OhioMHAS – NOVA Basic Training

Hosted by Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services:

OhioMHAS, in collaboration with the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA) is planning a series of regional NOVA Crisis Response Team Trainings for 2025. These free trainings, funded through SAMHSA’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Grant will take place between February and August 2025, in several counties around the state. Trainings are geared toward mental health professionals, victim advocates, law enforcement personnel, and others who confront human crisis in their work. Instructors explain the impact of trauma on individuals and groups, explore crisis intervention theory, and prepare participants to offer trauma-informed advocacy to individuals impacted by disaster.

NOVA Basic Trainings:

–8:00 a.m. 0 5:00 p.m. April 29th – May 1st, 2025, at the Seneca County EMS conference room in Tiffin, Ohio. Training held in coordination with the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Seneca, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Wyandot Counties.

To learn more and for a link to register, visit: https://mha.ohio.gov/get-help/treatment-services/nova-training-schedule-2025