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In September 2021, NCVC met with Kyndra Simmons from Youth Alive, Inc, to discuss the planning, implementation, and success of her organization’s prevention and intervention strategies. NCVC also discussed the possibility of some peer-to-peer support for The Western District of Washington. NCVC will support this engagement in 2022.

NCVC hosted 40 attendees for a webinar focused on trauma-informed prosecutorial strategies in domestic violence (DV) cases. This training, led by the National Center for Victims of Crime.

NCVC hosted 40 attendees for a webinar focused on procedural justice and trauma-informed investigations. Procedural Justice is a strategy used by people in positions of authority to increase legitimacy by focusing on building trust. Trauma-Informed Practices are techniques that help a trauma-survivor feel safe so that they can overcome barriers to resilience. During this interactive and engaging presentation, learners will receive coaching to develop and test their personalized interview plan that they can immediately put to use in the real world to improve safety and outcomes.

The “Victim Counsel Coordination Part II: Preserving Victims’ Rights” webinar is now available on the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s YouTube page. This was the final installment in the “Victim Counsel Coordination” webinar series, supported by the Association of Prosecuting Attorney’s Capital Case Litigation Initiative.

The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Team is continuing their new interview series, Meet the SAKI Experts! This series of brief interviews will highlight SAKI TTA’s partners and consultants and their roles on the SAKI project. During each event, a member of the SAKI TTA Team will conduct a virtual interview with the featured subject matter expert.

On June 17, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Lori A. McGee and Helen Supanich on "The U.S. Department of Justice National Elder Fraud Hotline To Assist Victims of Financial Fraud."

 The Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for its FY 2020 Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program, which will provide training and technical assistance (TTA) providers the opportunity to work with service providers from local, state, and tribal jurisdictions.

The first in the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys’ Capital Litigation Improvement Project Webinar Series features presenter Dan Levey of the Arizona Crime Victims Rights Law Group. In “Victim-Counsel Coordination Part I,” Mr. Levey will share his personal and professional experiences on the subject of victims in capital litigation, shedding light on the strengths, as well as the gaps, of the system.

People with disabilities and Deaf people are more likely to be victims of domestic violence and sexual assault than people without disabilities. For example, Deaf women are 3.66 times more likely than hearing women report experiences of unwanted sex by an intimate partner and 49% of people with intellectual disability will experience 10 or more sexually abusive incidents in their lifetimes.

The 2017 National Forum on Criminal Justice: is a true partnership among policymakers, practitioners, researchers and people in the private sector who are dedicated to the ideal of equal justice for all. This conference showcases programs, research and technologies that help justice practitioners and decision makers in states, local communities and tribal nations address pressing public safety issues.