On April 22, 2015, at 11am ( pacific time), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will present a Web Forum discussion with NCVLI Staff Attorney Rebecca Khalil and Teresa Huizar on providing effective rights enforcement representation for child victims.

Ms. Khalil is a staff attorney with the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI), where she directed its Safeguarding Child-Victims’ Rights Initiative from 2010–2012. At NCVLI, Ms. Khalil researches victims’ rights laws and policies across the United States, drafts amicus briefs, provides technical legal assistance to attorneys and advocates nationwide, and creates and presents online and in-person trainings and webinars on a variety of victims’ rights topics.

Ms. Huizar was appointed the Executive Director of National Children’s Alliance on February 26th, 2008. Prior to her tenure with NCA, Ms. Huizar served as the Executive Director of the Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, a technical assistance and training center for 200 Children’s Advocacy Centers and multidisciplinary teams in 12 Western states. Over the course of her career, Ms. Huizar has headed two local Children’s Advocacy Centers, coordinated Children’s Advocacy Center efforts in the State of Colorado, conducted school-based child abuse prevention programs for more than 10,000 children, and facilitated psycho-educational groups for abused children. She also provides consultation internationally on effective child abuse intervention, most recently to the governments of Turkey and Peru.

Visit the OVC Web Forum now at http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum to submit questions for Ms. Khalil and Ms. Huizar and return on April 22 at 2 p.m. (eastern time) for the live discussion. Go to http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum/asp/participate.asp for instructions on how to participate.