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 a $1 million Cooperative Agreement to The Urban Institute on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to implement the Restorative Practices in Tribal Communities Project through July 31, 2029.

The Urban Institute will provide training and technical assistance to tribal governments and tribal organizations on restorative practices that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The project delivers resources, educational programming, and targeted assistance aligned with FY 2025 TA Initiative Purpose Area 27. Work is performed in Washington, DC. This is a new award with $1 million obligated.

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 urban institute will implement the restorative practices in tribal communities project. The urban institute will provide resources as well as training and technical assistance to tribal governments and tribal organizations on restorative practices addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This project supports FY 2025 TA initiative purpose area 27: restorative practices in tribal communities. This is a new award.