Additional Technical Assistance ProvidersRural grantees also have access to training and technical assistance by additional Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) technical assistance providers. Check here to find links to information about their upcoming events.
Online Calendar of OVW-Sponsored Events
The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) Online Events Calendar gives grantees the ability to easily view all upcoming events offered by OVW Technical Assistance Providers. The calendar is fully searchable and includes the type of event (i.e. training, conference, audio-conference), sponsoring organization, event location, contact information, registration information, and an event description. Find the calendar at http://www.vaw.umn.edu/caldir/
Technical Assistance Provider Directory
The MINCAVA Online Technical Assistance Provider Directory provides grantees with full organizational profiles and up-to-date contact information for all OVW TA Providers. It features organizational profiles, contact information, description of the OVW technical assistance project, and a list of collaborative partners. Find the directory at http://www.vaw.umn.edu/caldir/
Additional Rural Technical Assistance Providers
AEquitas provides direct support to prosecutors and allied professionals through legal research; condensed or state-specific training events and webinars; as well as identification and recommendation of individual experts: (202) 558-0040; http://www.AEquitasResource.org.
ASISTA centralizes assistance for advocates and attorneys facing complex legal problems in advocating for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault: (515) 244-2469; http://www.asistahelp.org.
Break the Cycle offers training and technical assistance to help communities build knowledge and employ tools to meet the needs of young people in abusive relationships: (202) 824-0707; http://www.breakthecycle.org.
Casa de Esperanza’s mission is to mobilize Latinas and Latino communities to end domestic violence. National technical assistance focuses on expanding organizations’ capacity to serve battered Latinas and their families.For more information go to http://www.casadeesperanza.org
Farmworker Sexual Violence Technical Assistance Project of California Rural Legal Assistance provides one-on-one consultation to OVW grantees seeking assistance with legal issues and strategies regarding sexual violence against farmworkers: (831) 757-5221, x305; http://www.crla.org/node/37.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police offers tools, direction and support to law enforcement to help end violence against women by holding perpetrators accountable and meeting the needs of crime victims and survivors. Specializing in police officer domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, domestic violence, and the National Law Enforcement Leadership Initiative Project: (800) THE-IACP; http://www.theiacp.org
The Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) is dedicated topromoting justice for victims of sexual violence through multidisciplinary collaboration, leadership and resources. The Sexual Violence Justice Institute provides consultation to rural grantees on CCR/SART formation, sustainability issues, team-led community and system assessment on local responses to sexual assault,design of team vision, mission, goals, and process, and team training.Contact Laura Williams at 651-209-9993 or http://www.mncasa.org/svji.html for assistance available to rural grantees.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence provides technical assistance to state domestic violence coalitions, local domestic violence programs, other non-profit organizations, and local and state agencies in creating best practices for transitional housing and related services for women fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. Transitional housing and related services include rental or utilities payment assistance; support services to locate and secure permanent housing; and services such as transportation, child care and employment counselling: (202) 543-5566; http://www.nnedv.org
The National Network to End Domestic Violence Fund (NNEDV Fund) currently serves as the primary provider of technical assistance to state domestic violence coalitions. Since its inception in 1995, the function of NNEDV Fund has been to enhance the capacity of state domestic violence coalitions and the roles they play with member domestic violence programs and allied organizations in their states: (202) 543-5566; http://www.nnedv.org.
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center provides a variety of services to rural communities working to end sexual violence including training, technical assistance and resource development: (877) 739-3895, X 105; http://www.nsvrc.org/projects/rural-training.
The National Sheriff's Association (NSA) offers Domestic Violence Intervention & Investigation training to teach officers how to respond to calls while maintaining their own safety. Expert law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and advocates teach contemporary concepts of domestic violence intervention and investigation. Visit http://www.sheriffs.org or call 800-424-7827 ext. 337 for upcoming trainings for rural grantees
Praxis International also offers individual technical assistance and support for communities who are utilizing The Safety and Accountability Audit, an assessment and planning tool developed in 1996 by Praxis International. The audit is a systematic way of analyzing how local institutional interventions in domestic violence cases can effectively incorporate safety and accountability into workers daily routines and practices: (651) 699-8000, x21; http://www.praxisinternational.org/safety.aspx.
The Resource Sharing Project (RSP), a project of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, was created to help state sexual assault coalitions across the country access the resources they need in order to develop and thrive. RSP also provides TA to rural grantees specific to sexual assault, and to State SASP Administrators: (515) 244-7424; http://www.resourcesharingproject.org.
Rural Law Enforcement Training: "Domestic Violence Intervention and Investigation", offered by the National Sheriff’s Association and expert law enforcement, prosecutors and advocates who team-teach the five main components of this training: liability, the dynamics of domestic violence, investigation and interviewing, prosecuting domestic violence cases, and solutions and resource development: (800) 424-7827; http://www.sheriffs.org/programs/DomesticViolenceInterventionandInvestigation.asp.
Rural Policing Institute, a project of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, currently offers advanced and specialized domestic violence training to law enforcement officers and other emergency response providers who operate in rural areas: (912) 267-2322; http://www.fletc.gov/state-and-local/rural-policing-institute.
Safety Net: The National Safe and Strategic Technology Project, of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, educates victims, their advocates and the general public on ways to use technology strategically to help find safety and escape domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking and abuse. Safety Net also trains law enforcement, social services and coordinated community response teams on how to identify and hold perpetrators accountable for misusing technology: (202) 543-5566; http://www.nnedv.org.
Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Technical Assistance (SAFETA), a project of the International Association of Forensic Nurses, provides technical assistance and essential knowledge about sexual assault medical forensic examinations and related issues for all sexual assault responders: (877) 819-SART; http://www.safeta.org.
Sexual Violence Justice Institute, a project of the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, offers technical assistance to any rural, arrest, or STOP grantee who is working with a team responding to sexual violence: (800) 964-8847, x213; http://www.mncasa.org/svji.html.
Stalking Resource Center, a project of The National Center for Victims of Crime, encourages the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the country: (202) 467-8700; http://www.ncvc.org/src.
