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Conferences and Seminars
Breaking The Silence-
Overcoming The Shame”
A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Sponsored by the Sumter
Area Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
Friday, October 14, 2011
10:00am-1:00pm
Bethesda Church of God
2730 Broad Street
Sumter, South Carolina
Responding to Crime Victims with
Disabilities National Training Conference
The National Center for Victims of Crime is
pleased to announce that the Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities
National Training Conference will be held December
13-15, 2011, at the JW Marriott Orlando Grand Lakes in Orlando,
Florida. See our conference Web site at
www.ncvc.org/rcvd for more.
Practitioners from the fields of victim assistance, disabilities advocacy, and
allied professions (i.e., law enforcement, adult and child protective service
workers, faith-based practitioners, prosecutors, medical practitioners/forensic
examiners, mental health practitioners, and educators) should attend this unique
training and collaboration opportunity.
This conference will enhance the capacity of victim service providers and allied
professionals to more effectively serve people with disabilities who are crime
victims.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for
Victims of Crime, the Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities National
Training Conference is being organized by the National Center for Victims of
Crime in partnership with the Joint Center on Violence and Victim Studies, the
National Council on Independent Living, the National Sheriffs' Association, the
Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, and Davis Innovations, Inc.
See our conference Web site at
www.ncvc.org/rcvd for more information.
(Updates on applying for scholarships for community teams and submitting
workshop proposals will be posted soon.)
Moving Innovations into the Mainstream
RWJF’s Latest Anthology Explores its Work Improving the Health of Vulnerable
Populations
In 2003, after shifting its strategic focus, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF) created a portfolio of programs to house its work aimed at improving the
health of the nation’s neediest populations. Today, the Vulnerable Populations
Portfolio continues to support many innovative programs that work to improve the
health outcomes of the most vulnerable by addressing the social factors that
influence health—things like education, housing, race, class and income. By
recognizing that health starts—and is strengthened and preserved—where we live,
work, learn and play, the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio seeks to support
practical and sustainable solutions that can fundamentally overcome barriers to
the health of the most vulnerable in our society. In the foreword to this year’s
Anthology, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of RWJF, states that it’s not
just about funding good programs within the portfolio; instead, RWJF invests
strategically to “nurture the most promising among them with the hope and
expectation that they can become strong enough to…enter the mainstream.”
for more information
Canine Companions for Independence Assistance Dogs
NAVRA members,
Below is a link to an online video that may be of interest to you and
your colleagues. The video discusses how the use of facility dogs
assists victims in the courtroom. A videographer for the Seattle Police
Department created the video about Jeeter and Ellie, the two Canine
Companions for Independence (CCI) Assistance Dogs who work in the King
County Courthouse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPVdie1-Jdc
Representatives from
King County’s Courthouse Dogs program will also be teaching a workshop
at NCVLI’s 8th Annual Crime Victim Law & Litigation Conference, June
30th – July 1st in Portland, Oregon. This is an excellent opportunity to
meet real CCI Assistance Dogs and learn more about the Courthouse Dogs
Program. You can register for the conference at
http://www.ncvli.org/conference.html.
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