The OVW state and territory domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 10441(C), supports the critical work of state and territory domestic violence and…

The Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault (OCADVSA) received a $267,469 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions program (CFDA 16.556). The award, effective October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023, will support OCADVSA's coordination of statewide victim services activities and collaboration with federal, state, and local entities engaged in violence against women efforts. Specifically, funding will be used to provide training and technical assistance to member organizations, expand technological capacity, develop appropriate standards of services including culturally appropriate programs, conduct statewide meetings for victim advocates and criminal justice representatives, identify service gaps and coordinate activities to address them, and engage in coalition-building at the state and local levels. The award also includes a statutory set-aside for Oklahoma's sexual assault coalition activities per 34 U.S.C. 12511(D).

The OVW state and territory domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 10441(C), supports the critical work of state and territory domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions and is a set-aside program under the OVW stop violence against women formula grant program statute. These organizations play an important role in advancing the goal of ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Grant funds may be used for the following activities: providing training and technical assistance to member organizations, expanding the technological capacity of coalitions and/or member organizations, developing or enhancing appropriate standards of services for member programs, including culturally appropriate services for underserved populations, conducting statewide, regional and/or community-based meetings or workshops for victim advocates, survivors, legal service providers, and criminal justice representatives, bringing local programs together to identify gaps in services and to coordinate activities, increasing the representation of underserved populations in coordination activities, engaging in activities that promote coalition-building at the local and/or state level, or coordinating at the federal, state and territory level with judicial or local law enforcement agencies to develop or enhance strategies. This program also includes a statutory set aside from the sexual assault services program (SASP) statute, specifically for state and territory sexual assault coalitions (34 U.S.C. § 12511(D)).