VOCA 2021: Building a Trauma Informed Illinois

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Registration opens June 29 for the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority’s two-day virtual conference for VOCA grantees on July 14-15, 2021.  The conference will include presentations from 9 am to 4:30 pm with a 1 hour lunch break.  

Each agency can register up to two staff members.  Staff that attend must work for the VOCA funded program. 
 
Topics will include victim-centered and trauma informed services, vicarious trauma, staff development, grant administration, and more.
 
Priority registration for VOCA grantees closes on Friday, July 9, 2021.  If the conference has not reached capacity, additional spaces may be made available.  Notice will be sent at that time.
 
We look forward to your participation! 

If you have any ADA-related requirements, please contact Heather Flett at Heather.Flett@illinois.gov.

VOCA 2021: Building a Trauma Informed Illinois
July 14-15, 2021

Please Note: All Times Below are Central Time.  During online registration, event times will appear in local time.

Wednesday, July, 14, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. CT Opening Welcome & Keynote
Bringing Equity To The System: Transforming from the Inside Out
Dr. Isaiah Pickens, CEO & Founder, iOpening Enterprises
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. CT Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. CT Breakout A
  • Trauma Experiences of LGBTQ+ Victims
  • Meeting Crime Victims Needs with a Grief-Informed Approach
  • Intersectionality in Sexual Violence and Mental Health Work
  • Logic Models: Building a Roadmap to Meaningful Outcome Measures
  • From Survivors to Leaders: Practices for Centering Survivor Agency
  • Living at Work: The Impact of COVID-19 on Service Providers and Service Delivery
  • ICJIA Roundtable: Needs for Therapy and Mental Health Services
  • ICJIA TA: Grant Closeouts
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. CT Lunch Break
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. CT Breakout B
  • Supporting a System of Care Model to Address Child and Youth Victimization: Findings from Illinois HEALS - ICJIA Research: Illinois HEALS
  • Substance Abuse and Trauma
  • [Double Session] Understanding Complex Trauma and Fostering Resilience
  • Crime Changes Things in Ways You My Not Expect
  • Combating Elder Fraud, Abuse, and Exploitation Against LGBT Elder Population
  • ICJIA Roundtable: Serving LGBTQIA+ Survivors
  • ICJIA TA: Allowability and Subgrants/Subcontracts
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. CT Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CT Breakout C
  • InfoNet Data Trends: Now and Beyond
  • Stepping Stones to Resilience: Building Vicarious Trauma-informed Organizations
  • Trauma Informed Care for Individuals or Organizations
  • Beyond the perfect victim: Supporting and uncaging survivors
  • Moving Beyond Carceral Approaches
  • ICJIA Roundtable Prevention and Community Outreach
  • ICJIA Funding and GATA Registration


Thursday, July 15, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. CT Breakout D
  • ICJIA Research: Underserved Victims
  • [Double Session] Trauma and Resilience and Restorative Justice
  • Creating Sustainable Change: Implementing a Trauma-Informed System
  • The ABC’s of Trauma-Informed EBP’s: Clinical Deciphering and Decision-Making
  • Rethinking Partnerships and Reimagining Justice
  • Creating Effective Referral Partnerships
  • ICJIA Roundtable: Language Access
  • ICJIA TA: Site Visits
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. CT Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. CT Breakout E
  • ICJIA Research: Mitigating Vicarious Trauma: Organizational Readiness of Four Illinois Domestic Violence Agencies
  • Systems Advocacy in Rural Communities: The Praxis Approach
  • “You Got This”: Adapting Current Strategies to Support Survivors with Disabilities
  • Illinois HEALS: Innovative Systems of Care Project
  • Crime Victims’ Rights and Enforcement
  • ICJIA Roundtable: Serving communities of color at the intersection of IPV and racialized violence
  • ICJIA TA: PFR/Timekeeping/Budget Revisions
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. CT Lunch Break
1:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. CT Breakout F
  • Illinois Victim Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Working with Exploited Youth and the Pitfalls of Social Media
  • Win-Win Without Giving In
  • LGBTQIA + Inclusion
  • Incorporating Peer Support into Our Services: Philosophy and Practice Approaches
  • Using a Trauma Informed Approach with Problematic or Harmful Sexual Behaviors in Kids
  • ICJIA TA: VOCA Subgrant Award Report (SAR) and OVC PMT and Data Reporting
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. CT Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CT Keynote & Closing Address
FABULOUS Resilience to Mitigate Vicarious Trauma
Barbara Rubel, Director, Griefwork Center, Inc.