WHERE: Foundational Academy 2024 ON ZOOM
WHEN: May 29-31 and June 26-28, 2024
MISSION:Â The mission of the Arkansas Victim Assistance Academy is to provide comprehensive, foundational training to professionals throughout Arkansas who routinely deal with victims of crime.
WHO:Â This academy is ideally suited and primarily for professionals in the following fields:
victim services agencies
child advocacy centers
prosecutor offices
law enforcement agencies
criminal justice organizations
those that come in contact with victims of violence and other crimes
direct service volunteers
WHAT:Â This is a virtual professional level academy offered in 2024 and is designed to provide victim service providers with training tailored to the needs of Arkansas. Curriculum includes but is not limited to, the history of victim services, understanding the criminal justice system, ethics in victim advocacy, communicating with victims, dynamics of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, communicating with survivors of various crimes including those from underserved populations, understanding trauma and its effects, and providing trauma-informed supports.
WHEN: May 29-31 and June 26-28, 2024
Daily times and dates
May 29th, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm May 30th, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
May 31st, 9:30 am to Noon
June 26th, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
June 27th, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
June 28th, 9:30 am to Noon
COSTS:Â There is no registration cost BUT we ask that you attend all sessions offered each day and both the May and June trainings.
REGISTRATION:Â Online Registration Form
ACCESS AND ACCOMMODATIONS:Â Captioning will be provided. Other accommodations can be requested in the online application form.
For additional information, please send an email to avaa.arkansas@gmail.com or contact Kiah Hall at email kiahh@uark.edu or 501-725-0137.
The Arkansas State Victims Assistance Academy Initiative is supported by a subgrant agreement from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Victim Justice Assistance Program to the University of Arkansas-Partners in collaboration with the Crime Victims Assistance Association of Arkansas and a multi-agency Academy Steering Committee. This project is supported by Award Number 15POVC-22-GG-00699-ASSI awarded by the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime.