Office on Violence Against Women
Washington, D.C.
Cindy Dyer, director
Joan LaRocca, media contact
(202) 307-6062
Created in 1995, this office says its mission is “raising awareness and supporting training and services responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.” It administers the federal STOP Violence Against Women grants program and a number of other grants whose focuses include native American domestic violence, enforcement of protection orders, rural victims, legal assistance for victims, campus sexual assault and abuse of older women.