OVC Web Forum Guest Host To Discuss Responding to Teen Victims of Dating Violence: February 27, 2008

In recognition of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, on February 27, 2008, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will present a Web Forum Guest Host Session with Mitru Ciarlante and Barri Rosenbluth on best practices for serving teen victims of dating violence.

Ms. Ciarlante is Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime’s Teen Victim Initiative and works to advance rights and services for young victims and survivors of crime. She founded the Children’s Advocates Task Force of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence and created the Students Together for Outreach and Prevention of Abuse peer education program.

Ms. Rosenbluth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and School-Based Services Director of SafePlace’s Expect Respect, a dating violence prevention program. She helped the Austin Independent School District establish the first school policies in Texas regarding dating violence and contributed to the development of Choose Respect, a national prevention initiative to promote safe and healthy dating relationships among youth.

For more information, visit the OVC Web Forum at http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum.

OVC would appreciate your help in spreading the word about the upcoming Guest Host session. Go to http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum/asp/participate.asp for instructions on how to participate.

Attached are several resources for promoting this event to victim service providers and allied professionals in your state:

1) Downloadable Web banners: http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum/asp/linktoforum.asp

2) E-mail/Listserv Announcement (attached)

Please contact Emily Blumenbaum at the OVC Resource Center (301–519–5691 or emily.w.blumenbaum@...) if you have any questions about the OVC Web Forum or the attached materials. Thanks in advance for your help in making this Guest Host session a successful event for the victim services community.

Laura Ivkovich

Program Specialist & Web Content Manager

Office for Victims of Crime

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