Target Audience:

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of medical and behavioral health professionals involved in the care of victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

After completing the webinar, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the requirements on states regarding payment of sexual assault forensic examinations
• Describe the different ways that states meet these requirements and how tribal health care providers can learn about payment in their state
• Provide basic information on Crime Victim's Compensation
  

Presenter(s):

Marnie Rothschild Shiels, Esq.

Marnie Shiels is presently employed as an attorney in the Office on Violence Against Women of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2012, she received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for her work on the Prison Rape Elimination Act Working Group. From September, 2011, to September, 2012, she was on a detail to the Office for Victims of Crime where she worked on issues relating to sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking, including the development of a solicitation for the creation of a national telemedicine center for sexual assault medical forensic examinations. In 2005, she received The Attorney General’s Award for Outstanding Contribution by a New Employee for her work on the National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations. Previously, Ms. Shiels was employed as a legal analyst at the National Center for Victims of Crime, tracking federal and state statutes and cases relating to crime victims and writing articles on legal issues related to sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. Prior to that, Ms. Shiels worked as the Education and Outreach Coordinator at Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Their Children, running support groups for domestic violence victims and giving educational presentations to a wide variety of audiences, including middle school and high school students, church groups, law enforcement officers, attorneys, and others. At that time she was also the southern co-chair for the California Alliance Against Domestic Violence’s Policy Committee.

Joel Hall, MS

Joel Hall is a Victim Justice Program Specialist at the Office for Victims of Crime within the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. Serving within the State and Local Programs Division, he administers OVC’s Victims of Crime Act formula and discretionary grants programs for Alaska, California, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. For the past 14 years, Mr. Hall has held crime victims’ field roles within the federal and state government and several nongovernmental organizations. Mr. Hall has over 10 years of experience working with individuals with mental illness and intellectual disabilities. He previously provided outreach, supportive housing and crisis services to individuals with mental illness in a community-based psychosocial rehabilitation program, and he advised individuals with mental illness on matters related to their treatment, recovery, and civil rights for the Connecticut Legal Rights Project.

He graduated in September 2015 from the Graduate School USA’s Executive Potential Program. Mr. Hall holds an M.S. in Professional Mental Health Counseling from Trinity College of Vermont, an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Professional Counseling from Central Connecticut State University, and a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from West Virginia University.