The PCAR Training and Technical Assistance Department provides an array of information, training, and resources to allied professionals in the anti-sexual violence movement.

Below lists some of the issues the Training and Technical Assistance department can assist you with.

If you need to speak to someone in the department please complete our contact form or call 717-728-9740.

Campus Project
Diversity Work Group
Criminal Justice Professionals

You may also download our Technical Assistance Bulletins.

If you are interested in attending a PCAR training please visit our Calendar of Events. For information on national events please visit the NSVRC calendar.

Technical Assistance Guide and Resource Kit for Primary Prevention and Evaluation (PCAR 2009) Prepared by Stephanie Townsend, PhD

Although primary prevention is at the root of the movement to end sexual violence, community-based agencies are challenged to find practical resources around program development and evaluation.  Developing programs with evaluation in mind will enable prevention educators to build upon strengths and improve programs to achieve desired results.  Through evaluation, sexual violence prevention educators will be able to show what they have always trusted: that their programs do make a positive difference. 

This manual is intended to support prevention educators in building upon what they are already doing to evaluate their programs. It is divided into five sections:

1.       Introduction to Primary Prevention

2.       Primary Prevention Strategies

3.       Introduction to Program Evaluation

4.       Basic Steps for Evaluating Your Programs

5.       Evaluation Resources

This manual is not intended to be a blueprint for programs to follow. While all of our communities are influenced by the same dominant rape culture, they are also unique. Each community has its own needs, strengths, challenges, resources, history, personalities, and priorities.

TAGuide and Resource Kit for Primary Prevention and Evaluation.pdf