Our Purpose
Our VAC1 course has been accredited through the NACP to offer victim services certifications. As the only Christian-based training provider empowered through the NACP to offer this certification in NC (nationally), we designed the Evangelism Through Advocacy Program (ETA) to increase victim services certifications amongst the Body of Christ. The VAC1 course will help church members and leadership teams deal with domestic violence victims safely, conduct trauma-informed interviews an offer services and resources to the community more effectively.
Our Mission
We are coordinating and organizing sessions across the nation that track Christian participation. We are positioning to record our enrollment targets as a brief that demonstrates our collective, cross-denominational response to a former government task force suggestion to be trained in serving victims. Our enrollment costs are shared with church and organization participants to reward them for participating.
How does the VAC1 course empower specific ministries?
- Have you ever been witnessing to someone and something you said sends them into an emotional state that troubles you for what to do next?
- Have you ever taken a full study on the less subtle signs of child abuse, elderly abuse, human trafficking or intimate partnership violence?
- Have you ever been in a situation advocating for a fellow church member or community member inside of a courtroom and was treated without respect or as a non-professional?
Conducting trauma-informed interviews.
Identifying sings of abuse
Offering escort services (court advocacy) and advocating for victim’s rights.
All course graduates receive a wallet sized badge (documenting their certification), effective for showing law enforcement and court officials to be received as a professional advocate.- Do you wonder if your policies and programs address victims and community members in crisis without causing the church to be liable for triggering manic breaks?
- Do you want to ensure that victims of domestic violence are receiving safety planning by your team in a manner that is proven by other agencies?
- Have you considered what your church has in place as guidelines and trained techniques for your staff to enforce integrity when dealing with a victim/community members’ private and confidential information?
- Do want to be sure they understand what to keep as a part of their advising and what they are required to share to avoid safety breaches and risk to the church’s reputation and financial standing?
-Establishing internal controls that help to manage the policies for other leaders.
– As a member of the Evangelism Team, you speak to community members about the gospel of Christ.
– Have you ever been witnessing to someone and something you said sends them into an emotional state that troubles you for what to do next?
– Have you ever taken a full study on the less subtle signs of child abuse, elderly abuse, human trafficking or intimate partnership violence?
– Have you ever been in a situation advocating for a fellow church member or community member inside of a courtroom and was treated without respect or as a non-professional?
Our VAC1 Course is designed to empower your anointing and calling by providing practical ways to translate it into an impact that further serves the victim/member you are witnessing to by giving you practice with:
Conducting trauma-informed interviews.
Identifying sings of abuse
Offering escort services (court advocacy) and advocating for victim’s rights.
All course graduates receive a wallet sized badge (documenting their certification), effective for showing law enforcement and court officials to be received as a professional advocate.
- Do you have clients in need of various resources from agencies and programs, and you have little training on how to compile a wholistic checklist that does not leave anything out?
- Are some of your clients lacking professional experience and employment qualifications, and you would like to serve them with a professional development plan?
- Do you have clients that are in need of housing and you have no case management experience developing housing plans?
Learn how to identify collaboration opportunities with other local programs and service providers.
Learn how to provide professional development planning for community members in crisis.
Practice offering assistance with locating housing resources and developing housing plans.
Have you ever been in a situation advocating for a fellow church member or community member inside of a courtroom and was treated without respect or as a non-professional?
As a member of other ministerial teams and the church, you have several opportunities to connect to the community by offering prayer and counsel.
- Do you have family or friends in need of guidance out of their crisis, including divorce, surviving on a low-income without professional qualifications, surviving sexual assault or escaping intimate partnership violence?
- Do you, a family member or friend have deep trauma or is suffering from a depression, and you want to understand ways to seek treatment or suggest resources for them?
- Have you ever wanted to know the steps to assist someone with improving their career or, ability to sustain friendships?
- Do you have an interest in becoming a domestic violence/sexual assault court advocate, case manager or to be employed by an agency that assists victims/survivors of trauma?
Our VAC1 Course is designed to present competency and practical application training that provides an opportunity for you to:
Learn how to identify needs, common solutions and community resources based on specific victim scenarios.
Learn how to provide professional development planning that considers all stages of experience and qualifications against realistic career goals.
Practice offering court advocacy and case management services.
Practice career planning and navigation through continuing education for victim advocacy roles.
