2022 Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims Fellowship (US)

Deadline: 23-Jun-22

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications from individuals interested in participating in the OVC Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims (ELERV) Fellowship.

Goal

The goal of this fellowship program is to engage a full-time fellow to assist OVC with promoting the ELERV strategy, providing training and technical assistance to agencies interested in ELERV, and engaging with law enforcement agencies interested in improving agencywide victim response and creating in-house, law enforcement-based victim services. The efforts of the fellow will support OVC’s overall goal of increasing the number of law enforcement agencies using the ELERV model and providing law enforcement-based victim services.

Objectives

Assist OVC/OJP by serving as a subject matter expert on the ELERV strategy and law enforcementbased victim services.
Support OVC’s training, technical assistance, and capacity-building initiatives for law enforcement including Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims; Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services; Integrity, Action, and Justice: Strengthening Law Enforcement Response to Domestic and Sexual Violence; Law Enforcement’s Role in Victim Compensation and any new or related initiatives operating during the fellowship.
Assess law enforcement agencies’ response to victims and their readiness for implementing law enforcement-based victim services programs.
Build the capacity of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to provide trauma-informed victim services that meet the complex needs of victims.
Identify model best practices across state, local, and tribal law enforcement-based victim services programs; share these best practices with OVC and the field; and develop trainings and public outreach efforts to raise awareness about these practices.