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Peer to Peer Meeting – Nashville; October 4th and 5th
We wanted to send out a last call invitation to each of you reminding you of the upcoming Peer-to-Peer (P2P) mentoring conference scheduled for October in Nashville, TN. The P2P workshops are generally designed for newer administrators and they offer you an opportunity to have open discussion with other seasoned administrators about effective ways of […]
Board Member Bios and Photos
MaryEllen Garcia – President MaryEllen Garcia is the VAWA Grants Administrator for the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission, administering the STOP VAWA and SASP formula awards, in addition to discretionary funds from the Office for Victims of Crime. Until recently, Ms. Garcia also administered the VOCA Victim Assistance funds. Prior to her work […]
DeVos Says She Will Revisit Obama-Era Sexual Assault Policies
After a series of listening sessions about campus sexual violence, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke with the news media in Washington on Thursday. CreditAlex Brandon/Associated Press WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos signaled on Thursday that she intends to take a hard look at whether the Obama administration’s campus rape policies deprived accused students of […]
Male Victims of Sexual Assault Study
Science is finally starting to take the pain of male victims of sexual assault seriously Trauma often isn’t shared. (Reuters/Rafael Marchante) WRITTEN BY Cassie Werber July 14, 2017 Criminologist Lisa Dario set out on a recent study with the assumption that men who had been sexually assaulted would display lower levels of depression than female […]
FY 2017 STOP State Allocation Chart
FY 2017 Allocation Chart
FY 2017 STOP Formula Grant Program
OVW has announced release of the FY 2017 STOP Formula Grant Program solicitation. You may access the solicitation at: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/967326/download. Applications are due on June 28, 2017. If you have already submitted your Implementation Plan to OVW you must include it again with your application.
AVA Annual Meeting – Tucson 2017
AVA Annual Meeting 2017 March 28, 2017 Tucson, Arizona It was great being in Tucson with you and we want to thank you for joining us at the AVA Annual Meeting! For me personally, it was exciting to meet some of you for the very first time and reconnecting with so many friends/administrators that […]
Mariska Hargitay Brings Awareness to the Number of Untested Rape Kits in Shocking I Am Evidence Sneak Peek
Mariska Hargitay is bringing necessary awareness to the fractures in rape kit testing in the U.S. The new HBO documentary film I Am Evidence, produced by 53-year-old Hargitay, exposes the number of untested rape kits in the U.S. today, hundreds of thousands of which remain in police evidence storage rooms throughout the country. “A lot […]
Big news…!
On behalf of the Association of VAWA Administrators (AVA) Board we would like to thank all those who dedicate their time, expertise and experience in administering the Violence Against Women Act formula awards. As administrators, we understand the day-to-day complexities and challenges in administering VAWA funds, in addition to the other funds that many of […]
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act
From: Loder, Amy (OVW) [mailto:Amy.Loder@usdoj.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 10:09 AMSubject: Application for Rape Survivor Child Custody Act Funding Deadline Approaching May 9, 2017.Importance: High Good morning. Applications and certification letters for the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act (RSCCA) funds are due by 11:59 om ET May 9, 2017. Documents must be submitted to OVW at OVW.RSCCA@usdoj.gov. OVW will not be able to […]