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The multimedia list includes videos that are available online in full-length. Visit the Publications List to access a list of more products available from OVC, including videos that are only available as DVDs. 

Joan Meunier-Sham, MS, RN | 2024 National Crime Victims' Service Awards

April 2024
Joan Meunier-Sham is the director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program and is responsible for the statewide delivery of acute adult and adolescent SANE services in 52 Massachusetts hospitals, and the delivery of Pediatric SANE services in 10 of the state’s 12 Children’s Advocacy Centers. She was also the co-director of the National TeleNursing Center (NTC), a pilot project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. In this pioneering project, expert SANEs at the NTC used telehealth technology to provide 24/7 “real time” support and guidance to clinicians conducting forensic examinations for adult and adolescent sexual assault patients in underserved communities.

Hope Research Center | 2024 National Crime Victims' Service Awards

April 2024
The Hope Research Center partners with service organizations to develop, test, and implement a trauma-informed and hope-centered framework to improve outcomes for victims and their families. This research also examines hope as a protective factor against burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and turnover among service providers. The Center offers hope research strategies, including evaluations and applied research projects customized to the needs of an organization and focused on improving program services and achieving client outcomes.

Jocelyn Mejia | 2024 National Crime Victims' Service Awards

April 2024
Jocelyn Mejia is a social worker with the Imperial County Department of Social Services, Children and Families Division in California. She has worked in child welfare for 8 years, and currently works on complex and Indian Child Welfare Act cases in Imperial County, a border community in a rural area adjoining Mexico, the State of Arizona, three California counties, and a Tribal reservation. Ms. Mejia has been instrumental in ensuring that the youngest victims of crime are treated with love, respect, and care.

2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video 2

April 2024
This 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) theme video is a call-to-action for us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them. By doing so, we’re able to offer support, options for life-saving services, and, most importantly, hope. Use this video during your 2024 NCVRW events or share it throughout the year on your website and social media channels, or at public awareness, education, and training events to advance victims’ rights and services.

2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video 1

April 2024
This 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) theme video is a call-to-action for us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them. By doing so, we’re able to offer support, options for life-saving services, and, most importantly, hope. Use this video during your 2024 NCVRW events or share it throughout the year on your website and social media channels, or at public awareness, education, and training events to advance victims’ rights and services.

Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program Performance Measures Webinar

March 2024
This OVC webinar provides guidance for reporting on the required performance measures for Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program grantees. Members of OVC’s performance management team provide an overview of performance reporting requirements, processes for accessing the Performance Measurement Tool system, entering quarterly performance measures, generating the semiannual PDF report, completing semiannual MMIP measures and submitting semiannual performance reports in JustGrants, along with additional resources.

Confronting Labor Trafficking Through a Victim-Centered Approach

February 2024

Brecht Donoghue, Director, OVC Human Trafficking Division, led this National Human Trafficking Prevention Month webinar to spotlight labor trafficking and resources available to survivors. Learn about labor trafficking victim needs and resources available through the re-launch of Framework, an OVC-funded, labor trafficking-specific training and technical assistance project.

Consultation on the FY 2024 Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund | Day 1 | January 17, 2024

February 2024
OVC invited Tribal leaders, representatives, and stakeholders to participate in a Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2024. Attendees discussed proposed changes regarding the administration of funds, the use of funds, and the application process. This is the recorded webinar of the first day of the 2-day consultation.

Consultation on the FY 2024 Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund | Day 2 | January 18, 2024

February 2024
OVC invited Tribal leaders, representatives, and stakeholders to participate in a Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2024. Attendees discussed proposed changes regarding the administration of funds, the use of funds, and the application process. This is the recorded webinar of the second day of the 2-day consultation.

Sergio’s Story: A Journey Through (and Beyond) the Legal System - Full Video

January 2024
Sergio’s Story describes the experience of a young boy who was a victim of labor trafficking and is part of a federal case. This video been developed from the graphic novel and the accompanying audiobook and is a compilation of all videos in the Sergio’s Story playlist.

OVC Orientation for FY 2023 TVSSA Grantees Undertaking Construction or Renovation Projects

January 2024

This webinar provides an overview of construction and renovation projects under the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside program (TVSSA). TVSSA grantees will learn about the five construction-related special conditions and what they must do to ensure compliance with them. Additionally, representatives from The Clark Group, the Environmental Compliance/NEPA Contractor, and Blue Trident, the Construction Project Management Training and Technical Assistance Provider, provide an overview of the services they provide to TVSSA grantees. View the presentation.