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AVA/OVW Meeting Minutes for January 10, 2022
AVA/OVW Meeting Minutes January 2022
AVA Board Meeting – May 10, 2022
Good afternoon and Happy Friday! This email is a reminder of the AVA Annual Meeting that will be held virtually on May 10, 2022 at 1:30 EST. Here is the Zoom link for the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87121256032?pwd=a3BGRmZ3K0ZrbnoyVXY1K3luMUwxQT09 The AVA Board will provide an overview of the goals and accomplishments and a review of the AVA budget. We will also elect […]
Implementation Plans
Good morning! AVA met with OVW this morning and we had a good conversation. There was a suggestion/request from OVW that might be helpful to you. To date, OVW has received a handful of Implementation Plans, in advance of the due date. OVW requests that if you have completed your IP and you are in a […]
SASP Solicitation
Happy Thursday VAWA Administrators! You probably just received the below email from Amy Loder/OVW but just in case you did not receive it, we wanted to make sure that you were aware of this upcoming solicitation deadline. “Good morning. The SASP solicitation has posted to the OVW website. It may be accessed at: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/1492451/download […]
White House Fact Sheet on Reauthorization
Please refer to the below link for an informative Fact Sheet about the VAWA Reauthorization that the White House published and released last week. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/16/fact-sheet-reauthorization-of-the-violence-against-women-act-vawa/ Take care, Barry
SAVE the DATE – May 10th, 2022
Good morning VAWA Administrators. Please find attached a “save the date” announcement for May 10th, 2022. AVA will hold our annual meeting that afternoon from 1:30-3:00pm EST and we hope that you will be able to join us. It’s an opportunity to learn more about AVA, the services that we offered to administrators last year, […]
AVA/OVW Conference Call – Request for Info
Good morning and Happy Tuesday! AVA will be meeting with OVW in early April and we wanted to reach out to you to see if there are outstanding questions or concerns that you have that you would like for us to ask them about when we meet. Please send me any questions that you have […]
2022 VAWA Reauthorization Act – section by section summary
Here is a link to a section by section summary of the 2022 VAWA Reauthorization Act. Take care and have a great weekend! Barry
VAWA Reauthorization
Good afternoon. Please find attached, an important press release from the Department of Justice this afternoon regarding the Reauthorization of VAWA. I do not have any additional details at this point but I will keep you posted if I learn anything new. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-applauds-reauthorization-violence-against-women-act Take care, Barry
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act (RSCCA)
You may have seen this earlier today but in case you did not, please read the below announcement from Amy Loder/OVW: Good afternoon. Applications and certification letters for the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act (RSCCA) funds are due by 11:59 pm ET April 29, 2022. Documents must be submitted to OVW at OVW.RSCCA@usdoj.gov. OVW will not be able […]