EIM Workshop/Online EIM Training

EIM Workshop attendance is required within two (2) months of beginning service in ministry and must be updated at least once every three (3) years to maintain compliance. Update/renewal should be done using the Online EIM Training for the duration of the pandemic.

The EIM Workshop is approximately 2 hours long and was developed to accomplish 3 goals: to reach out to those who have experienced sexual abuse (whether within the Church or not); to explain the commitments the US bishops made in 2002 to help prevent future abuse; and finally, to refresh our understanding of how to recognize warning signs of sexual abuse, interrupt the progression of grooming behavior and to provide tools and resources to respond in the event of a disclosure. 

The EIM Workshop includes a frank discussion of sexual abuse;
    if you have experienced sexual abuse and have concerns about viewing this training,  
please contact Emily Hurlimann at (512) 949-2447 to discuss alternative training.

In-person EIM Workshops resumed in August 2020, are primarily for new applicants (and applicants with no prior EIM Workshop attendance) and are typically only for members of the host parish/school community for the duration of the pandemic.
 

If you are a new applicant who has submitted an EIM Application and needs to attend an EIM Workshop, contact your parish/school EIM site administrator regarding the status of an in-person EIM Workshop at your location. 

• You will sign up to attend the workshop through your parish/school EIM site administrator.

• All pandemic safety protocols will be enforced at workshops (mask must be worn at all times, social distancing and sanitizing. Please bring your own pen).

• Arrive early for a safe check-in; late arrivals are not admitted.

• Do not bring children to the EIM Workshop.

Beginning January 1, 2021, the Online EIM Training fulfills the
EIM compliance/training requirement only for applicants who have an 
    existing EIM account and have previously attended an EIM Workshop.    
As of January 1, new applicants, and existing applicants who have never attended an EIM Workshop, must attend an in-person EIM Workshop to fulfill their initial EIM compliance requirement.  

This training includes a frank discussion of sexual abuse;
    if you have experienced sexual abuse and have concerns about viewing this training,  
please contact Emily Hurlimann at (512) 949-2447 to discuss alternative training.
 

• Completing the Online EIM Training updates/renews EIM compliance for up to 3 years for existing applicants.

• The Online EIM Training requires participant to access their EIM account to get information required to submit training verification. Instructions on how to login to your EIM account are included in step 1.

• The training itself is found on this page at To begin the online training: and following the steps outlined below (training is not completed on/from your EIM account).

• If you have difficulty opening a link or viewing a video, please change browsers. All parts of this training have been tested on Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

• Online EIM Training participants who completed the training during the pandemic (prior to January 1, 2021) as their initial EIM training must attend an in-person EIM Workshop within the year to remain compliant.

• New applicants, and existing applicants who have never attended an EIM Workshop, may not use the Online EIM Training to fulfill their initial compliance requirement as of January 1, 2021. Contact your parish/school EIM site administrator for the status of in-person EIM Workshops at your location.
   

As of January 1, 2021, new applicants, and existing applicants who have never attended an EIM Workshop, will not receive credit for completing the online training and must attend an in-person EIM Workshop to fulfill their initial EIM compliance requirement. 

1. The training starts at #2, but you must first login at eappsdb.com/austin to get the following information from your EIM account: 1) your Name as it appears in your account and 2) your Application Submission Date (found at top left of your Application Overview page). If you don’t recall your User ID/ Password, click Forgot User ID? or Password? at bottom of the login page - check your spam/junk folder if you don’t receive the emails.

2. Print the Online EIM Training Verification form (you may answer the questions on the form while viewing the 3 sections)

3. Fill in your Name and the Application Submission Date as noted in 1.a.– you can’t receive credit if we can’t figure out who you are

4. Review the Introduction Power Point

5. Watch Protecting our Children: A Family’s Response – closed captioning is available - click CC at bottom right of video screen to select language.

6. Respond to the questions in Section 1 on the Training Verification form

7. Watch Elder Abuse – learn the signs and break the silence – closed captioning is available - click CC at bottom right of video screen to select language. (NOTE: This video is produced by the Alberta Government and the Alberta Abuse Awareness Network; the contact and resource information is not for use in Texas)

8. Review the elder abuse prevention brochure Everyone’s Business

9. Respond to the questions in Section 2 on the Training Verification form

10. Review the Policies, Reporting Procedures and Code of Ethics Power Point

11. Respond to the questions in Section 3 on the Training Verification form

12. You may submit your Online EIM Training Verification form in one of 3 ways:  

1. Click here to enter your responses online – the quickest way to get your account updated

2. Scan and email your form to eimworkshop@austindiocese.org (do not use this email address to contact the EIM Office)

3. Postal mail your form to:    EIM Office
                                                    6225 E 290 HWY SVRD EB
                                                    Austin, TX  78723

We offer our deep appreciation to the Knights of Columbus for developing Protecting our Children: A Family’s Response and for sharing it with us to use for this training program; and particularly to Jeff & Judy and their family for sharing their story. We are also very thankful to the Government of Alberta, Canada, and the Alberta Abuse Awareness Network, for granting us permission to use their moving and insightful video Elder Abuse – Learn the signs and Break the silence as part of our online training.

Please visit www.austindiocese.org/resources-information to learn more about  about abuse