COVA's Mission:
The Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance (COVA) is committed to fairness and healing for crime victims, their families and communities through leadership, education, and advocacy. By operating in an inclusive and compassionate manner, COVA creates solutions and positive change. COVA's vision is to be recognized as a national leader in building a collaborative environment where crime victims are given the opportunity to heal and restore balance to their lives.
Legislative Victims' Rights Caucus
Thursday, February 13, Noon – 1PM
Colorado State Capitol, Senate Committee Room 354
Contact your representative and encourage them to attend in person!
Live Stream: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/942832493
Topic: High-Risk Victim Offender Dialogue & the Colorado Restorative Justice Council
Join practitioners and members of the Colorado Restorative Justice Council for a discussion focused on High-Risk Victim Offender Dialogue (HR-VOD), a facilitated process which occurs between victims, survivors, or family survivors of serious violent crime and the offender in their case. The overall goal of this process is to provide victims and survivors the opportunity to tell their story, express the impacts of the crime on their lives, and hear the offender take direct accountability for the harm caused. We will also talk about the work of the Restorative Justice Council in Colorado.
Speakers: Nancy Lewis - COVA’s Executive Director; Mary McGhee- Victim Offender Dialogue Community Outreach Coordinator; and members of the Colorado Restorative Justice Council.
Colorado State Capitol, Senate Committee Room 354
Contact your representative and encourage them to attend in person!
Live Stream: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/942832493
Topic: High-Risk Victim Offender Dialogue & the Colorado Restorative Justice Council
Join practitioners and members of the Colorado Restorative Justice Council for a discussion focused on High-Risk Victim Offender Dialogue (HR-VOD), a facilitated process which occurs between victims, survivors, or family survivors of serious violent crime and the offender in their case. The overall goal of this process is to provide victims and survivors the opportunity to tell their story, express the impacts of the crime on their lives, and hear the offender take direct accountability for the harm caused. We will also talk about the work of the Restorative Justice Council in Colorado.
Speakers: Nancy Lewis - COVA’s Executive Director; Mary McGhee- Victim Offender Dialogue Community Outreach Coordinator; and members of the Colorado Restorative Justice Council.
Colorado Basic Victim Assistance Academy (CVAA)
April 13-17, 2020
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Hotel Eleganté Conference & Event Center
2886 South Circle Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 576-5900 or (800) 981-4912
2886 South Circle Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 576-5900 or (800) 981-4912
The basic CVAA is designed for professionals with less than two years’ experience in the field, or who have had little training. The training is appropriate for individuals working in law enforcement, prosecutor’s offices, probation, corrections, and community based agencies (e.g., a domestic violence or sex assault victim services non-profit) working with crime victims.
Expand the Circle - Reach all Crime Victims
Victim service providers in Colorado are committed to reaching all victims and survivors in our state. When underserved and marginalized members of our communities are not accessing our services, it’s on us to learn from members of those communities what they need.
Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD)
Click here to learn more about the Victim Offender Dialogue and how to participate.