Lessons Learned
Faith leaders who attended the training sessions found the information valuable. When evaluating the overall effectiveness of the Faith Community Initiative's training model, however, organizers realized that taking a more collaborative approach—one that included presentations by clergy or lay members of a congregation who were already assisting crime victims—may have resulted in wider participation. Building this sense of ownership of and investment in the project was a valuable lesson learned. Other lessons learned focused on—
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