OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative 2024 (US)

The primary purpose of the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative (TA Initiative) is to provide direct training and technical assistance to current and potential OVW recipients and subrecipients to enhance their efforts to successfully implement projects supported by OVW grant funds.

OVW is a component of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). OVW administers grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent legislation and provides national leadership on issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

OVW Priority Areas

• In FY 2024, OVW has four programmatic priorities. The priorities identified below are applicable to this program. Applicants are strongly encouraged, but not required, to address one or more of the priority areas in their proposed project.

• Advance equity and tribal sovereignty as essential components of ending sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by improving outreach, services, civil and criminal justice responses, prevention, and support for survivors from historically marginalized and underserved communities, particularly those facing disproportionate rates or impacts of violence and multiple barriers to services, justice, and safety.
• Increase access to justice for all survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including through exploration of survivor-centered criminal justice system reform.
• Strengthen efforts to prevent and end sexual assault, including victim services and civil and criminal justice responses.
• Expand economic justice and financial advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including as a tool for violence prevention.

Funding Information

• This program typically makes awards in the range of $100,000 – $2,100,000 OVW estimates that it will make up to 62 awards for an estimated $43,000,000.
• Awards under this program for FY 2024 will be made for up to $2,100,000.

Out-of-Scope Activities

• The activities listed below are out of the program scope and will not be funded under this program:
  • Research projects. Funds under this program may not be used to conduct research, defined as a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Surveys and focus groups, depending on their design and purpose, may constitute research and therefore be out-of-scope.
  • Direct victim services and justice system interventions. OVW’s TA Initiative funds are intended to support educational and training opportunities and technical assistance for current and potential OVW grantees and subgrantees. They cannot support law enforcement activities, legal representation, direct services, or other interventions.
  • Applications focused on a single state, region, or local geographic community, unless specified in the purpose areas.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Applicants
  • Eligible entities for the Training and Technical Assistance Initiative are national, tribal, statewide, or other nonprofit organizations. Eligible applicants must have the capacity to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) on a national level to current and potential OVW recipients and subrecipients in U.S. states and territories. In rare circumstances, OVW may support institutions of higher education; state, local, or tribal governments or governmental agencies (e.g., police departments, prosecutor’s offices, or probation departments); or local non-profit organizations. However, in such circumstances, those entities must describe in detail their demonstrated history of providing TTA and include justification in the application that they have delivered TTA to a national audience.
• Faith-Based and Community Organizations
• Cost Sharing or Matching
  • This program has no matching or cost-sharing requirement.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.