This training is now open for STOP grantees who are members of domestic violence response teams in their community. Each STOP funded jurisdiction can apply to send up to three people (of three different disciplines) to this two-day conference. Each free slot includes free tuition, hotel, airfare, ground travel and per diem. The application deadline is April 22, 2016.  See Application Form following the Training Agenda below.

The training is meant for police officers, dispatchers, victim advocates, probation officers, prosecutors, batterer intervention program staff, and child welfare workers. The teaching objectives are to give participants up-to-date information and perspective about risk markers for domestic homicides and serious assaults, and to help identify more comprehensive and safe practices for assessing danger, protecting victims, and monitoring batterers.

This project is supported by Grant 2015-TA-AX-K070 awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this document are those of the author(s) and don’t necessarily represent the views of the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women.