15JOVW23GK05140MUMU

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Training and Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative provides OVW 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 initiatives, conferences, peer-to-peer consultations, and targeted assistance that allow 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 organizations 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 2023 TA Initiative funding, the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) will continue implementing the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms (NRCDVF). This project will build the capacity of justice systems practitioners and victim service professionals to respond safely and effectively to domestic violence cases involving firearms.

Over the course of the project period, BWJP will provide direct technical assistance, maintain a centralized repository of resources and trainings on NRCDVFS website and compete updates to the website, conduct webinars, develop an asynchronous online training for legal service attorneys, present workshops and plenaries at OVW and non-OVW conferences, and produce tools and resources for criminal justice and legal advocacy professionals.

This project supports FY 2023 TA Initiative Purpose Area 52: Domestic Violence and Firearms National Resource Center.

This award is for years 3 and 4 of a five-year comprehensive TA project, awarded competitively in FY 2021 and is a continuation of 15JOVW-21-GK-02232-MUMU.

Battered Women's Justice Project

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE OVW TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE (TA INITIATIVE) IS TO PROVIDE DIRECT TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO EXISTING AND POTENTIAL OVW RECIPIENTS AND SUBRECIPIENTS TO ENHANCE THEIR EFFORTS TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY OVW GRANT FUNDS. OVW'S TA INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND BUILD THE CAPACITY OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PROFESSIONALS AND VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE NATION TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING AND FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS AMONG ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY WORKED TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THESE CRIMES.

16.526 - OVW Technical Assistance Initiative

Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) [DOJ - OBD]

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-1753 United States

Single Zip Code

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Solicitation (O-OVW-2023-171530)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/25 to 03/31/26.