The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Virginia Victims Fund (VVF) and the Virginia Victim Assistance Network (VVAN), is pleased to announce the upcoming NOVA Basic Community Crisis Response Training. Attendees must complete an application to attend. You will be notified if selected to attend this training. Please see deadlines listed below for each training.
June 25-27, 2019 at Northern Virginia Community College in Fairfax, VA
Application
Application must be completed by May 24th and selected attendees will be notified by June 4, 2019.
August 6-8, 2019 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA
Application must be completed by July 1st and selected attendees will be notified by July 10, 2019.
The maximum number of attendees for each training is 40, so please complete your applications as soon as possible.
The NOVA Basic Community Crisis Response Training event will focus on techniques and protocols for providing crisis intervention and victim advocacy in response to a criminal catastrophic or mass casualty event.
The registration fee is normally $300; however, we are pleased to announce that there will be no registration fee for this training event. We are specifically reaching out to law enforcement, school and campus personnel, and those that live in Region #3, Region #6, or Region #7 to add to our trained cadre of crisis responders in Virginia; however, anyone who has never been trained in crisis response in the past is eligible to attend.
Upon successful completion of the Basic training, VVAN staff can help determine which regional community crisis response team that you will be a part of, to assist during mass casualty or other criminal events.
Lodging and Travel
June 25-27 Training - Participants are responsible for their own lodging, travel, and meals. We are working to secure the state rate ($251+tax) for lodging at a local hotel for the nights of June 24, 25, and 26. We will send hotel information out to those applicants that have been selected to attend.
August 6-8 Training - Participants are responsible for their own lodging, travel, and meals. We are working to secure the state rate ($117+tax) for lodging at a local hotel for the nights of August 5, 6, and 7. We will send hotel information out to those applicants that have been selected to attend.
There are a limited number of lodging scholarships available. To apply for a scholarship, please complete the bottom portion of the application form and email to Julia.fuller-wilson@dcjs.virginia.gov. The deadline for the June scholarship is May 24th and the deadline for the August scholarship is July 1st.
For more information, contact Julia Fuller-Wilson, Department of Criminal Justice Services, State Crisis Response Team Coordinator, at Julia.fuller-wilson@dcjs.virginia.gov or 804-371-0386.
This training is provided, in part, as part of an OVC Training & Technical Assistance Grant (2018-V3-GX-0090). No federal funding was utilized to pay for food.