News Archive
Registration is Open for NOVA’s Annual NO BULLying Run
NOVA has announced that its 9th Annual NO BULLying Run will be held virtually again this year and participants can walk, run, bike, scooter, or skate (indoors or out) and choose their own course and distance. The event, which raises awareness about the effects and consequences of bullying and funds NOVA’s efforts to combat bullying through school-based prevention education programs, will begin June 1 and continue through June 30, 2021.
Lower Bucks Times – Armstrong students learn about online safety
Students at Neil A. Armstrong Middle School in Fairless Hills learned all about how to stay safe online thanks to the Network of Victim Assistance. The Network of Victim Assistance discussed cyberbullying, digital predators and more.
Levittown Now – Middle Schoolers Get Lesson On Internet Safety
NOVA (Network of Victim Assistance) brought their virtual program “Internet Safety for Teens” to Neil A. Armstrong Middle School’s life skills students on Thursday, May 6.
Doylestown Patch – NOVA Welcomes New Children’s Advocacy Center Director
Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) is pleased to welcome Deidre Arabadjis, as the new Director of the Bucks County Children’s Advocacy Center(Bucks CAC). The CAC is a service of NOVA, established in 2008, to manage a coordinated and multidisciplinary response to reports of suspected child sexual and physical abuse in Bucks County.
Network of Victim Assistance Welcomes New Children’s Advocacy Center Director
Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) is pleased to welcome Deidre Arabadjis, as the new Director of the Bucks County Children’s Advocacy Center (Bucks CAC). The CAC is a service of NOVA, established in 2008, to manage a coordinated and multidisciplinary response to reports of suspected child sexual and physical abuse in Bucks County.
Bucks County Courier Times – Sexual Abuse is the most common child abuse in Pennsylvania
Why don’t more adults know the signs of child sexual abuse? In Bucks County, sexual abuse-related cases accounted for nearly one quarter of the 105 substantiated child abuse reports in 2019.
Fox 29 Philadelphia – Bucks County non-profit brings online safety to students in Bristol Twp. School District
Bucks County non-profit NOVA is helping ease often-hidden dangers associated with young people being online by bringing messages like online safety to the classroom.
Penn Live Patriot News – Less than ideal parenting doesn’t equal child abuse
Young children need to be protected from abuse. But child abuse investigations are not necessarily benign and shouldn’t happen when there’s little chance that a child has been abused. Finding just the right balance is as challenging as it is important.
Doylestown Patch – NOVA Bucks Holding Annual Candlelight Tribute For Crime Victims
The Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) of Bucks County and the larger community will remember and honor victims of crime during the organization’s Annual Candlelight Tribute for Victims of Crime.
AP News – Pandemic masks ongoing child abuse crisis as cases plummet
An Associated Press analysis of state data reveals that the coronavirus pandemic has ripped away several systemic safety nets for millions of Americans — many of them children like Ava. It found that child abuse reports, investigations, substantiated allegations and interventions have dropped at a staggering rate, increasing risks for the most vulnerable of families in the U.S.
Yardley Patch – Don’t Miss The Bus!
April is Child Sexual Assault Awareness month, and Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA), Bucks County’s comprehensive service agency for victims of sexual assault and other serious crimes, has an ambitious goal of training 25,000 adults in Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) awareness and prevention via its “Not On My Watch” education program. In order to meet that goal, NOVA has placed ads for the program on mini-buses that travel through Bucks County during the month of March.
Lower Bucks Times – NOVA teaches prevention programs to middle school students
Neil A. Armstrong middle schoolers learned how to be safe both online and in-person.