Documenting the impact OVW grants make on women, their families, and their communities.
The VAWA MEI project is staffed by 20 full-time and part-time research assistants, analysts and associates, including attorneys, and others with significant frontline experience in providing services to or developing public policy for victims/survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Sameer Mahimkar (R), VAWA MEI Data Manager, works with James Hixon, VAWA MEI Computer and Database Specialist, to customize Access databases which OVW grantees use to collect data they will enter into their six-month reporting forms. The databases are examples of tools that VAWA MEI develops to support the work of OVW grantees.
Diane Gout, PhD, a VAWA MEI Research Associate, trains OVW Tribal grantees on how to complete six-month progress reporting forms, capturing all the data that best describes the work being funded by OVW. Dr. Gout directs data cleaning and analysis for all of OVW's Tribal grant programs.
This year, VAWA MEI will conduct approximately 80 live online webinars to train OVW grantees on how to complete their six-month reporting forms. VAWA MEI's Amy Sullivan spends significant time preparing training materials and planning, scheduling, and organizing VAWA MEI trainers.
VAWA MEI helps the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) at the U.S. Department of Justice document and measure the work of thousands of OVW grantees nationwide that address violence against women, including sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Since 2001, VAWA MEI has worked with OVW to develop and implement a state-of-the-art, multi-method approach to measuring the effectiveness of the work funded by OVW. More...
VAWA MEI helps OVW track work being done by thousands of OVW grantees nationwide who develop innovative strategies to address violence against women, including sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. More...
The work done by VAWA MEI informs and guides not only grantees in their planning and management, but also OVW and other policy and decision-makers in their efforts to address issues of violence against women.
For more information contact:
Tel: (800) 922-VAWA (8292)
Fax: (207) 228-8460
E-mail: vawamei@usm.maine.edu
Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy
Muskie School of Public Service
University of Southern Maine
PO Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104-9300
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