The research and evaluation (R & E) initiative is authorized by 34 USC 12291(B)(7), which permits OVW to set aside up to three percent of available funds from most OVW programs to conduct…

This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women provides $278,823 to Northern Illinois University to support the final 24 months of a study under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026). The study examines a specialized domestic violence court and associations among victim advocacy, survivor participation, and survivor outcomes. By generating additional evidence on effective approaches to combating domestic violence, this research aims to help communities better align their work with practices proven to make communities safer and justice systems more equitable. The supplemental funding continues Northern Illinois University's evaluation of a specialized domestic violence court initiated under a previous award (number 15JOVW-21-GG-02486-ICJR) to build the empirical knowledge base on promising and effective strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable.

The research and evaluation (R & E) initiative is authorized by 34 USC 12291(B)(7), which permits OVW to set aside up to three percent of available funds from most OVW programs to conduct evaluations of promising practices for combatting domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to research problems emerging in the field. By generating more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, communities that benefit from violence against women act (VAWA) funding will be better equipped to align their work with practices that are known to be effective, and they will be more capable of building empirical knowledge on the efficacy of new and promising ways of making communities safer and more just. This award supplies supplemental funding to northern illinois university for the final 24 months of a study for which the first 12 months were funded in FY 2021. The study examines a specialized domestic violence court and associations among victim advocacy, survivor participation, and survivor outcomes. The award number for the grant that this supplemental funding relates to is 15JOVW-21-GG-02486-icjr.