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Nevada and Sexual Assault Awareness Month

The Jean Nidetch Women’s Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas  – #UNLVGoesTeal. Quite a few of Student Affairs wore teal in support of SAAM on that day. They also specifically bought teal shoelaces for the baseball team to wear as well.    

New Board of Directors for AVA!

  On behalf of the AVA Board I want to thank each of you for your attendance at the AVA Annual meeting and luncheon on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Atlanta. It was very encouraging to have so many of you there and getting such valuable feedback from you.  We were proud that we had 46 […]

OVW Solicitations and VAWA Reauthorization

  AVA met via conference call on Monday, April 9 with OVW and had a very productive meeting. We wanted to share two pieces of information that came from our discussion. Several of you have asked if AVA had updates about STOP solicitations and/or the VAWA Reauthorization. Here’s what we learned from OVW: OVW Solicitations  The […]

AVA/Luncheon Meeting – Atlanta, March 2018

March 24, 2018 Dear Administrators: On behalf of the AVA Board I want to thank each of you for your attendance at the AVA Annual meeting and luncheon on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Atlanta. It was very encouraging to have so many of you there and getting such valuable feedback from you.  We were proud […]

STOP and SASP Solicitation Info for FY2018

Program Name CFDA Number Estimated Solicitation Release Date Type of Applicants Anticipated Application Due Date Competition Peer Review Estimated Peer Review Date Sexual Assault Services Formula Program 16.017 3/26/18 Formula 5/8/18 N/A N/A N/A STOP Formula Grant Program 16.588 4/05/18 Formula 5/06/18 N/A N/A N/A    

AVA Board of Directors and Elections – 2018

We will be holding AVA Board elections during the 2018 AVA Annual meeting in Atlanta, GA in March. Board members are elected for a 2-year term with half of the board seats up for re-election each year. This year, there are four vacancies.  All board vacancies will be filled by a vote held during the […]

AVA Annual Meeting – Atlanta GA, March 2018

AVA’s Annual Meeting: As has become our tradition, AVA will hold our annual meeting during the STOP conference. Our meeting will take place during the lunch break on Tuesday, March 20th. We will hold our meeting during that break – and we will be providing lunch!! The AVA meeting is open to both member and […]

President’s Budget

The President’s budget was released earlier today.  You can find the complete budget on the OMB website at. https://www.whitehouse.gov/ omb/appendix/ I have included below, part of an addendum that provides important information about funding for VAWA through the Department of Justice. Agency: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Offsets Removed: $12,491,000,000 […]

AVA Meeting in Washington with Congressional Leaders

Dear Administrators, On Monday, February 5th, I met with Congressional Leaders in DC at the Dirksen Senate Building. I was invited to meet and share with leaders: a broad overview of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) the positive impact VAWA funding is having in states/territories, how VAWA Administrators leverage both state and federal funds to […]