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Overview:
In 2001, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) entered into a cooperative agreement with the Muskie School of Public Service to develop tools to measure the effectiveness of the grant programs managed by OVW. The Muskie School’s VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative (VAWA MEI) builds and expands on the previous work of the Snapshot Project, a project in which team members conducted site visits to 24 states to document the work supported by VAWA funding and grantees’ perceptions of the changes VAWA funding made in their communities. The work now consists of a multi-method, multi-source data collection strategy to measure the effectiveness of VAWA grants administered by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Current data collection methods include reporting forms submitted by all grantees, semi-annually or annually, analysis of that and site visits to states or territories. The project also provides ongoing training and technical assistance to grantees on the reporting forms.
Reporting forms:
The project team created reporting forms for each of the grant programs managed by OVW. Each form requires grantees to provide extensive quantitative and qualitative data to address the specific purposes of each grant program. The grant programs submit data to OVW using the new reporting forms biennially (Discretionary) or annually (STOP formula). This data is then transferred to the Muskie School where it is cleaned and analyzed. Access databases were created to enable grantees to easily track data required for the reports.Site visits:
The project team continues to document the effectiveness of programs by conducting site visits. This data collection method allows us to gather rich qualitative data on the strategies, best practices, and effectiveness of programs. From 1999 through 2007, the team conducted site visits to all 56 jurisdictions funded by OVW.Technical assistance and training:
The project continues to offer training and technical assistance to grantees. In person training for new grantees and ongoing teleconference training is offered to grantees from all OVW grant programs.Data dissemination:
Data submitted by grantees and from site visits will be disseminated in various ways, including OVW’s Reports to Congress; information provided to OVW and Congressional members on an as-needed basis; and reports made available to grantees and the public on our website.For more information contact:
Nicole Fortier
Tel: (207) 228-8485, (800) 922-VAWA (8292)
Fax: (207) 780-5817
Email: nfortier@usm.maine.edu
Cutler Institute for Child & Family Policy
Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service
PO Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104-9300
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