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AVA Connect Call – November 20th at 2:00 pm EST

Good morning everyone! Our final AVA Connect Conversation of 2024 will take place November 20th, 2024 at 2:00pm EST.  Our current plan for this call is to keep it as an open-agenda meeting where you can discuss any topic that you are hoping to get feedback from your colleagues about. We are open to discussing any […]

2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects!

Please see the below announcement and attachment from our NAVAA colleagues. “We are excited to announce the application is open for 2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects! The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA), in cooperation with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), is seeking proposals for innovative and collaborative […]

STOP TA Clinics

Good morning VAWA Administrators!   You may have previously received notification of this upcoming webinar (directly from ALSO STAAR) but in case you did not, please see below for registration instructions if you would like to participate.       Take care,   Barry   STOP TA Clinics

OVW Program Manager Assignments ( DRAFT)

OVW recently created and sent out an updated chart of new state assignments for the OVW Program Managers.  I believe that some of you will retain the same PM with the new assignments. I feel certain that you have already received this from OVW but wanted to make sure that you had this chart. See […]

VAWA – 30th Anniversary!

Happy Friday. You may have all heard that the White House is planning a 30th anniversary of VAWA celebration at the White House with Joe and Jill Biden on September 12th, 2024 at 5:45p.m.  It is my understanding that it is an invitation-only event. Two friends of mine have been invited to attend.  One is […]

AVA Announces new Executive Director!

Good afternoon, On behalf of the Association of VAWA Administrators (AVA) Board of Directors, I am excited to share with each of you that we have recently hired Arlene Vassell to serve as the new AVA Executive Director! Arlene Vassell (she/her) brings over 25 years of experience as a strategist, administrator, facilitator and trainer. A nationally recognized […]

Uniform Guidance Update

During today’s AVA Connect Conversation, there was lengthy discussion around Uniform Guidance Updates.  Administrators were not completely clear about effective dates and had a few other related concerns about some of the new requirements. Some administrators offered to share some information that they had been provided, or that they had found through their own research, or feedback […]

AVA Connect – August 21, 2024

Good afternoon to everyone! Our next AVA Connect Conversation of 2024 will be on August 21, 2024 at 2:00pm EST.  Our current plan for this call is to keep it as an open-agenda meeting where you can discuss any topic that you are hoping to get feedback from your colleagues about. We are open to discussing […]

STOP TA Clinic – August 19, 2024

In case you did not receive the following information from ALSO STAAR, I am attaching some information about a STOP TA Clinic they are hosting on Monday, August 19, 2024. Here’s the core of what was sent out. Join us at the STOP TA Clinic on Monday, 8/19! U.S. Department of Justice Framework for Prosecutors to […]

STOP and SASP Allocations

See below for links to the State and Territory allocations for both the STOP and the SASP Formula Grants in the event that you may not have seen them yet.   Have a great weekend! Barry FY 2024 STOP Allocations FY 2024 SASP Allocations