OVW FY 2012 Training and Technical Assistance to Support Grantee Reporting

Post Date

August 29th 2012

Application Due Date

October 15th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

OVW-2012-3380

CFDA Number(s)

16.526

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2500000

• Award Range:

  $None - $2500000

Grant Description

There are different statutory and regulatory reporting requirements that govern OVW and grantees funded under VAWA. The Violence Against Women Act of 2000 requires that all VAWA grantees report on the effectiveness of their programs to the Attorney General, who, in turn, must report to Congress every two years on the effectiveness of grant-funded activities.42 U.S.C. ' 3789. In addition, some OVW grant programs have specific reporting requirements as outlined in the respective authorizing legislation. In response to these statutorily mandated reporting requirements, OVW developed annual and semi-annual progress reporting forms for each OVW grant program that track grant-funded activities and incorporate measures selected as goals of the grant programs for purposes of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Grantees funded by OVW report consistent, quantitative data that can be aggregated to reflect the accomplishments of entire grant programs or similar activities across grant programs. In addition, the reporting forms provide qualitative information on granteesу goals, objectives, accomplishments, and remaining areas of need. OVW uses the information collected through these progress reports in different ways including, but not limited to: monitoring individual grantees; providing information to grantees on how their own grant-funded activities and accomplishments compare with others; conducting long-term trend analysis and planning; meeting reporting obligations under GPRA; responding to the Department of Justiceуs data collection requests related to performance and budget; and reporting to Congress on the OVW grant programs. OVW will enter into a cooperative agreement with a technical assistance (TA) provider to review, clean, and analyze data collected from the progress reports, maintain a database of information from the progress reports, and develop and implement innovative processes so that this information is more accessible and useful to OVW and its grantees. The TA provider will provide ongoing training and technical assistance to OVW grantees on collecting data to assess their own performance and meeting the progress reporting form requirements. The TA provider will also develop new progress reporting forms and instructions, as necessary, as well as review and revise existing forms. In addition, the TA provider will assist OVW in the preparation of the Congressional reports mandated by statute as well as additional materials and analyses related to VAWA-grant funded activities as requested by OVW.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  Christina Murray
  Phone 202-307-0344

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Christina.Murray@usdoj.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Christina.Murray@usdoj.gov

• Location:

  Office on Violence Against Women

• More Information:

  OVW FY 2012 Training and Technical Assistance to Support Grantee Reporting