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 Network To End Domestic Violence, Inc. (NNEDV) a $400,000 cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026 under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526).

NNEDV will implement the VAWA Housing Provisions Project, developing resources and providing training and technical assistance on emerging issues related to VAWA housing protections for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victims. The project aims to improve the capacity of OVW grantees and subgrantees to provide housing assistance to survivors.

The award period runs from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029, with place of performance in Washington, DC. This is a new award in FY 2025 TA Initiative Purpose Area 24: VAWA Housing Provisions. The OVW Technical Assistance Initiative 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 through educational programming, conferences, peer-to-peer learning, and targeted assistance.

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 network to end domestic violence (NNEDV) will implement the vawa housing provisions project. NNEDV will develop resources and provide training and technical assistance on emerging issues related to vawa housing protections for victims to improve grantees and subgrantees capacity to provide housing assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 24: vawa housing provisions. This is a new award.