Since 2017, Oregon SATF has partnered with Oregon DOJ’s Crime Victim and Survivor Services division to provide grant-specific technical assistance to implement or enhance eight (8) campus-based advocacy programs across the state with VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) grant funds.

Current grantees focus on building inclusive services for survivors, and include:

• Eastern Oregon University + Shelter From the Storm Advocacy Center

• Portland State University,

• Portland Community College,

• Oregon Health Sciences University,

• Willamette University + Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)

• Western Oregon University

• Umpqua Community College + Peace At Home Advocacy Center

• Southwestern Oregon Community College + The SAFE Project Advocacy Center

Providing confidential technical assistance is one of the main supports offered for campus practitioners through Oregon SATF’s Campus Program.

Any advocate working with college student survivors is eligible for free, confidential technical assistance, Monday-Friday during operating hours.

Here are some examples of common technical assistance questions we receive:

• support for program management, including forms, privacy considerations, hiring processes, and collaborating with campus partners

• support identifying resources related to providing survivor services, such as information for legal assistance, navigating sexual harassment investigations on campus, protective orders, or information about medical forensic exams and medical care.

• requests to serve as a brainstorming, thought-partner (or “sounding board”), particularly for advocates working as one-person programs

• support with questions about Title IX, Clery, and Oregon law

• best and emerging practices for supporting students

• and more!

To make a phone or Zoom appointment, email our team today!

Oregon SATF provides the only campus-specific, online advocate certification training program. This training meets all requirements for training under Oregon’s Advocate Privilege law.

To learn more and sign up for training today, click here.

One of the most critical functions of the Campus Program (and Oregon SATF!) is to facilitate spaces where campus practitioners, including campus-based advocates, can be in community and receive support from their peers.

The Campus Advocate Cohort meets virtually every month for resource sharing, peer support, and is open to all campus-based and co-located advocates serving college students in Oregon.

Click here to email our team and request an application to the group!

The mission: The mission of the Campus Advocate Cohort is to establish best practices, training, and capacity building initiatives for advocacy programs and professionals at institutions of higher education (colleges and universities) in the state of Oregon.

What we do: Our cohort will work to identify the needs of students seeking advocacy services at colleges and universities, and the professional and peer advocates that support them.

Members of the Campus Advocate Cohort will inform our strategic plan to support professional advocates in Oregon, have the opportunity to network and learn from other advocates on college and university campuses, and inform the development of resources that enhance capacity for all professional and peer advocates at Oregon’s 2 & 4 year and graduate-level higher education programs.

In collaboration with Oregon SATF’s Sexual Assault Training Institute, our campus program has been offering high-quality, fair cost training for campus advocates since 2014.

To view upcoming trainings, click here.

To request a custom training for your campus, email our team at taskforce@oregonsatf.org.

Oregon SATF’s Campus Program creates resources related to campus-based advocacy, prevention, and response (including Title IX) to support practitioners across the state.

Click here to view a collection of resources for campus practitioners on our website.

Have a resource idea or request? Email our Campus Coordinator at carli@oregonsatf.org.