On June 29, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Flerida Alarcón, Yesica Cioli, and Marcie Davis on “Considering a Facility Dog for Your Victim Service Program?” Description:Given the positive effects Read more…
Training Opportunity: 07/27/22. Environmental Crime Victim Assistance Program Expert Q&A. Environmental crimes often involve injury or harm to human, pet, and wildlife health and the environment. These criminal violations may result in direct and proximate harm in the form of adverse health impacts or, in the most extreme cases, death. Read more…
Training Opportunity: 07/21/22. Invisible Epidemic: The Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation, and Domestic Violence. Head, neck, and face are the most common targets for physical violence through blows to the head or strangulation, but we haven’t recognized the significant impact this can have on the brain. Brain injury caused Read more…
Training Opportunity: 08/01 – 08/04/2022. National Organization for Victim Assistance’s 48th Annual Training Event, Denver, CO. This annual conference will include keynotes, workshops, and opportunities to establish connections with other passionate professionals in the field of victim services and crisis response. If you are unable to attend the in-person 48th Read more…
Training Opportunity: 07/19 – 07/21/2022. Safety Net’s 10th Annual Virtual Technology Summit. This training will focus on the intersection of technology and domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Explore ways technology is still evolving, including in our own use as agencies, as well as other intersections of technology Read more…
Training Opportunity: 06/30/22. Intersections of Secondary Traumatic Stress with Racism, Historical Trauma, and Other Systems of Oppression. This two-hour webinar will focus on how secondary traumatic stress (STS) intersects with issues related to identity and oppression. Participants will increase their understanding of how racial inequality, historical trauma and other systems Read more…
Training Opportunity: 06/29/22. Considering a Facility Dog for Your Victim Service Program? Expert Q&A. Given the positive effects on survivors, many victim service providers have added or are considering adding a professionally trained facility dog to their programs. During this session, experts will provide practical information about how you can Read more…
Training Opportunity: 06/28/22. Addressing the Spectrum of Housing for Victim/Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Trafficking in Indigenous Communities. Victims/Survivors of domestic and sexual violence and trafficking face significant barriers and challenges in finding safe, available, accessible, and affordable housing. We know that domestic violence is a leading cause Read more…
Training Opportunity: 06/27/22. Appreciative Inquiry: Fostering Individual and Organization Changes. We often look at what isn’t working within ourselves and within our organizations. Appreciative Inquiry takes an alternative approach and looks at what is working. It is a theory-based change process that searches for the best in people and their Read more…