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Austin Peer to Peer Meeting – Febrary 2017
AVA held a Peer-to-Peer meeting in February in Austin. A lot of information was covered, many great conversations were had, and valuable lessons were learned from one another on how to accomplish the day-to-day work of meeting STOP program mandates. A little time was also taken to discuss how the influx of VOCA funds has […]
AVA Documentation of Collaboration
AVA Documentation of Collaboration
OVW Implementation Plan Checklist
Implementation Plan Checklist Fillable
Congressional Letter Issuing Guidance to ICE on Victims of Crime
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2017 CONTACT: Caroline Rowland (Demings): caroline.rowland@mail.house.gov Coleman Lamb (Rice): coleman.lamb@mail.house.gov Reps. Demings and Rice to Demand ICE End Courthouse Detentions for Victims of Domestic Violence WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Val Demings (FL-10) and Kathleen Rice (NY-04) are circulating a letter to House colleagues urging the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration […]
State University of New York Translates Resources for Victims into 100+ Languages
SUNY Resources for Victims of Sexual Assault & Violence Now Translated Into More Than 100 Languages February 16, 2017 Albany – The State University of New York today announced an expanded offering of its SUNY SAVR (Sexual Assault and Violence Response) resources for victims and survivors of sexual and interpersonal violence. In addition to the […]
AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – January 2017
Summary of Monthly Conference Call between AVA& OVW Date: Monday, January 9, 2017 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time OVW Staff: OVW Associate Director Amy Loder, STOP Program Managers Kim Galvin, Latonya Eaddy, Omar Mohammed, and Kevin Sweeney AVA Board Members: Michelle Bynum, MaryEllen Garcia, Bill Schaefer and Diana Fleming AVA Executive Director: Dorene […]
AVA Annual Meeting – March 28, 2017
AVA ANNUAL MEETING When: March 28, 2017 @ 12:15 PM Where: Tucson Marriott University Park Pima Room As you probably know by now, OVW has chosen March 28-29, 2017 for the upcoming annual STOP conference to be held in Tucson, Arizona. ALSO recently distributed information regarding the location and registration. If you did not receive that information, please […]
Effectiveness of Grants Report
February 10, 2017 Courtesy of Acting Director Nadine M. Neufville, Office on Violence Against Women Last week the Justice Department submitted a Report to Congress that documents the effectiveness of grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The “Effectiveness of Grants” report goes beyond straight reporting of numbers of people served and […]
Accomplishments of the Office on Violence Against Women
Accomplishments of the Office on Violence Against Women – January 2009 to January 2017
Bea Hanson’s Farewell Message
January 19, 2017 Courtesy of Principal Deputy Director Bea Hanson, Ph.D. of the Office on Violence Against Women Dear Colleagues and Friends, This is a bittersweet moment for me as I write to say thank you and goodbye. I have been so honored to work with all of you for nearly six years at the […]