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Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delin quency: The PCCD promotes a collaborative approach to enhance the quality of justice through guidance, leadership and resources by empowering citizens and communities and influencing state policy. It strives to be a state and national leader by providing innovative services and programs that promote justice for all citizens and communities in Pennsylvania.
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Conferences, PCCD Sponsored or Co-sponsored
PCCD Sponsored Training
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The University of Scranton: A comprehensive, co-educational institution, The University of Scranton is, by tradition, choice and heartfelt commitment, a Catholic and Jesuit university. Founded in 1888 as Saint Thomas College by the Most Rever end William G. O'Hara, D.D., the first bishop of Scranton. It achieved university status in 1938, and was entrusted to the care of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1942.

Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists: The Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (ATSS) is an international membership organization that offers three distinct board certifications to qualified individuals who provide services, intervention, response and/or treatment in the field of traumatic stress. The Association is dedicated to improving the quality of life of all individuals throughout the world who have been affected by traumatic events. Membership represents those who serve victims of crime, veterans, refugees, natural disasters, holocaust survivors, terrorist attacks, line-of-duty related injuries and deaths, victims of school and workplace violence, those affected and exploited by political persecution, and others who have experienced traumatic stress injuries.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, this website provides justice and substance abuse publications and information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

National Organization for Victim Assistance: The National Organization for Victim Assistance is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professiona ls, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services.

National Victim Assistance Academy: The National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA) is a foundation level professi onal education course of study in victimology, victims' rights, and victim services. The NVAA is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in collaboration with the following co-sponsors: California State University, Fresno, Medical University of South Carolina, University of New Haven, Victims' Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR) and Washburn University.

Office of Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice: The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. OVC provides substantial funding to state victim assistance and compensation prog rams-the lifeline services that help victims to heal. The agency supports trainings designed to educate criminal justice and allied professionals regarding the rights and needs of crime victims. OVC also sponsors an annual event in April to commemorate National Crime Victims Rights Week (NCVRW).

Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center: The Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) was established by OVC to support victim services across the country. The center assists victim service providers, advocates, and allied professionals in learning new skills a nd adopting best practices to enhance their continued success in providing quality victim services.

State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors: The State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors protects the public from unprofessional, improper, unauthorized and unqualified practice of licensed social work, marriage and family therapy and professional counseling. The Board regulates and controls only those professionals who hold themselves out as licensed social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors because a license is not required to practice social work, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy and professional counseling in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Board's functions include promulgating rules and regulations, requiring applicants to pass examinations relating to their qualifications as a prerequisite to the issuance of a license and examining for, denying, approving, issuing, revoking, suspending or renewing such licenses. In addition, the Board conducts hearings upon complaints concerning violations of this Act and promulgates standards of professional practice and conduct for licensed social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors.