General orientation is provided for the court and on site training is provided by assigned supervisor. Volunteers assist with victims, monitoring courts and judges, public speaking to raise awareness with legislators, writing letters and making phone calls to legislators, staffing displays and helping with the quarterly newsletters. Volunteers assist with informal counseling support to inmates to aid their transition back into the community. Training is provided twice yearly and volunteers are asked to spend a minimum of four hours per month for a year with an offender. In dealing with primarily adult women, volunteers need to be compassionate and committed, willing to learn and have the ability to remain calm during a crisis.
Training is provided.
Volunteers undergo intensive training and meetings twice monthly to continue their own education about victims of this violence. For more information contact the volunteer coordinator. Provides Fairfax County with information needed to increase citizen understanding of and participation in county government. Volunteers assist in responding to citizen's request on the phone and works with consumer specialists. Works with the church in providing ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families.