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NCJA Podcast on Engaging Tribal Communities
About a week ago, I was listening to an NCJA podcast from June of 2023. The podcast seemed like something that new VAWA Administrators may find helpful and useful as they begin thinking about and planning for their first/next Implementation Plan (IP). This particular podcast focuses on engaging tribal communities and offers suggestions for building […]
AVA Connect Conversation – January 24, 2024
Good afternoon. AVA held our first AVA Connect Conversation of 2024 yesterday. The conversation included 31 VAWA Administrators and the interaction and participation was incredible. During the meeting, AVA promised to send out some information discussed, specific to the following two topics: Prosecutor Certification– Please find attached the slides that AVA Board member, Tierra Williams […]
OVW Solicitation and Informational Grants Webinar
Good morning and Happy Friday! I am including below two links to information that you might find useful. It is possible that you have already received both email announcements from OVW but in case you have not seen either email, we wanted to share them with you. First, here’s the link to the announcement of FY […]
AVA Connect Conversations – 2024
Happy New Year!! It’s going to be a great year! We wanted to reach out to you to let you know that we plan to conduct quarterly AVA Connect Conversations in 2024. That frequency can change at any time if you would like to meet more often or if the need arises. Our first AVA […]
OVW Solicitations – FY 2024
You may have received the following information directly from OVW in the past week or so. In case you did not receive this information regarding two OVW FY 2024 Solicitation Announcements and one reimbursement opportunity, I am sharing the links below that may be of interest to you or others in your state, territory, or […]
Holiday Message from AVA Executive Director
Every year about this time, I send out an end-of-the-year “Thank You” via our listserv. This year will be no different in that regard! It is challenging to say something original each year and to say it in a way that you trust that my feelings and thoughts are both authentic and sincere, but I […]
AVA/OVW Conference Call – January 2024
Happy Tuesday morning everyone! The AVA Board is planning to hold our next conference call with OVW in early January. In preparation for that meeting, we wanted to reach out to you to see if there is anything that you would like for us to ask them. As you may recall, when we meet with […]
AVA Annual Strategic Planning Meeting
The AVA Board of Directors recently held their annual strategic planning meeting. At these meetings, AVA Board members spend a full day strategizing and developing measures to improve the technical assistance that they offer to VAWA Administrators. During these in-person meetings, AVA Board members review their goals from the past year and measure success at […]
AVA P2P – Vermont – October 2023
AVA held their second Peer-to-Peer (P2P) of 2023 on October 24th-25th in Burlington, Vermont. Nineteen VAWA Administrators from 16 states participated in the two-day discussion. The in-person meetings are designed to provide networking opportunities for VAWA Administrators, During the meetings, administrators are encouraged to share resources, experiences, forms, templates, policies, etc., with their colleagues. With this format, […]
AVA Connect Conversation – November 8, 2023; 2:00 EST
Good morning and Happy Monday! You may have seen that the US Congress avoided a government shutdown in late September when they extended the appropriations deadline to November 17th, 2023. With that date looming just around the corner, we have decided to move the date of our next AVA Connect Conversation to Wednesday, November 8th at 2:00pm […]