Virginia

Technical Assistance:

Virginia Beach, Virginia Sex Offender Collaborative Team, Virginia Beach, Virginia (June 2001): Conducted a site visit to provide initial assistance around the development of guidelines for managing sex offenders.

Virginia Juvenile Justice Task Force (April 2001): Provided consultation to a statewide task force developing standards and protocols for juvenile sex offender management.

Training:

Conducted a two-day regional training on juvenile sex offender management to a multidisciplinary audience, including judges, attorneys, supervision officers, treatment providers, school personnel, and child protection service workers in Fairfax, Virginia, September 2006 (240 participants).

Provided a staff member to conduct a training session on the effective supervision of sex offenders at the Virginia Sexual Offender Treatment Association Conference for treatment providers, and probation and parole staff in Richmond, Virginia, April 2006 (75 participants).

Conducted two workshop training sessions on the Comprehensive Approach to a Continuum of Sex Offender Management Strategies at the Sex Offender Program Action Committee (SOPAC) Conference in Richmond, Virginia, May 2003 (75 participants).

OJP Grant Sites:

2000: The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the state Department of Juvenile Justice, worked to pilot and evaluate a comprehensive, community-based "best practices" model in Norfolk to improve services to juvenile sex offenders. They also supported its replication in five other jurisdictions across the state. In 2000, the city of Norfolk, located in the southeastern part of the state, had a population of 225,000. It had 26 juvenile sex offenders in residential placement, 21 in state placement, and 55 under community supervision. Funds from an implementation/enhancement grant were used to support one specialized supervision officer and two part-time family intervention/mentor specialists; obtain expert consultation in assessment, clinical intervention protocols, and training for service providers; and conduct research and evaluation. The grantee team subsequently disseminated information about the "best practices" model to five jurisdictions around the state.