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August 2020
Webinar: Multidisciplinary Responses to Complex Homicide Cases
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Over the past few years, the National Center has been working as a training and technical assistance provider for the Multidisciplinary Responses to Families and Communities in Complex Homicide Cases (Complex Homicide) project. This webinar will walk you through the resources available on the National Center’s new TTA portal, many of which were created by the seven demonstration sites working on this project. The resources can be used by service providers who respond to homicide cases, as well as those…
Increasing Access to Healing Services and Just Outcomes for Older African American Crime Survivors
Regional Victim Assistance Training
This webinar will include live ASL interpretation. We will record this webinar and post the recorded webinar to our website at https://reachingvictims.org/how-we-help/resources-library/. The recorded webinar will include ASL interpretation and closed captions. If you would like live captions for this session, please request them in this registration form. Please join us for this interactive virtual convening to learn about a new resource for the crime victims field, the Increasing Access to Healing Services and Just Outcomes for Older African American…
To Report, or Not to Report, that is the Question for OVW-Funded Victim Service Providers
Regional Victim Assistance Training
VRLC has heard your questions about when OVW-funded victim service providers must report abuse or neglect and when they can’t. Am I a mandatory reporter? What discretion do I have with making a report, if any? What information must I share if I’m required to make a report? This webinar will allow us to answer those sorts of questions! We’ll focus on child abuse mandatory reporting but will apply concepts about that reporting to elder abuse, abuse of adults with…
Telling the Whole Story: How Collecting Metrics Demonstrates Impact
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Cybercrime Support Network’s (CSN) mission is to improve the plight of Americans facing the ever-growing impact of cybercrime by bringing together national partners to support cybercrime victims. This webinar will discuss the importance of collecting data, having standardized metrics, and how these practices are beneficial for the longevity of a program. Utilizing funds from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime and the Victims of Crime Act, CSN has implemented a call/text/chat program to support cybercrime victims…
Rooting our Movement: Resisting institutional influence in our efforts to end gender based violence
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence is thrilled to partner with Darin J. Dorsey on this webinar opportunity. The movement to end gender based violence has spanned across centuries, and until the last couple of decades it mostly consisted of volunteers and activists working against systems of oppression. As the movement has grown and funding has increased, so has our proximity to many of the institutions that make up these systems of oppression and contribute greatly to violence…
September 2020
Oregon State Victim Assistance Academy: Basic Academy
Multi-sesson Online
Regional Victim Assistance Training
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 September 2020 Basic Academy will be 100% virtual. This re-imagined, interactive, online format will ensure attendee safety and increase access. There will be synchronous and asynchronous elements of the Basic Academy. This means you will get to do some work at your own pace and then come together with your peers to learn…
Parking in the Red Zone: Understanding Violent Crimes in Parking Lots
Regional Victim Assistance Training
According to the Department of Justice, more than 7% of all non-murder, violent victimizations occur in parking lots. Though that calculation does not include murders, this webinar will step though some of the most important violent crimes of all kinds that occur in parking lots. For each, there will be a discussion of how to minimize them, how to spot risks that may help you protect yourself, and how victims can sometimes seek remedies. Participants will be encouraged to interact…
Dismantling Your Own Bias: The Necessary Steps to Racial Equity (4-Week Class) Wednesdays in September (3:00PM – 6:00PM PST)
Race, equity, and inclusion work triggers strong emotions and responses of defensiveness and resistance. Deep, consistent self-reflection is one of the most important steps you can take to dismantle oppression and move towards racial equity. Understanding that change is difficult, this class is a brave healing space where we can unpack our own biases, deal with fragility, address trauma, and understand how we can show up in solidarity with other marginalized communities. By the conclusion of this workshop, you'll: •…
Protecting Minors’ Privacy Rights: How to Use VRLC’s Minors’ Privacy Workbook and FAQs
Regional Victim Assistance Training
VRLC has developed a privacy workbook to help you serve children and youth! The workbook has general information and worksheets for you to apply to your work with minors. If you don't know your child abuse mandatory reporting laws or age of consent, you'll be glad to know we have also developed jurisdiction-specific privacy FAQs that answer those sorts of confidentiality-related questions for you! Join us for this webinar so you can better protect the privacy of children and youth.
Tribal Resource Tool: The Journey to Serve and to Expand Services to American Indian/Alaska Native Victims Of Crime in a Digital World: Parts 1 and 2
Regional Victim Assistance Training
This two-part series will provide a detailed overview of the Tribal Resource Tool. It will discuss the historical context of input from original stakeholders, the actual development, and the challenges and successes of populating the tool, along with a visual of the use of the tool when connecting service providers in the spirit of service to victims. The webinar will also emphasize the value and importance of collaboration of the Tribal Resource Tool partners and the sharing of information to…