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Family Violence - Training and Technical Assistance

The following training and technical assistance opportunities are a sample of those available through nationally recognized agencies and associations.

Access to Justice: Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and Access to Protection Orders
This Web-based training from the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is provided as a resource for court personnel, community based organizations, volunteers, and interpreters who provide assistance to LEP individuals seeking a protection order. The training covers the dynamics of domestic violence, the protection order process, issues related to culture and language, and contains an extensive resource component.

Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Training and Technical Assistance
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded two major initiatives, in which the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence has or is currently providing training and technical assistance for replications of the Blueprints for Violence Prevention programs. The first project was a cooperative agreement with OJJDP to fund 42 implementations for 8 of the programs, called the Violence Initiative. The second project was a school-based drug prevention initiative to fund implementations of the life skills training program, called the Drug Initiative.

Child Abuse Prosecution Training and Technical Assistance
Child Abuse Prosecution Training and Technical Assistance supports programs of the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse in its work to improve the quality of child abuse prosecutions. The center helps Federal, State, and local prosecutors by providing training, technical assistance, and publications.

Domestic Violence Health Care Provider Education Project
The Domestic Violence education course has been developed by the American Medical Women's Association based on the manuals of the Family Violence Prevention Fund. This program is designed for physicians, residents in all specialties, medical students, and other health care professionals.

Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
The Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma is an approved American Psychological Association provider. Training courses and workshops are offered worldwide through FVSAI and associated organizations on an annual calendar.

Institute for Family Violence Studies Rural Victimization Project's Online Tutorials
Since 1999, the Rural Victimization Project has used its domestic violence manuals to train hundreds of human service professionals through live workshops. In order to meet the increasing demand for domestic abuse training, they have transformed their materials into Online Tutorials than anyone can access and complete.

National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence
The National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence was created through a partnership between the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) and the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF). Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, the Institute helps state court judges enhance their skills in handling civil and criminal domestic violence cases.

National Children's Alliance
The National Children's Alliance is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide training, technical assistance, and networking opportunities to communities seeking to plan, establish, and improve Children's Advocacy Centers.

National Court Appointed Special Advocates Association
The goals of this training and technical assistance project are to increase the number of children served by Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)/guardians ad litem programs, enhance the quality of volunteer representation of children, train CASA program staff, support community outreach and volunteer recruitment efforts, and provide resource development information to CASA programs. Focus areas for training and technical assistance include program development and management, volunteer recruitment and retention, board development, resource development, and grant writing.

Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)
The mission of OVC TTAC is to bridge the gap between knowledge, experience, and the victim assistance practice to help the still evolving victim assistance field successfully meet the challenges of an increasingly complex service delivery environment. OVC TTAC offers both on-line and on-site training and technical assistance (TA) opportunities.

The Justice Events calendar offers a comprehensive list of conferences, workshops, seminars, and other events.

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