Jayne G. Crisp, CTTS

Jayne G. Crisp is an international board-certified Trauma Specialist with 48 years’ experience as a crime victim assistance practitioner, trainer, and trauma responder.

Jayne is the administrator of the (international) Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists and is a training and technical assistance consultant to the Office for Victims of Crime for the US Department of Justice.  She also currently serves as a community liaison at the Greater Greenville Mental Health Center working with individuals with disabilities and staff to improve services and community support. She is the former director of the Violence Against Women with Disabilities project of Safe Harbor, a four-county comprehensive domestic violence program. Activities included building collaborative disability partnerships, organizing needs assessments with victims/survivors, and developing resources and policies that would create safe and accessible environments for victims with disabilities. 

As the first crime victim advocate in South Carolina, Jayne’s experience and observations developing and providing services to victims of violence in the criminal justice system and with nonprofit organizations, has provided her a unique perspective on effective advocacy and trauma response and services. Ms. Crisp’s extensive experience in direct service advocacy, administration, ethical dilemmas, barriers to providing services, and the development of creative, collaborative initiatives, helped create a strong foundation in South Carolina for current victim services and advocates. Her expertise provided the foundation for two books she co-authored Helping a Neighbor in Crisis (Tyndale House) and Helping Victims of Crime – Pathways Toward Healing (Wheaton College, 2011). In recognition of her service, she received the 1991 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Presidential award and the national Common Cause Public Service Achievement award.

In 1974, Crisp founded the first rape crisis center in South Carolina and in 1978, the first prosecutor-based victim witness assistance program. She created the first state-wide crisis response team in the Southeast and has responded to national community and natural disasters. She has been National Director of Victim Services for Neighbors Who Care, a subsidiary of Prison Fellowship. While director, Jayne focused on training the faith community to respond appropriately to victims of crime and trauma. Jayne created HOUSEWISE STREETWISE, a Presidential award-winning child safety education curriculum and Taking the Stand, a video designed to prepare child witnesses to testify in criminal court.