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FCADV Domestic Violence Awareness and Response JODI RUSSELL DIRECTOR OF COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE

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Page 1: FCADV Domestic Violence Awareness and Response

FCADV Domestic Violence Awareness and ResponseJODI RUSSELL

DIRECTOR OF COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM)

October 1981 the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) initiated a “Day of Unity” to bring together advocates from across the nation working together to end violence against women and their children.

That day expanded into a full month, and in October 1987 the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed.

This is the 30th year anniversary!

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What is Domestic Violence?

Domestic violence is a pattern of behaviors, violence, or threats of violence that one person uses to establish power and control over a current or former intimate partner. It is not a disagreement, a marital spat, or an anger management problem. Domestic violence is abusive, disrespectful, dangerous, and may include abuse that is physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual, or economic. The use of threats, intimidation, isolation, pet abuse, and using children as pawns are examples of the tactics batterers use to perpetrate domestic violence.

Domestic Violence Defined in Statute Florida law defines domestic violence as any assault, aggravated assault, battery,

aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another family or household member.3

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• The Power and Control Wheel was developed in 1984

• Uses survivor's experiences

• FCADV uses a similar way to learn about survivors experiences in Florida: “ Survivor Listening Project.”

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Domestic Violence Crimes in Florida 2016

105,668 domestic violence offenses were reported to law enforcement.

Law enforcement made 63,193 arrests for domestic violence related crimes.

The 2016 UCR reflected that while overall crime decreased 2.8 percent, domestic violence crimes only decreased by 1.9 percent.

While any decrease is certainly positive, the report also reflected an increase of 11.8 percent in domestic violence aggravated stalking offenses. Stalking is a known precursor to domestic violence homicide.

193 individuals died as a result of domestic violence homicide, representing approximately 17.4 percent of all homicides in Florida.

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FCADV’s role in Addressing Domestic Violence

Florida Domestic Violence HotlineTechnical assistance for DV centers and

allied partnersSystems Advocacy Training and Program CoordinationMaterial Development for Communities

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FCADV Programs

Child Protection Investigations Project Domestic Violence Enhancements and Leadership

through Alliances (DELTA) Statewide Primary Prevention Initiative Engaging Men Initiative Father and Kids Experience Events

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FCADV Programs

Domestic Violence and Disabilities Abuse in Later Life Program DV and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Economic Empowerment Initiative Advocacy Training and Technical Assistance Trauma-Informed Services

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FCADV Programs

Rural Statewide Initiative Rural and Underserved Project Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Intimate Violence Enhanced Service Team (InVEST) Fatality Review Initiative Law Enforcement Program Technology and Safety Program

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Florida Domestic Violence Hotline

During the 2016-17 fiscal year, the Florida Domestic Violence Hotline received 25,540 calls, 6,842 of which were answered by the legal hotline.

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Florida Domestic Violence Hotline

24 Hours, 7 Days a WeekMulti-Lingual StaffConnection to the DV CentersOptimal Phone Interpreters (OPI) Language LineHotline Training Florida Domestic Violence Legal Hotline

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Florida Legal Hotline

Connected through the Florida Domestic Violence (1-800-500-1119)

Florida Legal Services, Inc. provides attorneys to answer survivors’ legal questions. The hotline attorneys are available 8 am to 4 pm EST Monday –Friday at 1-800-500-1119, ext. 3.

Provides comprehensive legal advice, information, and referrals to survivors of domestic violence.

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Florid Legal Hotline

The most frequently sought advice on FCADV’s Legal Hotline is information regarding how to obtain an injunction for protection and instructions related to preparing for related court appearances.

In addition, survivors regularly report to FCADV during annual listening groups that access to legal services remains one of their greatest unmet needs.

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Injunction for Protection Attorney Project

In October 2016, FCADV received a VOCA grant award from the Office of the Attorney General to fund attorneys to provide free representation to survivors of domestic, dating and sexual violence and stalking seeking civil injunctions for protection.

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IFP Attorneys

Twenty- nine centers currently have at least one IFP attorney providing services.

The IFP Project attorneys meet with survivors referred by certified domestic violence centers, clerk and court staff, law enforcement, state attorneys, and other agencies to determine whether filing for an injunction is a safe and appropriate legal action.

