The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Virginia Victims Fund (VVF) and the Virginia Victim Assistance Network (VVAN), are pleased to announce the upcoming National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) Basic Community Crisis Response Training to be held April 28-30, 2020 at New River Community College in Dublin, VA. Attendees must complete an application to attend. If you are selected to attend the training, you will be notified by March 30, 2020. The maximum number of attendees for this training is 40, so complete your application by March 23, 2020.
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 outreaching to law enforcement, school and campus personnel, and those that live in Region #4 or Region #6 to add to our trained cadre of crisis responders in Virginia; however, anyone who has never been trained or has not been trained in the last 5 years 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 in the event of mass casualty criminal victimizations or high-profile crimes.
Participants are responsible for their own lodging, travel, and meals. We are working to secure the state rate ($96+tax) for lodging at a local hotel for the nights of April 27, 28, 29, and 30. Hotel information will be forthcoming.
There are a limited number of lodging scholarships available. To apply for a scholarship, please complete the bottom portion of the application formand email to Julia.fuller-wilson@dcjs.virginia.gov by March 23, 2020.