OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Solicitation | O OVW 2022 171043

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The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Fiscal Year 2022 Training and Technical Assistance Initiative (TA Initiative) is a discretionary federal funding opportunity offered through a cooperative agreement under CFDA 16.526. Authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(11), the program focuses on strengthening how OVW-funded projects are carried out nationwide by investing in hands-on training and technical assistance for organizations that already receive OVW grants, as well as those seeking to become recipients or subrecipients. In practical terms, the initiative is meant to help grantees implement their OVW-supported work more effectively, stay aligned with grant requirements, and improve the real-world impact of services and justice-system responses tied to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

A central goal of the TA Initiative is capacity-building across both the victim services field and the civil and criminal justice systems. OVW is aiming to improve the day-to-day ability of professionals such as law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, probation and community corrections, and allied service providers to respond to victims and survivors in ways that are effective, coordinated, and informed by best practices. The initiative also emphasizes partnership-building, especially across sectors that have not traditionally collaborated. That can include bridging gaps between victim advocates and justice agencies, or encouraging coordination among community-based organizations, tribal programs, and governmental entities so responses to violence are more consistent, victim-centered, and sustainable.

Eligibility is primarily geared toward organizations that can deliver training and technical assistance at a national level. The solicitation identifies eligible entities as national, tribal, statewide, or other nonprofit organizations, with an expectation that applicants can reach a broad audience beyond a single locality. While nonprofits are the core target, OVW notes that, in rare circumstances, it may fund institutions of higher education and state, local, or tribal government entities or agencies, such as police departments, prosecutors offices, or probation departments, as well as local nonprofits. When those nontraditional applicants seek funding, they are expected to provide a detailed justification and a documented track record showing they have successfully delivered training and technical assistance to a national audience, not just within one jurisdiction.

Key administrative details in the public listing include the funding opportunity number (O-OVW-2022-171043), the agency (U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women), the activity category (Law, Justice and Legal Services), and an application closing date of April 26, 2022. The maximum award amount listed is $2,000,000. Because this is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, awardees should generally expect more substantial federal involvement in the work, such as coordination with OVW on goals, deliverables, and implementation approach, which is typical for national training and technical assistance efforts.

Finally, OVW ties this opportunity to its broader performance and accountability framework. Applicants and awardees are directed to OVW program information and the VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative for performance measures and an explanation of how funded projects contribute to program goals and outcomes. The solicitation also points to OVW reporting to Congress on VAWA grant effectiveness as a reference point for what successful projects can look like, signaling that OVW is looking for approaches grounded in demonstrated practices and measurable results rather than one-off trainings without sustained impact.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.526.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-03-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-04-26. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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