2006 OVC News and Announcements Archive
Here you will find information about past training sessions, NCVRW activities, and other crime victim services and awareness efforts during 2006. To view an announcement, click on its title below. To view current announcements, visit the main News and Announcements page.
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OVC Offers 2007 Action Partnership Funding
Applications are no longer being accepted.
OVC is now accepting applications from national nonprofit organizations for funding under the "OVC FY 07 Action Partnerships" solicitation. Five cooperative agreements of up to $75,000 each will be awarded to help advance victims' rights and services and promote a collaborative victim assistance response.
Programs proposed must advance victims' rights and services by forming partnerships through training, public awareness, and educational efforts, and by promoting a collaborative response to victims of stalking, domestic and dating violence, and child abuse.
All applications are due by 8 p.m. (eastern time) on January 24, 2007. Those applying are urged to begin the application process well in advance of the deadline.
For more information, download the solicitation (PDF 78 kb). You will need Adobe Reader to view this file.
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Funding Available To Raise Awareness in Underserved Communities
Applications are no longer being accepted.
Applications are now being accepted for funding to help organizations increase public awareness of victims' rights in underserved communities and to teach these communities how to access crime victim services. OVC is offering $350,000 for up to seven awards-ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 each. Favorable consideration will be given to applicants partnering with one or more ethnic community-based or faith-based organizations with close ties to the underserved community.
Applications are due January 22, 2007, by 11:59 p.m. eastern time. Those applying are urged to begin the application process well in advance of the deadline.
For more information, download the solicitation (PDF 188 kb). You will need Adobe Reader to view this file.
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Get a Free Copy of the NCVRW Resource Guide and Poster
To coincide with your planning for the upcoming National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW), April 22-28, 2007, OVC will release its annual NCVRW Resource Guide, Victims' Rights: Every Victim. Every Time.
For a limited time, when you sign up online to become part of the NCVRW mailing list, you will receive a free copy of the NCVRW Resource Guide and poster to assist with your planning and awareness activities. OVC plans to mail the guide and poster in early 2007. Free copies are available for a limited time only, so sign up today.
View NCVRW events planned in your area with the OVC National Calendar of Events and add your upcoming activities. For more information on NCVRW and how you can participate, visit OVC's NCVRW Web page. This promotion is no longer valid.
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Funding Available for Public Awareness Initiatives
The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA), through a grant from OVC, is offering funding to help communities institute public awareness initiatives during National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) April 22-28, 2007, which follows the theme "Victims' Rights: Every Victim. Every Time." NAVAA will reimburse approximately 60 communities up to $5,000 each to aid them in conducting NCVRW initiatives to enhance the public's awareness of crime victims' rights and services.
Applications will be evaluated and competitively selected based on their strengths in the following areas: collaboration, support, experience in victims' issues, use of the media, innovation and impact, diversity, and clarity.
For more information and to learn how to apply, visit NAVAA's 2007 NCVRW Community Awareness Projects Web site. Applications must be received no later than November 20, 2006.
To learn more about recent OVC-funded initiatives, see 2006 Community Awareness Projects. For information on NCVRW and how you can participate, visit OVC's NCVRW Web page.
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Announcing OVC's Spring 2007 Training Program
OVC's Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC) has just released its Spring 2007 Training Calendar for Victim Service Providers. To ensure an interactive learning environment, class size is limited. Don't miss this opportunity to build your practical technical skills and your knowledge of victim service issues. Mark your calendar and register now for the following workshops.
Leadership in Victim Services
- Dates: February 20-22, 2007
- Location: Reno, NV
Providing Culturally Competent Services to Victims of Crime
- Dates: March 6-8, 2007
- Location: Denver, CO
Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor Training
- Dates: March 20-21, 2007
- Location: Spokane, WA
The Ultimate Trainer
- Dates: May 8-10, 2007
- Location: New Orleans, LA
Compassion Fatigue NEW!
- Dates: May 22-23, 2007
- Location: Portland, ME
Identity Theft New dates and location!
- Dates: June 26-27, 2007
- Location: Tampa, FL
For further details and registration information, visit OVC TTAC's complete training calendar.
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 Locate Your State Victim Assistance Academy
OVC now offers an easy-to-use State Victim Assistance Academy (SVAA) locator for quick access to OVC-funded SVAAs nationwide. The locator is available both as a clickable map and an alphabetical listing, and the most recent additions are the District of Columbia, Virginia, Iowa, and Arkansas.
An SVAA is a weeklong course on victimology, victims' rights, and victim services and is designed to meet the entry-level training needs of a broad range of victim service providers and allied professionals. SVAAs are modeled after the National Victim Assistance Academy, but tailor content to reflect the needs and laws of individual states.
Visit the SVAA Web page to learn more. Additional SVAA resource material will be posted online as it becomes available.
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Resources Available for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
This October, in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, OVC has partnered with the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), to present a compilation of selected domestic violence-related publications, products, and events.
Resources include training opportunities, project evaluations, reports on victimization, statistics, and more. You are encouraged to download and use these items in your planning and awareness campaign. View the complete compilation on the Web.
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NCVRW Awards: Call for Nominations
Each year to kick off National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW), OVC hosts an awards ceremony honoring individuals and programs for their outstanding efforts on behalf of crime victims. The following awards are given annually in recognition of outstanding service:
- National Crime Victim Service Award
- Award for Professional Innovation in Victim Services
- Special Courage Award
- Allied Professional Award
- Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award
- Volunteer for Victims Award
- Crime Victims Fund Award
- Federal Service Award
If you know someone who goes above and beyond the call of duty to help improve the lives of crime victims, OVC invites you to download and fill out a nomination form to recognize that individual with one of these prestigious awards. The deadline for nominations is October 13, 2006. Biographies and accomplishments of the 2006 award recipients can be found on the NCVRW Web site.
For more information or to learn how you can participate, visit OVC's NCVRW Web site. For ideas to help you get started and other helpful resources, view the resource guide on the 2006 NCVRW Web site.
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Training Sessions Available for the Fall and Winter Seasons
Through its Training and Technical Assistance Center, OVC brings comprehensive and practical skill-building sessions to victim service providers throughout the country. Continue meeting your 2006 training goals with this select lineup of workshops from OVC.
Providing Culturally Competent Services to Victims of Crime
- Dates: September 12-14, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor Training
- Dates: September 27-28, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism
- Dates: October 3-5, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Professional Development Institute
- Dates: October 10-12, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Albany, New York
The Ultimate Trainer
- Dates: October 24-26, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Program Evaluation
- Dates: November 7-8, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Identity Theft: Victims' Needs for Recover of Their Good Name and Their Good Credit NEW!
- Dates: December 5-6, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Austin, Texas
Visit the OVC TTAC Web site to learn more about these exciting training opportunities. You may download the OVC Training Calendar Registration Form or register and pay online.
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OVC Announces Theme for 2007 NCVRW
Every April, OVC leads communities in their observances of National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW), promoting victims' rights and services in all sectors of society. OVC is pleased to announce the theme for next year's NCVRW: Victims' Rights: Every Victim. Every Time.
Public rallies, candlelight observances, and other commemorative activities to highlight victims' rights and services are being planned now for April 22-28, 2007, when the next NCVRW will be held. As a practitioner who serves victims of crime, it is important that you get in on the ground floor. Discover the events being planned in your area and throughout the country by visiting OVC's National Calendar of Crime Victim Assistance-Related Events.
If you are planning an event for NCVRW, be sure to post it to the calendar today. By doing so, you will-
- Gain exposure to a national audience.
- Ensure that your event isn't missed by those who are making their plans now.
- Keep the victim service community abreast of changes to your event information as they are made.
For more information or to learn how you can participate, visit OVC's NCVRW Web site. For ideas to help you get started and other helpful resources, view the resource guide on the 2006 NCVRW Web site.
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Don't Miss the NIJ Conference 2006
Register today for the NIJ Conference 2006 to be held July 17-19 in Washington, D.C.
