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NCA Training Coordination Coordinator: Nicole Wilbon nwilbon@nca-online. org 202 -548 -0090 x 118 NCA Engage • • • Request an Engage account using the sign up link All Members have an Organizational ID they can share with their staff and MDT partners to request an account Contact membership@nca-online. org if your Organization contact person did not receive the Organizational ID Visit our Course Catalog for upcoming trainings • COVID-19 Webinar & COVID-19 Info Page • 2020 Branding & Messaging Webinar Part IV - March 24 th • Rural & Remote Service Area Training Series – Forensic Interview Standard March 31 st • Getting to Know NC Accreditation Standards – Case Review – April 1 st

NCA Training Coordination Coordinator: Nicole Wilbon nwilbon@nca-online. org 202 -548 -0090 x 118 CSEC CWG • Meets 3 rd Tuesday’s Monthly at 3 pm EDT The group is currently working on an online CSEC toolkit and video module. Please contact Nicole if you would like to join the workgroup or have CSEC resources to contribute to the online toolkit. View the Emerging Issues and Trends CSEC Webinar Series on Engage • CACs & Federal Partners: Working Together On CSEC Cases • Building Resiliency For Multidisciplinary Team Members Working With Exploited And Abused Children • Youth-Produced Imagery: Trends & Response

NCA Training Coordination Coordinator: Nicole Wilbon nwilbon@nca-online. org 202 -548 -0090 x 118 COVID-19 Leadership Conference Washington, DC May 31 st – June 3 rd 2020 Conference Registration is Open! Register Now & Get Your Best Rate for the CAC Movement's Premier Annual Event. Early Bird Registration ENDS February 29 th Renaissance Hotel room block is full. Please use the room block at Courtyard to reserve your room. Check the registration site for room block link More info: conference. nationalchildrensalliance. org At this time, local public health authorities here in Washington, D. C. have not called for the cancellation or postponement of large gatherings such as conferences held after March 31. Therefore, we still intend to hold our 2020 Leadership Conference pending further guidance from D. C. authorities. Should our local guidance change, we will update you as soon as possible.

NCA Webinar Recording COVID-19 And CACs: Triaging Cases And Planned Shutdowns Share recording with viewers: https: //learn. nationalchildrensalliance. org/products/covid-19 -and-cacs-triaging-cases-and-plannedshutdowns Click “View On-Demand Recording” Please see our new COVID-19 Resource Page on NCA Engage: https: //learn. nationalchildrensalliance. org/covid

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Military Partnerships Coordinator: Heather Provencher hprovencher@nca-online. org 202 -548 -0090 x 119 Registration is now open on NCA Engage for the first two webinars in the CAC-Military Partnership Training Series: • Introduction to Children's Advocacy Centers for Military Partners Live Web Event on 04/22/2020 at 2 pm ET For military personnel to learn about CACs • Introduction to the Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program Live Web Event on 05/27/2020 at 2 pm ET For CACs to learn about the role and scope of the Family Advocacy Program

Gov Affairs • COVID-19 – congressional action § 1 st COVID-19 bill – provided $8. 3 billion to help states/local governments shift resources to address immediate needs. Also provides funds for federal government to respond to crisis. § 2 nd COVID-19 bill – provides assistance for companies to offer paid sick leave, and assistance to states for funding food assistance and unemployment benefits. (This bill is set to pass Senate this week and head to president to be signed. ) § 3 rd COVID-19 bill – will be a large economic stimulus proposal, details yet to be decided • NCA Gov Affairs will hold a webinar early next week to further discuss action taken here in Washington and what they mean for CACs. (Stay tuned for details) • While Congress grapples with COVID-19, it is also moving forward with the FY 21 Budget process: § House FY 21 CAC Funding letter, which is pushing Congress to fund VOCAA at $40 M, had 65 signers – an increase of 21 name from last year! Great job! We want to also thank our House champions - US Reps Costa, Olsen, Mc. Adams, and Wagner for their leadership. The Senate is now circulating a similar letter. § We continue to push the House and Senate to fully fund VOCA, as well as shore up the Fund to ensure the dollars are there in future years.

Mental Health • NEW Tele-Mental Health Resources: Many CACs are exploring service provision without having clients come to the CAC and risk COVID-19 exposure. Please refer to the following resources and reach out to Michelle for more information: § WRCAC’s new Telemental Health Resource Center: http: //www. westernregionalcac. org/tmhresourcecenter/ § Medical University of South Carolina’s mini-webinar and tip sheet for tele-mental health: https: //www. dropbox. com/sh/acesnn 37 l 9 afb 6 p/AAAi. REKk 8 e. X 32 r. Y 8 ax. Eg. Z 6 Q 0 a? dl=0 • Trainings in 2020: Join the nearly 200 clinicians who have received training in Evidence-Based Assessments. There is no charge for your clinicians to participate in this high level training. Reach out to Michelle if you are interested in additional information. v Michelle Miller, Project Coordinator, Mental Health Initiatives mmiller@nca-online. org

Program Evaluation Updates: OMScoordinator@nca-online. org or klounsbury@nca-online. org OMS Webinar Recordings Available: CACs, Chapters, and Regionals are welcome • Part One: Intro to OMS & Best Practices for Collecting Feedback was on February 13 • Part Two: Creating Reports & Sharing Results was this past Tuesday, March 17 • If you missed the live sessions and want to watch recordings and/or download a copy of the slides, materials are available at: https: //learn. nationalchildrensalliance. org/products/oms-winter-20192020 -training-series Contact membership@nca-online. org for any assistance accessing NCA Engage. • Archived webinars from the 2019 OMS Summer Series: https: //learn. nationalchildrensalliance. org/webinararchive Pilot Project for OMS Youth Feedback Survey: Pilot CACs are collecting surveys from youth age 10 to 17 to evaluate the survey tool and inform best practices. National launch still planned for October 2020. OMS for State Chapters • Chapters are currently in the process of updating their state participation agreements and we are doing an inventory of state accounts to ensure every Chapter is actively using statewide results from the program. • We are developing a training module in NCA Engage for Chapters on OMS essentials, which we expect to launch on NCA Engage in June 2020. Postponed: 2020 Updates to the Gap Maps Chapters were previously informed that Gap Map updates would begin the week of March 16 th. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we recognize that Chapters and CACs may not be able to provide coverage data while emergency situations take priority. We will contact Chapters with an updated timeline when available. In the meantime, 2019 maps are available at www. nationalchildrensalliance. org/cac-coverage-maps/ In addition to county and tribal coverage, we plan to add military installations in the next update.

ACCREDITATION UPDATES 2020 CAC Reaccreditation Applications § If you are having difficulty completing your application on time due to COVID-19, please reach out to Accreditation Program Associate Alyssa Todd at atodd@nca-online. org Getting to Know the Standards: Case Tracking • Webinar scheduled for April 1 st, 2 pm EST • Registration is now open on NCAEngage! Previous ‘Getting to Know the Standards’ webinars are archived on NCAEngage and available to all members. Rural CAC Webinar Series • 4 -Part Series on how CACs in rural areas are overcoming barriers and creatively meeting Accreditation standards • First webinar will be Applying the Forensic Interview Standard in Rural Communities • March 31 st, 2020 2 pm EST. Registration is open on NCAEngage!

2020 means NCAtrak Training Are you new to NCAtrak or need a refresher? - Wichita, KS Canceled due to COVID-19 concerns - Nashville, TN August 4 & 5, 2020 https: //ncatraknashvilletnaug 2020. eventbrite. com - Burlington, VT September 16 & 17, 2020 https: //ncatraktrainingburlingtonvtsept 2020. eventbrite. com

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