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Description To help address the underlying needs of crime victims, the New York State Office of Victim Services (OVS) and the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz (IDMH) have partnered to offer Victim Service Academy Trainings to victim service professionals from OVS-funded organizations. This spring and summer, we...
Description To help address the underlying needs of crime victims, the New York State Office of Victim Services (OVS) and the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz (IDMH) have partnered to offer Victim Service Academy Trainings to victim service professionals from OVS-funded organizations. This spring and summer, we...
This presentation will discuss work that CCSI’s Institute for Police, Mental Health & Community Collaboration is doing in conjunction with the NYS Office of Mental Health to transform crisis response systems to be less reliant on police officers as first responders to individuals in emotional...
NYS-based victim services staff and volunteers who identify as Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) are invited to participate in NYSCASA's upcoming BIPOC peer support calls. These informal conversations are a space for those of us who work or volunteer at a sexual assault/domestic...
On June 29, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Flerida Alarcón, Yesica Cioli, and Marcie Davis on "Considering a Facility Dog for Your Victim Service...
Please join the NYSCASA Board of Directors and staff for our upcoming annual membership meeting, to be held via Zoom on Wednesday, June 22, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET. The program includes a presentation and performance by The Angel Band Project, who use the power of music...
Please join NYSCASA for an upcoming webinar, Doin' It for the Culture, to be held via Zoom on Thursday, June 2, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET. This is not your mama’s sexual education session. Instead, this gives historical context on how sexual education has become such...
Victim/Survivors of domestic and sexual violence and trafficking face significant barriers and challenges in finding safe, available, accessible, and affordable housing. We know that domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for victim/survivors and their children. Homelessness and housing insecurity are a stark reality...
On Monday, May 23, survivors of sexual assault and their allies will visit the NYS Capitol in Albany to demand the passage of the Adult Survivors Act (ASA) in the NYS Assembly. The bill (A648A) is in danger of dying in committee despite bipartisan support and more than...