MVI-TTA
Office for Victims of Crime | Training & Technical Assistance Center
OVC, through OVC TTAC, offers free training and technical assistance on a wide range of topics relevant to victim service providers and allied professionals.
- Watch this video for an overview of what OVC TTAC has to offer
- OVC TTAC Mass Violence and Terrorism
- Mass Violence and Terrorism Training Recordings
- Back to Basics offers a series of concise, topic-focused videos, each lasting 6-10 minutes, that highlight best practices
- Online interactive trainings for victim service providers and professionals to complete at their convenience
The Victim Assistance Training Online program offers additional courses on core competencies, essential skills, crime types, and special considerations for providing victim services. You must first complete the one-hour Foundations of Victim Assistance training before accessing these and other advanced modules.
National Mass Violence Center
The National Mass Violence Center serves as the source for best evidence to achieve a social understanding of mass violence upon which civic leaders, mental health professionals, journalists, policy makers, and victim assistance professionals can rely. The Center is composed of a multi-disciplinary team of scholars, researchers, victim assistance professionals, partner organizations, technical experts, and relevant local and national organizations in a multifaceted team that collaborates with OVC. Their consultant team includes leaders in many fields who have tremendous expertise, knowledge and experience with mass violence victim assistance, policies related to survivors’ rights and services, and practices to promote justice and healing.
- An Overview of Three Centers: Friends & Family Center, Family Assistance Center and The Resiliency Center
- Virtual Resiliency Center
The Virtual Resiliency Center (VRC) is a website, not a physical location, that can be developed with NMVC technical support to assist victims after a mass violence incident. The VRC provides a customizable framework for local communities to share incident-specific information, such as Family Assistance Center locations, vigils, local service contacts, and other resources. The site remains under local control and is pre-populated with helpful mental and behavioral health information, allowing communities to quickly provide support without building a resource site from the ground up.
- 16 Best Practices
- National Town Halls
- Prepare Your Community
- Rebuild Your Community
- Tip Sheets
- Transcend | A free self-help mobile app for those affected by MVI
- Unexpected Challenges
- SNAPS
The SNAPS webinar series features short (10-20 minute) presentations on various topics. They focus on skills, with clear main goals or takeaways. Each SNAP also offers additional resources for participants to explore further.
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