National Organization for Victim Advocacy

The National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) will continue its Advocating for Military-connected Victims Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Project. NOVA will develop and revise resources and provide basic and intermediate training and technical assistance to legal practitioners, civilian law enforcement, prosecutors, court personnel, including Veteran Treatment Court personnel, pre-trial services staff, probation and parole officers, and victim advocates on effectively responding to the needs of military-connected victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

With FY 2025 TA Initiative funding, the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA) will continue its Campus Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Project. NOVA will develop and update resources and provide training and technical assistance to higher education institutions on establishing and implementing effective CCR teams, as well as convene peer learning opportunities for OVW Campus CCR teams.

This project increases the capacity of grantees to reduce sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) CCR teams to understand the need for and the complexities involved with Campus CCR teams, including how to develop comprehensive response protocols and risk assessments and the importance of centering racial equity in Campus CCR efforts.

This project provides specialized training and technical assistance to enhance and build the capacity of communities serving large military populations to respond to cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking involving military personnel (active duty and veterans) and their families. NOVA develops and implements training and technical assistance that recognizes the complexities and roles of civilian and military criminal justice systems as well as the legal practitioners who serve service members, veterans, and their families.

This project provides basic and advanced training and technical assistance to grantees to reduce sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on campus program grantees and potential grantees to strengthen their intervention and prevention efforts when working with culturally specific and historically marginalized communities within institutions of higher education.