Domestic violence
How Effective Intervention Changed One Community's Response to Domestic Violence (Webinar)
National Organization for Victim Assistance 46th Annual Training Event (Webinar)
19th National Conference on Domestic Violence
St. Louis, MO
Working with Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence (Webinar)
OVC FY 2020 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program Pre-Application Webinar
Maryland Statewide Domestic Violence Conference
Annapolis, MD
Domestic Violence Comes to Work: Signs, Symptoms and Response (Webinar)
Invisible Injuries: Traumatic Brain Injury, Strangulation and Domestic Violence (Webinar)
Women are Sacred 2020 Conference
St. Paul, MN
Traumatic Brain Injury: It's Not Just about Football (Webinar)
Idaho Safety and Resilience Conference
Boise, ID
A Perpetrator Pattern-based Approach to Improve Child Welfare's Response to Domestic Violence (Webinar)
Annual Missouri Victim Assistance Network Conference
Branson, MO
Domestic Violence and Domestic Homicide Investigations (Webinar)
Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence, also known as domestic violence, family violence, and dating violence, occurs throughout the country every day. It impacts victims and witnesses physically, psychologically, and socially. Unlike most other crimes, domestic violence is usually not a sudden, isolated, and unexpected incident. It may involve years of emotional and psychological trauma, as well as physical injuries that may become increasingly more severe and...
August 2019 Featured Resources
Model Standards Seek to Enhance Crime Victim Services
OVC's Achieving Excellence: Model Standards for Serving Victims & Survivors of Crime e-publication seeks to enhance victim service providers' competency and capacity to provide ethical, high-quality responses to crime victims. These model standards also seek to meet the demands facing the field today. The e-publication includes three sets of standards:
- The Program Standards recommend guidelines, policies, and...
Funding Opportunity: OVC FY 2020 Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence or Domestic Terrorism: Training and Technical Assistance Project
OVC is seeking applicants for the OVC FY 2020 Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence or Domestic Terrorism: Training and Technical Assistance Project solicitation.
This project will provide training, technical assistance, and support to enable communities to augment their existing emergency response plans to ensure that they include effective protocols and strategies to address the immediate and long-term needs of victims, families...
Funding Opportunity: OVC FY 2020 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program
OVC is seeking applications for funding for the OVC FY 2020 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program solicitation.
The primary goal of this program is to support shelter and transitional housing services to victims of domestic violence and their companion animals. Under this program, companion animals means pets, service animals, emotional support animals, and horses.
The objectives of this solicitation are...
OVC Winter 2020 Update: VOCApedia, Solicitations, New PMT Resources, and More
Faces of Human Trafficking Video 8: The Victim-Centered Case
This video features survivors, service providers, prosecutors, and local law enforcement who have worked on human trafficking cases that have ended with a successful prosecution. They stress the importance of proactive cases and collecting various kinds of evidence rather than relying solely on victim testimony.
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Faces of Human Trafficking Video 5: Effective Victim Services
This video includes information on the importance of providing victim-centered, trauma-informed services to meet the wide array of needs experienced by trafficking victims. Coordination and collaboration are critical in responding to the diverse population of trafficking survivors, as no one provider can meet all of the needs of all types of trafficking victims.
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If You're a Victim of Crime, Help is Available
This 2.5-minute video describes the help that is available for victims of crime by recognizing the effects of crime, identifying certain victims' rights that are guaranteed in most states, and describing services available from state victim compensation and assistance programs. If you or someone you know is a victim of a crime, there are resources. Visit www.ovc.gov/help for more information.
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The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.
Cherish the Child Symposium
Joppa, MD