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Peer-to-Peer Meeting in Seattle, October 2018
AVA Conducts Peer-to-Peer Mentoring in Seattle AVA held the most recent Peer-to-Peer (P2P) mentoring/assistance workshop last week at the Crowne Plaza in Seattle, WA. The P2P program continues to gain momentum and popularity among VAWA Administrators as 19 administrators from 14 states and Guam attended the fifth regional mentoring meeting on October 24th and 25th, […]
AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – October 2018
AVA/OVW CONFERENCE CALL SUMMARY OCTOBER 15TH, 2018 11:00 – 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) OVW Staff:Amy Loder, Kevin Sweeney, Omar Mohammed, Melissa Schmisek, Frances Cook, Sherry Ann Moore AVA Board Members/Staff: Jade Palin, Michelle Bynum, Cecilia Miller, MaryEllen Garcia, Barry Bryant SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Welcome and Introductions – Team members from […]
NYPD Commissioner Apologizes To Rape Survivor 24 Years Later: ‘We Were Wrong’
U.S. NEWS 10/29/2018 07:43 am ET NYPD Commissioner Apologizes To Rape Survivor 24 Years Later: ‘We Were Wrong’ James O’Neill said the police department, which publicly doubted the woman’s account in 1994, “let her down in almost every possible way.” By Dominique Mosbergen ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said he was “deeply and […]
OVW Fiscal Year 2019 Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program Solicitation
Click here to see the solicitation.
OVW FAQs on Tribal Issues
OVW FAQs on State Consultation and Coordination with Tribes
NYS Police Forensic Lab goes PURPLE for DV Awareness Month
OVW Webinar on Implementation Plans and Calculations
In the event that you were not able to participate in the OVW webinar on Implementation Plans and Calculations, it is attached here. As the webinar was about 72 minutes long, the attached file is large and may take a minute to load. OVW Webinar with Marnie Shiels.mp4 Take care, Barry
OVW Awards to Address Sexual Violence on Campus
OVW announced today that they have made 57 awards to 28 states (totaling $18 million) to address sexual violence on campus. To view the list of states and agencies receiving the award, click on the link below: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-awards-18-million-address-sexual-violence-campuses Take care, Barry
Improving the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program Awards.
I wanted to share it with you to make sure that you are aware of the agencies in your state that were just awarded OVW funding through the Improving the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program. Based on information in the link, 30 states received at least one award. […]
Woman Rides 10,000 Miles for Domestic Violence Awareness
Hope by Horseback: Woman Rides 10,000 Miles for Domestic Violence Awareness BALTIC, S.D.-A California woman is on a mission to spread hope across all 48 continental states. She calls it the Centauride. It’s a ten thousand mile ride by horseback. She’s already a year and a half into her four year trip. Her route […]