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 multiple advocate training session.
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 volunteer victim advocate training schedule
will be posted here when the dates are determined.  
Tentative dates are Spring 2011 in collaboration with
West Central Texas Council of Governments.

6 Weekday sessions are 6 pm to 10 pm.
2 Saturday sessions are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

ALL SESSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR COMPLETION.
Thank you for your interest in assisting victims of violence!