OVC is providing the trainings listed below during 2021–2022. 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
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Introductory Week: November 29, 2021 Week 1: December 9, 2021 Week 2: December 16, 2021 |
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. e.t. | Application opens on November 8, 2021. |
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
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Introductory Week: November 29, 2021 Week 1: December 9, 2021 Week 2: December 16, 2021 |
2:30–3:45 p.m. e.t. | Application opens on November 8, 2021. |
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 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
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Introductory Week: January 24, 2022 Week 1: February 4, 2022 Week 2: February 11, 2022 Week 3: February 18, 2022 Week 4: February 25, 2022 Week 5: March 4, 2022 |
2:30–3:45 p.m. e.t. | Application opens on January 3, 2022. |
*We are an IACET Authorized Provider. One IACET CEU is awarded for 10 contact hours of training.
