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ABOUT LETTAC
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) National Violence Against Women Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Consortium (LETTAC) is a single, streamlined point of entry for OVW grantees and the field to request law enforcement TTA. LETTAC prioritizes inclusivity—including support for traditionally underserved jurisdictions such as rural and tribal communities—in assisting all law enforcement in best responding to, investigating, and prosecuting intimate partner violence and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) crimes in a trauma-informed manner, supporting victim healing, safety, and justice.
About Our Federal Leadership: OVW
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), an office within the U.S. Department of Justice, provides federal leadership in developing the national capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. OVW was created following the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994; VAWA was reauthorized in March of 2022. Visit www.justice.gov/ovw for more about the Office; OVW-supported podcasts and blogs; funding information, guidelines, and resources; and links to information about the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. A listing of the OVW grant programs, designed to strengthen services to victims and hold offenders accountable, is available at www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs. LETTAC is supported with funding from several of these programs.
Consortium Members
Through involvement, guidance, and insights from executives, innovators, and practitioners—your colleagues who, daily, address similar challenges, priorities, and opportunities—LETTAC is a one-stop shop and a by-the-field/for-the-field resource. LETTAC originated, was shaped, and continues to evolve thanks to the gracious contributions of representatives from all levels of government, all roles involved in addressing intimate partner crime (including prosecutors, line officers, civilian staff, campus police, and call center personnel), and all jurisdictions and localities served (including tribal nations and culturally specific communities and groups). Members of the Consortium help lead the collaborative support and advisory processes.
LETTAC Background
The National Violence Against Women Law Enforcement
Training and Technical Assistance Consortium
(LETTAC) is
serving victims by supporting law enforcement
and transforming the current way training and
technical assistance (TTA) are delivered
to grantees and the field into a more efficient,
effective manner.
This is being accomplished by combining current
TTA
funds for law enforcement from several
OVW
grant programs into
one force-multiplying
Consortium—LETTAC—to
use a smart government approach, maximizing resources, minimizing
duplication, and promoting collaboration.
A fundamental intent of
LETTAC
is to serve as
a single connection point for all OVW law
enforcement grantees
and the field (including prosecutors, civilian
staff, and campus police)
to request training and technical assistance
(TTA)
to best respond to, investigate, and prosecute
cases of domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking in
Tribal communities.
LETTAC
advances criminal justice solutions that are
trauma-informed and victim-centered; aid in the
successful prosecution of these crimes; prioritize
offender accountability; and support victim
healing, safety, and justice. This driving goal
is captured in the
LETTAC
tagline:
Serving Victims by Supporting Law Enforcement
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Contact
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Colleagues and Collaborations
Since 1995, OVW‘s Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program has provided OVW grantees with the training, expertise, and problem-solving strategies needed to meet the challenges of addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. OVW‘s TTA projects offer in-person and online educational opportunities, peer-to-peer consultations, site visits, and tailored assistance that allow OVW grantees and potential grantees (those entities that are eligible for OVW grant program funding) to learn from experts and one another about how to respond to crimes of violence against women effectively. In shaping its TTA Program, OVW receives input from its grant recipients, on a regular basis, so that the technical assistance (TA) provided by OVW and its TA providers can be refined as necessary to meet grantee needs. To continue to meet the needs of the growing grantee, potential grantee, and subgrantee communities, the OVW TTA Program and its TA providers must work together to continually enhance the existing and changing landscape of TTA. Learn more at https://www.ta2ta.org/.
