Family Advocacy and General Counseling Programs Paulette Hubbert LCSW, MSW, ADC II, CHt Section Head, Family Advocacy/General Counseling [email protected]

Family Advocacy and General Counseling Programs

Family Advocacy and General Counseling Programs

Paulette Hubbert LCSW, MSW, ADC II, CHt

Section Head, Family Advocacy/General Counseling

[email protected]

Family Advocacy and General Counseling Mission

Family Advocacy is a command program designed to prevent and respond to incidents of child and spousal abuse. The program is staffed with clinicians, victim advocates, home visitors and prevention specialists who work as part of a coordinated response to meet the needs of service members and their families on the installation.

Family Advocacy and General Counseling

Section Head

Paulette Hubbert

Clinical Program Joy Westermeier

Prevention Leslie Byam

Victim Advocacy Vacant

New Parent Support

Kathy Olson

Program Analyst Tony Robertson

Admin AssistantMichelle Dewald

Program Assistant/TCAFMCapt M. Harvey



Prevention & Support Activities

• General Counseling

• Victim Advocacy

• New Parent Support

• Prevention

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USMC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD MALTREATMENT REPORTED INCIDENTS MEETING CRITERIA

Data Source: Marine Corps Central Registry as of 1 September 2011

FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY10 * FY11*

Reporting R U/R R U/R R U/R R U/R R U/R

Total Domestic Violence

67 1104 95 1212 158 1373 212 1498 101 836

Total Child Maltreatment 461 532 749 794 526

• Pre FY06 data reflects substantiated spouse abuse incidents only. Per DoD mandate commencing 2nd quarter FY06, data includes intimate partners. • Therefore, domestic abuse victims include current or former spouses, those who share a child in common, current or former intimate partners of the opposite sex who share or have

shared common domicile. Adult victims of domestic abuse may choose “restricted reporting” whereby investigation of the report of domestic violence is not initiated but medical and support services are offered. • FY11 Restricted report data is reported quarterly. * Live data- subject to change **Data is extracted from the Central Registry (live data), as of 1 September 2011.


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FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY110

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

461532

749794

526

1,1041,212

1,373

1498

836 ChildAdult

DV and Child Abuse


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Types of Domestic Violence


Maltreatment FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

Emotional 70 111 150 166 99

Neglect 0 1 3 2 3

Physical 1027 1094 1209 1318 718

Sexual 6 6 11 12 16

Total 1104 1212 1373 1498 836

Types of Child Abuse


Maltreatment FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

Emotional 42 72 94 107 96

Neglect 303 348 515 538 331

Physical 110 103 117 134 91

Sexual 10 9 18 15 8

Total 481 532 749 784 526

IDC/CCSM

• Number of Substantiated cases/increase with case outcome

• Consistency, Reliability, Safety

• Provision of Services

• Marines and Families


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• Difficulties with roll out w/o an the order

• MARADMIN

• Questions remain about IDC membership

• Positive feedback from commands/Senior Leadership

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IDC Lessoned Learned



Program Challenges

• General Counseling (Scope and Practice)

• Standardized Workforce

• Increased caseloads of clinical staff

• Hiring Freeze

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Current/New Initiatives

• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) program and Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) pilot study .

• Development of Desk Reference Guide with policy guidance and best practices for all FAP staff

• Development of an evidence-based home visiting model for New Parent Support staff

• First Annual FAP Conference

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Policy

• Revision of MCO for FAP

• DADT Per DoD 6400.1-M-1 :

– AP 1.22. Intimate Partner. A person of the with whom the victim shares a child in common, or a person with whom the victim shares or has shared a common domicile.

– AP1.39. Victim. A child or current or former spouse or intimate partner who is the subject of an alleged incident of child maltreatment or domestic abuse because he/she was allegedly maltreated by the alleged abuser.

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Integration

• DV/SAPR VA MARADMIN 509/11• COSC and Suicide Prevention Briefs• Early identification and referral


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Questions

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Documents

Family Advocacy and General Counseling Programs Paulette Hubbert LCSW, MSW, ADC II, CHt Section Head, Family Advocacy/General Counseling [email protected]