Health and Mental Health

Spouses Retreat provides educational sessions on coping with grief and very strong peer-support & connection from other survivors.

Siblings Retreat provides educational sessions on coping with grief and very strong peer-support & connection from other survivors.

CJI staff supported the Criminal Justice Reinvestment Working Group (CJRWG) in hosting a roundtable discussion with victim/survivors and victim/survivor service providers across the state. The Roundtable Conversation was held on November 16, 2021 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in the Gary Lacey Training Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Twenty-seven (27) victim service providers and victim/survivors attended and participated in the Roundtable. The discussion was facilitated by Cortney Fisher, Consultant for CJI, and Victim Survivor Integration for Criminal Justice Services.

A two-day training to help every chapter be successful. This training will ensure that all chapters understand how important sound business practices are to the overall health of C.O.P.S. C.O.P.S. must rely on its chapters to provide immediate support to surviving law enforcement families and ensure C.O.P.S.’ business is conducted in a professional manner at the grass roots level. This two-day training is being provided to help chapters understand how their business practices reflect on the National organization and vice versa.

Fiances and Significant Others Retreat provides educational sessions on coping with grief and very strong peer-support & connection from other survivors.

Susie submitted a manuscript written by their UofAlaska partner for RTI to review.

On March 13, 2021, NCVS and Lisa Tieszen hosted a 4-hour team-building session with the credible messenger’s team. The objectives of this session were to: Understand the value of the group, Explore working in teams, and Strengthen communication.

Over the past year and a half, Lisa Liezen, Resilience Works, has been conducting ongoing TTA support with GA-N’s credible messenger team. On March 7, 2021, NCVC and Lisa Lieszen met with the credible messenger’s team for a 1-hour long TTA session to introduce the forthcoming team building session.

In July of 2020, NCVC conducted a gap analysis to help the Cleveland Homicide Review Commission and its Service Provider Review Team improve the services
provided to victims and witnesses throughout (and beyond) homicide cases. In January 2021, NCVC met with The Northern District of Ohio’s (OH-N) Homicide Commission Review team to discuss the developed brief of relocation services and upcoming OH-N-focused TTA sessions. This support lasted for 60 minutes and included 13 individuals from the Homicide Commission Review team and local Cleveland service providers.

The Project Safe Neighborhoods Training and Technical Assistance team hosted an 8-hour online training for 60 attendees focused on understanding the importance of trauma-informed policing and vicarious trauma, and also bringing awareness to self-care and resiliency. This training will be led by the National Center for Victims of Crime.