Capacity Building and COVID-19 Response
At the beginning of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, advocates and programs rose to the challenge of providing services to victims/survivors throughout this health emergency. Many programs responded by creating or increasing virtual and mobile services.
Through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) funding, MNCASA has a project to help advocacy programs who developed these emergency response services to strengthen and transition these services to permanent virtual and mobile services advocacy programs can offer. Additionally this project will help advocates and programs continue to navigate the pandemic, develop partnerships with healthcare providers, and strengthen culturally specific programming. This project will also highlight COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) communities and victims/survivors.
Featured Tools & Resources
Digital Services Toolkit
“Digital services” means using tech-based tools like online chat, text messaging, and video calls to provide services to survivors. Many victim service programs are considering…
Toolkit for Survivors During COVID-19
Survivors of sexual assault are experiencing the deep impact of this moment in ways we could have never imagined. Those of us in abusive situations…
COVID-19 Pandemic Toolkit
The Safety Net Project is dedicated to exploring technology safety in the context of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and violence against women. This toolkit…
Training for Advocates
Member-Hosted Event: 40-Hour Sexual Assault Volunteer Advocacy Training (PAVSA)
The opportunity to respond as a sexual assault volunteer advocate to the Duluth hospitals is here! Completing this 40-hour training and having reliable transportation is…
Member-Hosted Event: 40-Hour Advocacy Training (SOS Sexual Violence Services)
This training will be run as a hybrid training, including pre-recorded sessions to be completed individually and live training sessions. Pre-recorded content will include recorded…