OVC is providing the trainings listed below during 2024. 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
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Introductory Week: April 1, 2024 Week 1: April 11, 2024 Week 2: April 18, 2024 |
2:30–4:00 p.m. ET | Application opens on March 11, 2024. |
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
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Introductory Week: April 22, 2024 Week 1: May 2, 2024 Week 2: May 9, 2024 Week 3: May 16, 2024 Week 4: May 23, 2024 Week 5: May 30, 2024 |
2:30–4:00 p.m. ET | Application opens on April 1, 2024. |
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
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Introductory Week: February 5, 2024 Week 1: February 15, 2024 Week 2: February 22, 2024 |
2:30–4:00 p.m. ET | Application opens on January 12, 2024. |
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
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Introductory Week: May 28, 2024 Week 1: June 6, 2024 Week 2: June 13, 2024 Week 3: June 20, 2024 Week 4: June 27, 2024 |
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET | Application opens on May 6, 2024. |
*We are an IACET Authorized Provider. One IACET CEU is awarded for 10 contact hours of training.