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Please join us and your fellow Administrators at the AVA meeting in Jacksonville.  You can see the agenda by clicking on AVA 2015 Annual Meeting Agenda Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

When then-Sen. Joe Biden’s office drafted the Violence Against Women Act, domestic violence was rarely talked about and was often thought to be a private, family matter. Now, 20 years after VAWA was signed into law, a panel of Vice President Biden’s former and current counselors said the public’s perception has changed, but more work […]

March 20, 2015  – Vice President Joe Biden, who has used his public platform to advocate for domestic-violence awareness since the 1970s, called out House Republicans on Friday for their recently released budget plan that he says will cut significant funding from programs that combat violence against women. After discussing the Affordable Care Act’s programs […]

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The Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, has announced it will provide up to $2 million to up to 12 communities as part of the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI). The funding will support multidisciplinary community response teams in addressing backlogs of sexual assault kits in the custody of police or other […]

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 16, 2015 FACT SHEET: Investments to Reduce the National Rape Kit Backlog and Combat Violence Against Women “It’s the single-most significant and direct way to measure the character of a nation — when violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer […]

NO MORE WEEK: MARCH 8-14TH What is NO MORE? NO MORE is a movement to raise public awareness and engage bystanders around ending domestic violence and sexual assault. Launched in March 2013 by a coalition of leading advocacy and service organizations and major corporations, NO MORE is supported by hundreds of domestic violence and sexual […]

For Immediate Release March 04, 2015 Vice President Biden Announces New White House Advisor on Violence Against Women WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Vice President Biden announced the appointment of Caroline “Carrie” Bettinger-López as the new White House Advisor on Violence Against Women. Ms. Bettinger-López is a leading advocate for gender-based equality and human rights, who has worked […]

Saturday, February 21 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday released long-awaited guidance to ensure equal access for transgender people in homeless shelters that receive federal funding. The guidance bans facilities and other entities that receive HUD funding, as well as lenders who participate in the Federal Housing Administration’s […]