The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children® is committed to providing training, technical assistance, and resources to law enforcement personnel and others who investigate crimes against children, specifically cases of missing children and child sexual exploitation. The Child Sex Trafficking: Awareness & Response class is a three and a half day training that includes in-depth coverage of the following topics related to child sex trafficking investigations: Interdiction Model Legal Issues and Charging Investigating Online Advertisements Survivor’s Perspective Gang Controlled Victims Trauma…

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Participants will: Examine the characteristics of disability and how those may intersect with trauma history, environmental factors and temperament Examine what the brain research has to say about human functioning under stress Explore what is to be considered disordered and what is considered to be “normal” functioning in stressful environments Link the various influences on human functioning to a stress response in different settings through the escalation or anxiety curve Identify the strategies that are best suited for support at…

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DV/IPV Survivors and their advocates are dealing with a dire lack of resources in our communities. This training will explore how to talk about options and safety plan with survivors when local emergency housing is full; waiting lists are long; and there are no available resources.

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Crime Victims' Compensation Program Training: Learn more about Oregon’s Crime Victims’ Compensation Program (CVCP). The CVCP works to ease financial burden suffered by hundreds of Oregonians each year. This training includes information about program eligibility and benefits, the application process and how payments are handled. This training also includes an overview of other sections included in the CVCP (Revenue, Victim Rights, SAVE Fund, and Human Trafficking Intervention). Victims' Rights Overview: The Crime Victims’ Rights mission is to ensure crime victims’…

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The Oregon State Basic Victim Assistance Academy (Basic Academy) provides fundamental education for victim service providers and allied professionals who routinely interact with victims of crime. The Winter 2019 Basic Academy in Portland, Oregon, will require online distance learning on select dates in February, in addition to in-person learning from March 4-7, 2019. The Basic Academy is designed for advocates who are new to the role of advocacy. The curriculum includes sessions that cover the core competencies of victim advocacy taught…

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This training aims to increase the capacity of the Criminal Justice System to effectively and empathetically respond to, investigate and prosecute sexual violence crimes. The training’s materials and presentations, delivered through a trauma-informed lens, will focus on improving our understanding and handling of sexual violence crimes and their impact on victims and survivors. This is a cross-training event created for both Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. CEUs will be offered. This two and a half day training will equip participants to…

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The Victim Rights Law Center is offering three free half day immigration workshops for caseworkers, victim advocates, and similar DV/SA agency staff who work directly with crime victims. The workshops will focus on the different immigration statuses for which sexual assault survivors may be eligible; the potential benefits and risks of applying for them; and the ways service providers can assist a survivor with collecting the information needed to support an immigration application. Newport, Oregon - May 1, 2019, 1-4pm…

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WHEN:    May 2nd or May 3rd, 2019 (Same agenda both days) TIMES:    8 am to 5 pm (Lunch on your own) WHERE: Living Hope Christian Center, 25 NE A Street, Madras, Or. 97741 WHO:      Criminal justice professionals responding to domestic violence and sexual assault such as law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, sexual assault nurse examiners, probation officers, DHS caseworkers, dispatchers, mental health professionals, and other community partners should attend. Featured National Presenters: Prosecutor Donna Kelly and Retired Detective Justin Boardman co-authored…

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