Psychological First Aid Online
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
Health and mental health
Victim-Centered Solutions to Elder Financial Exploitation
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
Project TRUST E-Learning Curriculum Launched
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Podcast Discusses Engaging Parents to Reduce Child Injuries and Fatalities
Listen to a podcast about an initiative to address serious or near-death injuries as a result of child abuse/neglect, and to reduce the number of child fatalities.
Transformative Guidance on Victim Services Funding for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
Date Published
June 2022
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Mobile App Connects Individuals Impacted by Substance Use with Help
Download this app that connects drug endangered children, families, and professionals to information on substance use, crisis helplines, treatment information, supportive resources, and services within their area.
June 2022 Featured Resources
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OVC FY 2022 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
Standards of Care for Human Trafficking Survivors
March 2022
Office for Victims of Crime Director Kristina Rose and the Office on Trafficking in Persons Director Katherine Chon discuss programs managed by both offices that support survivors of human trafficking. They also discuss how the anti-trafficking field has evolved over decades and highlight a new joint effort to develop standards of care for service providers supporting human trafficking survivors.
Audio file
Building Human Trafficking Cases with Traumatized Victims
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Identifying Labor Trafficking in the U.S.
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Trauma-Informed Approaches and Interviewing of Labor Trafficking Victims in the U.S.
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Victim-Centric Mass Violence Incident After Action Report: Recommendations and Template
Date Published
July 2021
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Mass Violence After Action Report Review: Focus on Victim Services and Behavioral Health Services
Date Published
July 2021
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
OVC FY 2021 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services
Closing Date
I Am Malik
Summary
I Am Malik tells the story of what happens to a young boy named Malik after he becomes a witness to and victim of a criminal incident involving his neighbor.
To illustrate common occurrences in criminal cases in which a child is a victim or witness, the story follows Malik as he talks to a counselor at school, goes...
About
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Children are some of the most vulnerable members of our society and are widely held as needing greater care and protection. However, despite this, children are frequently victims of or witnesses to violence, abuse, and other crimes, including domestic violence, community violence, physical assault, sexual assault, commercial sexual exploitation, and child maltreatment.
Resulting from these high rates of exposure to violence, crime, and abuse...