In response to a Congressional requirement
to collect data on the effectiveness of Violence Against Women
Act (VAWA) grant activities, the Office on Violence Against Women
(OVW), in partnership with the University of Southern Maine, Muskie
School of Public Service, Institute for Child and Family Policy
(The Muskie School), established the VAWA Measuring Effectiveness
Initiative. With the assistance of the Muskie School, and after
extensive consultation with OVW grantees and experts in the field,
OVW developed program-specific forms that collect quantitative
data on staffing, victim services, criminal justice case processing,
and other grant program services unique to each OVW grant program.
These reports also collect qualitative data on the status of grantee
progress on project goals and objectives, significant areas of
remaining need, and the grantees' assessments of changes that have
resulted from VAWA-funded projects in their communities. Data from
these progress report forms can be used for grant monitoring, feedback
to grantees and the public, long-term planning, and reporting to
Congress.
For more information on the VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative,
please visit: www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/vawamei. |