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 Office on Violence Against Women awarded the National Center for State Courts a $499,998 Cooperative Agreement on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to implement its Survivor-Centered Supervision: Advancing Domestic Violence Responses in Community Supervision Project. NCSC will provide training, technical assistance, and resources to enhance community supervision strategies and build the capacity of pretrial, probation, and parole officers to effectively supervise cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The project serves as a FY 2025 TA Initiative Purpose Area 7 award focused on probation and parole. Performance runs through July 31, 2028, with work performed in Williamsburg, Virginia. 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 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 center for state courts (ncsc) will implement its survivor-centered supervision: advancing domestic violence responses in community supervision project. Ncsc will provide training, technical assistance, and resources to enhance community supervision strategies and build the capacity of pretrial, probation, and parole officers to effectively supervise cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 7: probation and parole. This is a new award.