"Emerging Leaders for Victims Services” Training Series
In-Person Sessions:
October 8, 2025
November 12, 2025
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Richmond, VA
Webinar Sessions:
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
All webinar sessions will be from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the “Emerging Leaders for Victims Services” training series.
Session Description:
This training program is designed to cultivate the leadership skills of emerging professionals in the victim services field. It is intended for victim services professionals aspiring to leadership roles within their organizations. Through interactive sessions, peer learning, and practical exercises, participants will explore the core elements of effective leadership within the unique context of victim advocacy. This series consists of two in-person training sessions and three live webinars.
Topics Include:
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Strategic visioning and foresight
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Team building, conflict resolution, and effective feedback/communication
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Staff retention and succession planning
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Strategies to reduce staff vicarious trauma and burnout
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Innovative solutions for long-term organizational sustainability
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Navigating organizational change
Presenter:
Janeen Gingrich, MSW, has many years of experience in victims services at the local, statewide, and national level. Janeen has worked for non-profit organizations for the past 25+ years, with her focus for the last 10 years being capacity building, leadership, board development, and change management.
Janeen is a champion of strength-based coaching, creating connections between organizations and people, addressing issues around equity and inclusion, and assessing and supporting organizational development and transformation. Through her work, she has helped build the capacity of 55+ non-profits and their leadership across the country. Her contributions have always been rooted in the anti-violence movement, starting in Virginia in 1994. Over the years, she has conducted executive searches for anti-violence programs, led many community-based evaluation and strategic planning processes, and served as a faculty trainer for the Futures without Violence: SOS Institute for Executive Leadership.
Application Process:
All participants must apply to attend this free training. Completing an application does not guarantee you will be accepted to this course. Please click here to apply.
Application Requirements:
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Registration is limited to 30 participants. If you apply and are not accepted, you may be placed on a waiting list.
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Participants must be currently or previously working in the victim services field.
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Attendance is mandatory at the two in-person sessions. Participants are allowed to be absent from the live presentation of one webinar if they watch the recording before the next live session. Applicants must be willing to attend as required.
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Course attendance and participation, including completion of assignments, are required to be awarded a certificate of course completion.
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Training locations and a Zoom registration link will be provided to all accepted applicants.
Application Deadline: All applications must be submitted by September 26, 2025.
Please contact Tricia Everetts, DCJS Victims Services Training and Communication Coordinator, at tricia.everetts@dcjs.virginia.gov, with any questions.