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2023-2024
National Association of
Victim Assistance in Corrections (NAVAC) Conference

Where: Hilton, Pensacola Beach, Florida
When: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 – Friday, March 22, 2024

                                            Workshops will be held on Tues, Wed, Thurs and ½ day Friday
                                                              (See below for requests for workshops!)
                                                    Welcome Reception Monday evening, March 18th

HOTEL:
Hilton Pensacola Beach
12 Via De Luna Drive, Pensacola Beach, FL. 32561
850-916-2999
Group Code: 90R

Link: Available Rooms - Hilton Pensacola Beach
  • General room block is Monday – Friday, with limited rooms for Sunday and Friday nights. 
  • Room rate is also available on an availability basis for 2 nights prior and 2 nights post conference.
  • To  extend your stay in beautiful Pensacola Beach, book your nights under the block, then contact the hotel  directly at 850-916-2999 to modify your dates, based upon availability.

Note: Reservations in the block are subject to cancellation if conference registration is not received by 02-01-24, or approval by the board is made.​
​The 23-24 NAVAC Conference provides an opportunity for post-conviction agency-based victim advocates and other criminal justice professionals responsible for serving victims of crime to: learn about national promising and best practices; network and enhance knowledge and skills; and foster a national conversation about the advancement of post-conviction victim services.

In addition to keynote and plenary sessions, this year's conference will include two simultaneous tracks of workshop topics.
  •      Track 1 will focus on Program Administration and Development.
  •      Track 2 will focus on Best Practices for Victim-Centered Restorative Justice Programs, including Victim Offender                  Dialogue Programs and Accountability Letter Programs.​
To register for the conference online, please scroll down.
If paying by check, you may click here to print and submit the registration form with your check.
​THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IS SEEKING PRESENTATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS.  Here is a link to submit your workshop proposal:  click here

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT:
  • Resiliency in victim services
  • Program development to address staff victimization and/or peer support
  • Program management, planning, and measuring outcomes
  • Leadership development and skill building
  • Improving access and services for underserved populations
  • Victim advisory councils: How to start, coordinate, and maintain
  • Legislative, policy advocacy and funding opportunities for post-conviction victim services
  • How to fight for better restitution accountability and promising practices in restitution collection
  • Innovative ways to improve a victim’s experience with the criminal justice system
  • Best practices for obtaining victim feedback
  • Technological advances to help with communication and case management
  • Training and assistance for victims of offenders acting as their own attorney. 
  • Victim safety planning and victim wrap around services while working with probation and parole

VICTIM-CENTERED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE:
  • Best practices for victim-initiated victim offender dialogue
  • Victim offender communication/dialogue options offered to victims
  • VOD case examples - learning from the experiences
  • Promoting and communicating about VOD/ALB programs
  • Measuring success of VOD and/or ALB programs
  • Operating an accountability letter bank
  • Impact of crime / Victim awareness programs for incarcerated individuals
  • What does healing mean for victims
  • The effect of trauma on the brain
  • Staff mental health/self-care/vicarious trauma

    online registration form
    EARLY conference registration rates are available through 11.15.2023: 
         $550 for NAVAC Members and $675 for non-members.
    STANDARD conference registration rates available from 11.16.2023 - 02.01.2023: 
          $600 for NAVAC Members and $725 for non-members
    ON-SITE registrations may be available:  $700 for NAVAC Members and $825 for non-members
    Please hit the "submit" button below to submit your registration form.  Then, return here and scroll below to submit your online payment.  Online registration forms to be used ONLY with online payments.  If you prefer to mail your payment, please scroll up and print out the registration form to mail along with your payment.
Payment:  please wait for online payment information coming soon

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PLEASE FOLLOW THE NAVAC FACEBOOK PAGE AT:  HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NAVACPOSTCONVICTION   
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*NAVAC Membership:  For all membership questions, please contact Tessa.Mosher@maine.gov

​The National Association of Victim Assistance in Corrections (NAVAC) provides a voice, vision, leadership and guidance for corrections-based and other post-conviction victim service providers.
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