Training will also focus on how to establish a community crisis response team and will provide information on how to coordinate a team effort in the event of a major crime or other crisis event. Victim assistance professionals should have five years of experience working in crisis intervention or management, particularly with crime victims. Some experience in program management is preferred, but not required.
Registrants are responsible for the costs of all transportation, meals, and lodging.
Continuing Education Credits are available. The application deadline is July 20, 1996. Victim Services of New York OVC funds to conduct a study to document activism by victims of violent crime With funding from OVC, Victim Services of New York is conducting a study to document activism by victims of violent crime. Victim Services is in the early stages of identifying and contacting organizations and agencies that know of programs that facilitate victims' involvement in their communities on a range of levels, including peer counseling, advocacy, and violence prevention activities. In addition, Victims Services is seeking to identify and profile individual crime victims who have engaged in community activism or advocacy efforts.