For 14 years, NIJ's annual conferences have brought together criminal justice scholars, policymakers, and practitioners at the local, state, and federal levels to share the most recent findings from research and technology. Discover the benefits of researchers and practitioners working together to make effective evidence-based policies and practices. Find out what works, what doesn't, and what research shows is promising.
Victim-related workshops include but are not limited to the following:
- Who Are We Missing? Addressing the Criminal Justice Needs of Sexual Assault Victims From Diverse Communities
- The Impact of Identity Theft on Victims: New Research and Services for Victims
- Child Safety in a Cyber World
- Stalking: The Link to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
- Internet Crimes Against Persons or Institutions
- Critical Components for Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking
View the complete conference agenda online.
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Be a Presenter at the National Indian Nations Conference
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute is coordinating the Tenth National Indian Nations Conference: Justice for Victims of Crime, an OVC-funded event to be held December 7-9, 2006, in Palm Springs, California. The conference will provide opportunities for education on various issues pertaining to victimization in tribal communities.
You are invited to apply to be a presenter at the preconference institutes to be held on December 6 and the conference workshops. Proposed presentations should demonstrate strategies for improving safety and promoting justice and healing for crime victims in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Applications to present at preconference institutes or conference workshops will be evaluated on the following criteria. Proposed presentations must-
- Be relevant to the target audience.
- Fit into the conference's general theme and goals.
- Demonstrate expertise in working with Native American communities.
- Encourage interdisciplinary coordination and cooperation.
- Highlight promising practices.
- Introduce innovative strategies.
- Honor and support victims of crime.
To be considered as a presenter for a preconference institute or conference workshop, you must submit an application by June 30, 2006.
For more information about the conference, visit the conference Web page.
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New Publications Address Key Crime Victim Issues
Several new publications and products on key crime victim issues have been released to coincide with National Crime Victims' Rights Week to help educate victim service providers and allied professionals and to assist them in their efforts to respond to victims of crime.
New publications include the following:
OVC provides quick and easy access to funding information, training and technical assistance, publications, skill-building tools, and other vital information resources to help you enhance victim services. To view a complete list of these publications and products, visit the OVC Publications Index.
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OVC To Fund More Than 60 NCVRW Community Awareness Projects
Since 2004, OVC has supported communities in raising awareness of crime victims' rights and services through the National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Community Awareness Project initiative. This year, OVC will support 62 Community Awareness Projects. Applications were selected based on their strengths in the areas of collaboration, support, experience in victims' issues, use of the media, innovation and impact, diversity, and clarity.
To learn more about this year's projects, see the descriptions for 2006 Community Awareness Projects grouped by state. For information on NCVRW and how you can participate, visit OVC's NCVRW Web page.
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Enroll for Upcoming OVC Training Sessions
This May, OVC is offering two comprehensive and practical skill-building sessions for victim service providers. Mark your calendar and register now for the following workshops.
Capacity-Building Fundamentals for Tribal Victim Service Programs. Workshop participants will be guided through an assessment of the fundamentals needed to ensure program sustainability in Indian Country, including funds management, service array planning and utilization management, and strategies for marketing and networking.
- Dates: May 9-11 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Needs Assessment & Program Evaluation. Attendees will be provided with the information, skills, and tools needed to adequately assess the needs of victim advocates and practitioners in their agency and community and to plan and implement the ongoing evaluation of their programs and services.
- Dates: May 16-18 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
For further details and registration information, visit OVC's complete training calendar. Please refer outside queries to OVC TTAC at 866-OVC-TTAC (866-682-8822), TTY 866-682-8880.
