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 Tahirih Justice Center a $300,000 cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to continue its Equipping Victim Service Providers to Address Forced Marriage project through July 31, 2028.

The Tahirih Justice Center will develop and revise resources and provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to victim service providers on identifying and responding to forced marriage situations where domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking is present. This award supports Purpose Area 50: Training and Technical Assistance on Forced Marriage and is a continuation of prior funding (award 15JOVW-23-GK-05484-INNO). Performance takes place in Falls Church, Virginia.

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 tahirih justice center will continue its equipping victim service providers to address forced marriage project. The project willdevelop and revise resources as well as provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to victim service providers on identifying and responding to forced marriage situations where domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking is present. This project supports purpose area 50: training and technical assistance on forced marriage. This award is a continuation of 15JOVW-23-GK-05484-inno.