May 16-18, 2017

Cleveland, OH

Application deadline: March 17, 2017

This 2.5 day training will provide participants with effective skills on how to identify and assist domestic violence and sexual assault victims who may also be human trafficking victims/survivors.This training will focus on improving collaborative responses to adult foreign-born trafficked victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this training participants will be better able to:

• Initiate multi-disciplinary collaborative strategies in responding to trafficked victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
• Define and clarify individual and organizational roles and responsibilities in responding to trafficked victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
• Identify and respond to adult foreign-born trafficked victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
• Develop culturally competent and linguistically accessible approaches for effective case management to assist trafficked victims/survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
• Create an action plan to develop and implement a collaborative response to addressing human trafficking in your community.

Who may attend?

OVW grantees are highly encouraged to apply in multidisciplinary teams composed of organizations in their communities ("teams" of 3-4 individuals) which may include, but are not limited to: domestic violence/sexual assault program staff, attorneys, law enforcement, human trafficking task force members, immigration legal service providers, labor/worker rights organizations, civil law enforcement agencies, immigrant rights and refugee resettlement organizations, and health care providers. Possible team configurations may include members from a DV/SA program, law enforcement, immigration attorney, or community based organization. One member of each team must be an OVW grantee.

OVW grantees and their OVW grantee partners can participate and use their OVW travel funds to send grant-funded staff and partners to this training, with prior approval from their OVW Program Manager.

For more information, please check out our flyer.  

Apply online.