OVC News and Announcements

To help you stay up to date with the latest news about crime victim services and events, this section will notify you about current OVC-focused initiatives and relevant topics and events with a primary focus on best practices. You are also encouraged to check out What's New at OVC.

• Resources Available from Child Identity Theft Forum (3/1/13)
• Now Available Online: 2013 NCVRW Resource Guide (2/1/13)
• Year in Review: 2012 Guest Host Discussions (1/23/13)
• New Directory from OVC & BJA for Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces (1/23/13)

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2012 | 2011 | 2010

Resources Available from Child Identity Theft Forum

On February 4, 2013, the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC) hosted a forum to discuss the unique challenges surrounding child identity theft. Participants learned about the latest research, laws, consumer tools, pilot projects, and consumer education efforts on child identity theft.  If you were unable to attend the forum, you now have the opportunity to view the Webinar recording, as well as materials and information from other Forum participants, such as –

• Fast Facts: Child Identity Theft, Financial Services Roundtable.
• 2012 Child Identity Fraud Report Highlights, Javelin Strategy & Research.
• Child Identity Theft Web page, TransUnion.
• Safeguarding Your Child’s Future, Federal Trade Commission.

Visit the ITAC Web site to view the webinar and read the materials. Check back regularly for new materials, including a whitepaper on the proceedings of the ITAC Forum on Child Identity Theft.

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Now Available Online: 2013 NCVRW Resource Guide

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week—New Challenges. New Solutions.—will be observed April 21–27, 2013. To assist you with your planning for the week, OVC has released its annual NCVRW Resource Guide, developed to help communities and victim assistance providers promote awareness of crime victim issues and observe NCVRW. The kit includes—

• Sample press materials.
• Social media campaign tips.
• Customizable camera-ready art files in color and black and white.
• Three public service announcements.
• Customizable public awareness posters.
• Statistical overviews and resources.

A Spanish version of the 2013 NCVRW Guide is also available and includes camera-ready art files and customizable public awareness posters.

The Resource Guide (NCJ 239229) and Poster (PS000025) are also available to order. For more information about NCVRW, visit the NCVRW Web site.

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Year in Review: 2012 Guest Host Discussions

Read transcripts from 2012 Guest Host Sessions to re-discover the range of fascinating and nationally relevant dialogue in the crime victim services field.

September–December 2012

1. December 2012. Christopher Grant, nationally recognized gang specialist and former Chief of Detectives for the Rapid City Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division, and Regina Sobieski, licensed social worker and certified trauma specialist, hosted a discussion on Working with Victims of Gang Violence.
2. November 2012. Leslie A. Hagen, Department of Justice’s first National Indian Country Coordinator, hosted a discussion on Tribal Law and Order Act: Crime Victims in Indian Country.
3. October 2012. Maureen Lowell, licensed marriage and family therapist with the OVC-funded Institute for Collaborative Response for Victims of Family at San Jose University and Dr. Linda Williams, professor of criminal justice and criminology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, hosted a discussion on Collaborative Educational Models Benefiting Victims and Providers.
4. September 2012. Jayne A. Hitchcock, President of WHOA and WHOA-KTD, and Hale Guyer, licensed private investigator and retired special investigator, hosted a discussion on Responding to Victims of Cyberbullying.
5. September 2012. Kimber J. Nicoletti-Martinez, MSW, founder and Director of Multicultural Efforts to end Sexual Assault (MESA), Ana Isabel Vallejo, J.D./LL.M., Co-Director/Attorney, VIDA Legal Assistance, Inc. and Human Trafficking Academy Project Coordinator, and Laura Zárate, Founding Executive Director of Arte Sana and cofounder of ALAS hosted a discussion on Responding to Latina/o Victims of Crime.

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New Directory from OVC & BJA for Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces

New Directory from OVC & BJA for Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces
OVC and BJA have launched a Directory of Training and Technical Assistance Resources for Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces and Service Providers. The directory includes "distance learning," "in-person training" and "training by request" opportunities. It is an excellent resource for practitioners and task forces actively working in the field to expand and enhance their knowledge.  

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