Volunteer Victim Advocate Training

  • Volunteers accepted into the RCVCC Victim Assistance Training complete 40 hours
    of comprehensive training to become victim advocates.  Each volunteer advocate
    commits to three shifts per month.  Shifts include the telephone crisis hotline and
    emergency response teams during evening, weekend and holiday hours.

  • The WHO® (We Help Ourselves) programs are presented in Pre-K through 12th
    grade in schools in Abilene and the surrounding area. WHO® is an anti-victimization
    program designed to help children and adolescents with options for avoiding
    becoming a victim, and resources for help if they do become the victim of a crime.  
    Volunteers are asked to commit to at least three 45 minute to 1 hour WHO®
    presentations each month while school is in session.  
To become a Volunteer Victim Advocate for RCVCC:

1.  Submit your Volunteer Application online or download pdf  
2.  You will be contacted for an in-person interview and notified of acceptance.
3.  If accepted into the advocate training, request your criminal background check
4.  Attend 8 advocate training sessions scheduled, tentatively, in February 2010.              
   Tuesday/Thursday sessions are 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
Saturday sessions are 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.
Regional Crime Victim Crisis Center
Assisting Victims and Survivors of Violent Crime
and Working to Prevent Violence

Copyright: Regional Crime
Victim Crisis Center, 2010.  
All rights reserved.
The next RCVCC victim advocate training will be rescheduled for late March
2010 in collaboration with regional advocate training provided by West Center
Texas Council of Governments. Watch this web page for updates.

If you have previously submitted a volunteer application, you will be contacted
about the new training dates once they are confirmed.
Thank you for your interest in assisting victims of violence!