations that address housing needs and those that assist sexual assault victims in order to improve housing services and advocacy for victims of sexual assault. This project supports purpose area 47: TTA to the transitional housing consortium on sexual assault. This award is for years four and five of a five-year comprehensive TA project awarded competitively under the FY 2022 TA initiative solicitation. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-22-GK-04010-mumu.