OVC is providing the trainings listed below during 2022. Applications for each training will open approximately 3–4 weeks before the training begins.
Building and Managing Volunteer Programs
CEUs: .5Length: 3 weeks
Volunteers bring a passion to victim service organizations, and their mindful management can be a key strategy in extending an organization’s mission and scope of services. This training will focus on the importance of volunteers; how to recruit, screen, onboard, and retain them; and how to determine the costs associated with managing volunteers. Learn More
Webinar Dates | Webinar Times | Apply |
Introductory Week: August 8, 2022 Week 1: August 18, 2022 Week 2: August 25, 2022 |
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. ET | Application opens on July 18, 2022. |
Building Resiliency in Organizations
CEUs: .5Length: 3 weeks
As victim service providers, we know how important resiliency is in the victims we serve. We are less aware of how to develop resiliency within ourselves and in the organizations where we work. This training will provide a resiliency model and explain how it can be applied to organizations. Potential barriers will be identified, along with strategies to overcome them. Learn More
Webinar Dates | Webinar Times | Apply |
Introductory Week: June 27, 2022 Week 1: July 7, 2022 Week 2: July 14, 2022 |
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. ET | Closed |
Financial Management
CEUs: 1.1Length: 6 weeks
To serve crime victims more effectively, victim service organizations must use fundamental financial management practices to stay solvent and operate properly. In the Financial Management training, you will learn key bookkeeping and accounting principles, how to prepare financial documents, and how to prevent fraud. Learn More
Webinar Dates | Webinar Times | Apply |
Introductory Week: July 11, 2022 Week 1: July 21, 2022 Week 2: July 28, 2022 Week 3: August 4, 2022 Week 4: August 11, 2022 Week 5: August 18, 2022 |
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. ET | Apply Now |
Outreach and Marketing
CEUs: .6Length: 3 weeks
Do you ever wonder if there is an easier, more effective way to identify and reach the victims/survivors your agency serves? In this training you will learn how to develop a marketing plan, conduct an analysis of your audience, and identify techniques to launch your outreach and marketing campaigns. Learn More
Webinar Dates | Webinar Times | Apply |
Introductory Week: August 8, 2022 Week 1: August 19, 2022 Week 2: August 26, 2022 |
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. ET | Application opens on July 18, 2022. |
Program Evaluation
CEUs: .9Length: 5 weeks
We know that program evaluation is valuable, yet we are intimidated at the thought of actually conducting an evaluation. It is important to be able to measure effectiveness and other indicators of performance in your program to help with fundraising and to demonstrate the need for services. This Program Evaluation training will give you the practical skills to conduct an evaluation and take some of the fear out of the process! Learn More
Webinar Dates | Webinar Times | Apply |
Introductory Week: May 31, 2022 Week 1: June 10, 2022 Week 2: June 17, 2022 Week 3: June 24, 2022 Week 4: July 1, 2022 |
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. ET | Closed |
Strategic Planning for Program Managers
CEUs: .7Length: 4 Weeks
Strategic planning is a process to help you determine where your organization is and where it wants to be in the future. Strategic planning can help you answer how your nonprofit organization advances its mission and how you engage staff and the board to identify measurable goals and priorities. In this training we will review the strategic planning process so you will be prepared to create and implement your organization's strategic plan. Learn More
Webinar Dates | Webinar Times | Apply |
Introductory Week: July 5, 2022 Week 1: July 14, 2022 Week 2: July 21, 2022 Week 3: July 28, 2022 |
2:30–3:45 p.m. ET | Closed |
Sustaining Your Program's Capacity To Serve Victims
CEUs: 1.1Length: 6 weeks
Sustainability is the capacity of a program or organization to accomplish long-lasting success and stability by establishing the organization or program as an essential service to victims and the community. Victim service organizations and programs need to plan for sustainability in order to continue providing high-quality services to victims of crime. In this training you will learn what sustainability means, how to assess a program's sustainability, the eight sustainability domains (Program Adaptation, Strategic Communications, Program Evaluation, Supportive Environment, Organizational Capacity, Strategic Partnerships, Resource Development, and Strategic Planning), and how to develop a sustainability plan. Learn More
Webinar Dates | Webinar Times | Apply |
Introductory Week: April 18, 2022 Week 1: April 29, 2022 Week 2: May 6, 2022 Week 3: May 13, 2022 Week 4: May 20, 2022 Week 5: May 27, 2022 |
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. ET | Closed |
*We are an IACET Authorized Provider. One IACET CEU is awarded for 10 contact hours of training.