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AVA Annual Strategic Planning Meeting – 11/13/24 – Nashville, TN
On November 13, 2024, six board members and our new Executive Director, Arlene Vassell, met for the annual strategic planning meeting in Nashville, TN. They are from left to right, Mark Hertweck, Laura Quasney, Moriah Pease, Arlene Vassell, Amy Baynes, Gene Nelson and Tierra Williams.
OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Assist Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Solicitation
Good morning and happy Monday! You may have already received notification of this solicitation but just in case you didn’t, I wanted to share it with you. Here’s the link to the OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Resource Center on Workplace Responses to Assist Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Solicitation: Have a […]
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 […]