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January 2019
Addressing Domestic Violence in American Muslim Communities
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
KARAMAH is hosting a four-week training focused on domestic violence in the American Muslim community. The goal of the training is to build the knowledge and skills of advocates to effectively serve Muslim victims of domestic violence. Training content will include discussion of culture and community as well as practical skills for service providers to assess the services and barriers for Muslim victims of domestic violence. By the end of the training, service providers will have a better understanding of…
Multiple Victim Homicides, Mass Murders, and Homicide-Suicide as Domestic Violence Events
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
While intimate partner homicides are generally discussed as events in which there is a single homicide victim, they often involve multiple homicide victims and even the homicide offender’s suicide. These additional homicide victims are often the children of the targeted intimate partner, though they are also other family members, friends, acquaintances, or others. Sometimes the number of people killed in an intimate partner homicide event reaches four or more, making it a mass murder. This webinar will cover how often…
Child Sex Trafficking: Awareness & Response Training
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
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…
Child Sex Trafficking: Awareness & Response Training
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
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…
Housing, Addiction, and Human Trafficking
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
On January 29, 2019, at 2 p.m. e.t., the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Deepa Patel, CSTOP, LCSW, and Karen Romero on "Housing, Addiction, and Human Trafficking." Finding adequate and appropriate emergency, transitional, and long-term housing for victims of human trafficking is often the biggest service-related challenge that service providers face. In order to meet the diverse needs of trafficking victims, service providers should explore a variety…
Child Sex Trafficking: Awareness & Response Training
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
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…
Navigating Bankruptcy & Student Loan Solutions with Survivors
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Part 2: Navigating Student Loans Solutions with Survivors In this third series of CSAJ's Consumer Rights Webinar Training Toolkits, we invite you to join esteemed faculty in navigating and addressing bankruptcy and student loan issues with survivors. Student loan debt is one of the largest sources of debt in the U.S., generally. And survivors face unique risks of not being able to pay (default), as well as challenges in resolving, paying off, and/or accessing new student loans. This can result in…
Mobilizing and Organizing Communities to End Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons Learned from the Just Beginnings Collaborative
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Join us on this web conference as we engage in discussion on mobilizing and organizing communities to end child sexual abuse. Our presenters will share their experiences in incorporating indigenous traditions and values to end child sexual abuse in HUD federal housing communities, engaging parents and service providers to prevent child sexual abuse in farmworker communities, and promote holistic conversations about sex and sexuality. Learn from these presenters and their community-centered approaches for mobilizing and organizing to end child sexual…
Child Sex Trafficking: Awareness & Response Training
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
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…
Where to Start: Sexual Assault Legal Services Toolkit Launch
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Learn about how to access and use the VRLC’s Where to Start: Sexual Assault Legal Services Toolkit with this introductory webinar. This Toolkit will assist OVW grantees in planning for and launching sexual assault legal services projects. The content and resources provided in the Toolkit are derived from the many years of experience the VRLC has been providing direct representation to survivors of sexual assault and technical assistance and training to OVW grantees on issues related to sexual assault. Whether…