News on NCVRW 2009

OVC is now accepting nominations for the 2009 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards. The deadline for applications submitted by mail is October 3, 2008. Applications submitted using the online nomination form are due October 10, 2008. The winners will be honored at the National Crime Victims' Service Awards Ceremony on April 24, 2009.

Pick a Web banner and help promote the awards on your Web site or blog for people in the crime victims’ services field.

OVC is pleased to announce the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week theme for 2009: 25 Years of Rebuilding Lives: Celebrating the Victims of Crime Act, to be observed April 26–May 2, 2009. The theme colors have also been selected.

For more event details, important dates, and deadlines, visit the home for National Crime Victims' Rights Week.

Publications and Training Materials

Foundation-Level Training Curriculum (May 2008)
Materials from the 2008 National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA), track 1, which lays the groundwork for building a career in the victim services field. The 12 modules are available in multiple formats: Word, PowerPoint, (PPT) and Portable Document Format (PDF).

Included in this curriculum package is a resource manual covering six victimization topics: child abuse, domestic violence, drunk driving, elder abuse, homicide, and sexual assault.

Related reading:

• National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA) information page (last updated August 08)
• Building a State Victim Assistance Academy—Vermont's Experience (April 2008) OVC Bulletin

Web Forum Transcripts Now Available

Generate your own trancript of these high-interest topics in the crime victims' field with the click of a button. Find out what questions and answers were shared in previous OVC Web Forum discussions:

• Assisting Victims of Domestic Abuse in Later Life—held June 2008
• Assisting Family Members of Missing Children—held May 2008
• Responding to Victims of Crime—held May 2008
• Implementing Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs—held April 2008
• Using Online Communications to Assist Crime Victims—held April 2008

OVC's Web Forum online discussions date back to October 2004. Since then, more than 50 sessions have been held—All previous discussions remain available online and offer the transcript option.

For information about updates to the Web Forum and upcoming Guest Host sessions, subscribe to the Web Forum E-Alert Listserv.

The Office for Victims of Crime is a component of
the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.