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, a division of the Department of Justice, awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to Shalom Task Force, Inc., on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526).

Shalom Task Force will continue its Connected for Change project, developing and revising resources and providing training and technical assistance to victim service providers on delivering services to Jewish populations, including Orthodox and insular Jewish communities. The project addresses the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative's purpose to build the capacity of criminal and civil justice systems and victim service providers to respond effectively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The award runs through July 31, 2028, with place of performance in New York, New York. This is a continuation of prior cooperative agreement 15JOVW-23-GK-05482-STOP. Shalom Task Force, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in New York City, specializes in providing comprehensive victim services and legal assistance to survivors of gender-based violence within the Orthodox Jewish community, with expertise in developing victim-centered programming tailored to underserved populations in the New York City metropolitan area.

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, shalom task force will continue its connected for change: TTA on domestic and sexual violence in jewish contexts project. The organization will develop and revise resources and provide training and technical assistance to victim service providers on providing victim services to jewish populations, including orthodox and insular jewish communities. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 17: TTA on addressing domestic violence and sexual assault in the jewish community. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-23-GK-05482-stop.