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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">See below for a message from the National Network to End Domestic Violence re: the Slate article I forwarded earlier this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: <strong>Monica McLaughlin</strong> <<a href="mailto:MMcLaughlin@nnedv.org">MMcLaughlin@nnedv.org</a>><br>
Date: Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 11:08 AM<br>
Subject: RE: [vawahousing] OVW changes DV definition<br>
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<b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> A number of you have asked us about the Slate article and the definition of domestic violence on OVW’s website.
<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/trump-domestic-violence-definition-change.html" target="_blank">
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/trump-domestic-violence-definition-change.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> OVW did edit their website but OVW did not (and frankly cannot) change the legal definition of domestic violence. Around April 2018, OVW made changes to their website. A page that
included a comprehensive <b><u>description</u></b> of domestic violence (created by the field, not in the VAWA statutory language) was changed so that it now reflects
<b><u>VAWA’s statutory definition</u></b> of domestic violence. VAWA’s definition is narrower than the previous description on the website. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> In the VAWA reauthorization context, we are working to expand the definition of domestic violence to better track our field’s definition of domestic violence.
<span style="color:#1F497D">I</span>n this context<span style="color:#1F497D">, </span>
the definition relates to the provision of services and should be expanded to reflect the experiences of survivors.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> We are not sure how a change in OVW’s website in April 2018 has become a news story in January 2019. As far as we have been able to discern, OVW’s website change has not, in any
way, altered how OVW is operating or instructing its grantees to operate. We will continue to monitor this situation and push for a broader definition in the reauthorization context. OVW grantees should carry on as usual.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Please let us know if you have any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Monica
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Monica McLaughlin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Director of Public Policy
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">National Network to End Domestic Violence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">1325 Massachusetts Ave<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">7<sup>th</sup> Floor
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Washington, DC 20005<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">202.540.9985<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="mailto:mmclaughlin@nnedv.org" target="_blank">mmclaughlin@nnedv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://www.nnedv.org" target="_blank">www.nnedv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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