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During FY 2005-2006, the FCADV provided training andtechnical assistance through:• Twelve trainings on domestic and sexual violence inHispanic communities;• Six trainings on domestic and sexual violence in AfricanAmerican communities;• A total of 184 participants attended the statewiderural conference;• A total of 25,199 calls for information and assistancewere forwarded to domestic violence centers via thetoll-free statewide domestic violence hotline;• Conducted 44 technical assistance visits to domesticviolence centers and partneringagencies;• Conducted 62 onsitetrainings to over 849participants from the localdomestic violence centers;• A total of 11,868 technicalassistance calls andelectronic contacts werereceived;• Received 956 technical assistancecalls and electroniccontacts for specializedinformation on personsliving with disabilities whoexperience domestic violence;• Eleven technical assistancevisits were made to certifieddomestic violencecenters to address workingwith persons living withdisabilities who experiencedomestic violence;• Twenty-seven articles,12,131 brochures and 949posters were designed anddistributed in rural communities about domestic andsexual violence; and• Twelve technical assistance visits were provided toprivate, public, and local community organizationsregarding shelter programs and other related topicsincluding lack of transportation, task force training,injunctions, and confidentiality.Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (FCASV)The FCASV provided training and technical assistance tosexual violence program staff, allied professionals, andthe public through:• Twenty-two on-site training and technical assistancevisits to rape crisis centers, including 5 visits tosites in support of Sexual Assault InteragencyCouncil development;• 5,022 units of technical assistance to sexualviolence victim service providers, allied programsand the public;• Annual Conference andLeadership Forum, attendedby 225 and 240 programstaff and allied professionals,respectively;• Sexual violence training tomore than 1,300 sexual violenceadvocates and alliedprofessionals;• Various local trainings,focusing on building communitycollaborations tobetter serve victims ofsexual violence throughSexual Assault InteragencyCouncil and Sexual AssaultResponse Team development;• The Spring TeleconferenceTraining Series, featuringnationally recognizedexperts on response to sexualviolence in the ArmedForces, human trafficking,sexual assault on collegecampuses, drug-facilitatedsexual assault, and community-basedchildsexual abuse prevention initiatives; and• Implementation of the Advocate Core Training Trainthe-Trainercurriculum, including three trainings forsixty-three rape crisis program staff and twenty-oneallied professionals.44 Domestic Violence Annual Report 2005-2006