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Grants & Funding FY 2009 Victim Assistance Professional Development Fellowship Program—OVC will award $80,000–$125,000 each for up to four fellowships to facilitate the development or enhancement of innovative programs that serve crime victims. Apply by July 9, 2009. FY 2009 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking—Cooperative agreements of up to $300,000 will be awarded to provide comprehensive services to pre-certified victims of severe forms of human trafficking in specific geographic areas. Apply by July 16, 2009. FY 2009 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking—Two cooperative agreements of up to $800,000 each will be awarded to identify promising practices in the delivery of comprehensive services to victims of sex and labor trafficking who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under the age of 18. Apply by July 16, 2009. Announcements OVC is now accepting nominations for the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting victims and victim services. Award recipients will be selected from nominations in eight categories and honored at the 2010 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. Award nominations are due Wednesday, September 30, 2009. OVC has released the FY 2009 Crime Victims Fund Compensation and Assistance Allocations, which are available on a state-by-state basis. OVC is pleased to announce that its online publication, Implementing SANE Programs in Rural Communities (April 2008), has been presented a 2009 National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) Gold Screen Award for significant publication achievement. Web Forum: Topics in Crime Victims' Services OVC's Forum offers donwloadable transcripts, alert notifications, and a search tool for finding current and past messages, including those from archived topics. Subscribe to the Web Forum E-Alert Listserv. Find out what questions and answers were shared in these previous OVC Web Forum discussions:
Training & Technical Assistance Apply now for the National Victim Assistance Academy, to be held August 2-7, 2009, in Louisville, Kentucky. Continuing Education Units will be awarded to all participants who complete all the requirements of the Foundation-Level Training, Professional Skill-Building Institute, or Leadership Institute. Application deadline extended to July 13, 2009! The OVC-funded National Professional Training Conference on Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities will be held September 30-October 2, 2009, in Denver, CO. For more information visit the conference Web site. Apply now for the National Victim Assistance Academy, to be held August 2-7, 2009, in Louisville, Kentucky. Continuing Education Units will be awarded to all participants who complete all the requirements of the Foundation-Level Training, Professional Skill-Building Institute, or Leadership Institute. Apply by June 30, 2009. Publications & Online Curriculums OVC has released the online-only Ethics in Victim Services Curriculum, designed to provide information and skills related to ethical standards in victim services and ethical decisionmaking. Use this download center to gather all the materials you'll need to conduct the training. Check out the latest releases from OVC designed to help providers enhance victim services:
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