Peter Pollard Purpose Area 7 Services for Male Victims

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awards fellowships to individuals to work with OVC on specific topics or purpose areas to enhance the efforts of OVC to facilitate the understanding, development, or enhancement of innovative programs, models, practices, and protocols that serve crime victims. Fellowships also foster the professional development of practitioners in the victim assistance field by providing them an opportunity to work closely with federal staff, contractors, grantees, and a myriad of public and private organizations in Washington, DC, and throughout the Nation.

The goal of the Services for Male Victims Fellowship is to support OVC efforts to increase the quality and accessibility of services and support available to male crime victims. The fellowship recipient will use this supplemental award to support their continued work with OVC, relevant technical assistance providers, and key stakeholders to expand trauma-informed services for this victim population. NCA/NCF

OVC awards fellowships to individuals to work with OVC on specific topics or purpose areas to enhance the efforts of OVC to facilitate the understanding, development, or enhancement of innovative programs, models, practices, and protocols that serve crime victims. Fellowships also foster the professional development of practitioners in the victim assistance field by providing them an opportunity to work closely with federal staff, contractors, grantees, and a myriad of public and private organizations in Washington, DC, and throughout the Nation.

The goal of the Services for Male Victims Fellowship is to support OVC efforts to increase the quality and accessibility of services and support available to male crime victims. During the third and final year of the fellowship, the fellow will work to plan and carry out this goal and facilitate collaboration among stakeholders and practitioners in the field. The fellow will also enhance the utility of OVC resources for governmental agencies and the victim assistance field; support and promote the dissemination of OVC resources and tools to improve the victim services field's ability to address crime victims' needs; and work with OVC as well as OVC training and technical assistance staff to identify practical ways to enhance OVC efforts through evidence-based or evidence-informed practices, innovative approaches, and address gaps and challenges in serving crime victims.

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