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Early Registrants to NCVRW Ceremony Receive Free Screensaver CD OVC will distribute free National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) screensaver CDs to the first 100 registrants for the upcoming NCVRW Awards Ceremony. Registration will be open until April 16, 2006, and the ceremony will take place April 21 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
As part of the federal commemoration of NCVRW, individuals and organizations are recognized for their outstanding service in supporting victims and victim services. Biographies and accomplishments of former award recipients can be found on the OVC Web site. The following awards are given annually:
- National Crime Victim Service Award
- Award for Professional Innovation in Victim Services
- Special Courage Award
- Allied Professional Award
- Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award
- Volunteer for Victims Award
- Crime Victims Fund Award
- Federal Service Award
Register today for the award ceremony and receive your free NCVRW screensaver CD. To learn about upcoming NCVRW events, visit OVC's National Calendar of Events. For more information about how you can participate, visit OVC's NCVRW Web page.
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Promote Awareness With the NCVRW Resource Guide
To coincide with your planning for the upcoming National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 23-29, 2006, OVC has released its annual NCVRW Resource Guide, "Victims’ Rights: Strength in Unity." This Guide was developed to help communities and victim assistance providers promote awareness of crime victim issues and help commemorate NCVRW.
The kit includes-
- Camera-ready art files for promotional publications.
- Sample press materials.
- Introductory theme DVD "Victims’ Rights: Strength in Unity."
- Special features such as "Tips for Outreach and Collaboration" and "Building Capacity During NCVRW."
You can download an electronic version of the entire Resource Guide in PDF (40 mb) or purchase your print copy of the kit directly by visiting the Guide's home page.
To learn about upcoming NCVRW events, visit OVC’s National Calendar of Events. For more information about how you can participate, visit OVC’s NCVRW Web page.
Note: The PDF for the entire Guide is 40 mb and may require several minutes to download. If you have a dial-up Internet connection, try downloading the Guide by individual content sections, which are available as smaller PDF files by clicking on the “Contents” links on the Guide’s home page.
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Prepare for OVC’s Spring Training Sessions
OVC is offering a series of comprehensive and practical skill-building sessions to victim service providers throughout the country. Continue meeting your 2006 training goals this spring with the following select workshops:
Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism. Attendees will become familiar with the basics of mental health support for victims following incidents of criminal mass victimization.
- Dates: March 21-23, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Houston, Texas
The Ultimate Trainer. Participants will build the knowledge and practical skills they need to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate quality training programs.
- Dates: April 4-6, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Seattle, Washington
Basics of Strategic Planning. Workshop attendees will learn to use strategic planning to enhance all areas of the services they provide.
- Dates: April 11-12, 2006 (Registration Closed)
- Location: Denver, Colorado
For further details and registration information, visit OVC’s complete training calendar.
Please refer outside queries to OVC TTAC at 866-OVC-TTAC (866-682-8822), TTY 866-682-8880.
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Add Your Function to the National Calendar of Events
The OVC National Calendar of Crime Victim Assistance-Related Events is here, and it needs the addition of your crime victim service event to make it complete. Get your event the attention it needs to be a success by adding it to this interactive Web-based master calendar.
Through the Calendar, OVC integrates information on conferences, trainings, and other events to help you plan your activities.
- Scan events coming up next week, next month, or even next year.
- Sign up to be notified of victim-related events as they are added.
- Promote your own event to a national audience.
OVC invites you to take advantage of this new OVC Web tool for finding or submitting field events in anticipation of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 23-29, 2006. The form takes only a few moments to fill out, but the benefits are long lasting.
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2005 NCVRW Theme DVD Wins CINE Golden Eagle Award
The 2005 National Crime Victims’ Right Week (NCVRW) theme DVD, Justice Isn’t Served Until Crime Victims Are, was recently awarded the CINE Golden Eagle Award for "motivational film or video."
Justice Isn’t Served is a "call to action" piece that highlights 25 years of the victims’ rights movement, specifically focusing on the tremendous advances that have been made in the field and goals for the future.
The CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competitions recognize high-quality professional production in a variety of content categories. This is the second prestigious award that this OVC public awareness DVD has received.
Visit the Web site for more information on the Justice Isn’t Served DVD and a list of OVC’s other award-winning products.
To learn more about the 2005 NCVRW activities, and for information about activities that are planned for 2006, visit OVC’s NCVRW Web site.
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