The IFP Project attorneys represent survivors from the temporary petition stage through the final injunction hearing, and in civil show cause hearings for injunction violations. The attorneys also represent survivors in other injunction-related proceedings that impact survivor safety such as filing a motion to extend an injunction or defending against a motion to dismiss a final injunction.

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IFP Attorney Project Cont.

Between October 2016 and July 2017 IFP Attorneys:

provided legal advice to 1,259 survivors

represented survivors in 1,614 injunction for protection and other injunction related hearings.

In Addition, 1,490 survivors received information and referral services, and 1,022 survivors received victim compensation/relocation information

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Law Enforcement Programs

InVEST was created specifically to reduce and prevent domestic violence homicides. FCADV and the OAG identified 11 communities with the highest rates of domestic violence homicides to implement this pilot program. InVEST utilizes a coordinated community response model designed to reduce the number of domestic violence homicides by increasing services for survivors identified in high lethality domestic violence situations while increasing perpetrator accountability throughout the criminal justice process.

Enhanced Response provides domestic violence survivors and their children with protection and services while improving a community’s capacity to hold batterers accountable, the Law Enforcement Enhanced Response program supports five Florida communities in enhancing their response to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This program challenges the community to listen, communicate, identify problems, and share ideas that will result in responses that ensure survivor safety and offender accountability.

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Law Enforcement Programs

During the 2016 – 2017 fiscal year, FCADV conducted training related to reducing intimate partner homicides for over 220 certified domestic violence center staff and allied partners. In addition, FCADV conducted 16 trainings related to the safety needs of survivors for approximately 630 participants from law enforcement agencies and allied partners. As a result:

Law enforcement agencies participating in the InVEST and Law Enforcement Enhanced Response programs arrested 16,834 domestic violence perpetrators, while law enforcement agencies filed 19,022 arrests for prosecution with the local state attorney’s office.

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Law Enforcement Resources

• InVEST Risk Assessment Palm Card

• Law Enforcement Reference Cards

• Online Training Library:

• http://domesticviolencetraining.fcadv.org/

• http://fcadv.org/projects-programs/law-enforcement

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Child Welfare Initiatives

Child Protection Initiative projects collectively utilized a seamless system of wraparound services, which allowed 10,790 children, whose families were involved in the child welfare system, to remain in the home with the non-offending parent. This represents a 9% increase from the previous fiscal year.

During this time, co-located advocates:

received and followed up on a total of 7,376 CPI Project referrals from child welfare professionals;

participated in 4,208 child welfare case staffings and provided 12,096 case consultation services to child welfare professionals.

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Rachel’s Story

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Advocacy Program

Landlord/HRA Notified

Warning Given

Eviction Hearing

Sheriff Evicts

911 Call

Squads Investigate

Arrest No Arrest

Arrest Report

Non-Arrest Report

Jail

Arraignment Hearing

No Contact Order

Conditions of Release

Pre-Trial/ Hearing

Trial Sentencing Monitoring/Probation

Files OFP

Seeks Shelter

Ex Parte Granted

Sheriff Serves RespondentEx Parte

Denied

Judge Reviews

Civil Court Hearing

Initial Intervention Unit Contacted

Child Protection Screening

CP Investigation

Child Welfare Assessment

Child Maltreatment Assessment

Law Enforcement Notified

Risk Assessment

Service Plan

Safety Plan

CP Case Mgmt

CD Assessment

Psych/Mental Health

Parenting Education

Visitation

Individual/Family Therapy

DV Classes

Emergency Placement

EPC Hearing

Safety Assessment

CHIPS COURT

Court Oversees and Sanctions Plan

Child Placement

OFP Granted

OFP Denied

Reliefs Granted

OFP Filed

Supervised Exchange/Visitation

Files for Divorce

Family Court Hearing

Final Divorce Hearing

Custody Evaluation

Interviews by Evaluator

Custody Awarded

Child Support Established

Custody Hearing

Temporary Custody

Praxis International, 218-525-0487, www.praxisinternational.org

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Certified Domestic Violence Centers

Core Services:

24-Hour Hotline • Advocacy • Assists with Relocation Assistance Application • Children’s Program • Community Education • Court/Legal Advocacy • Crisis Counseling and Service Management • Emergency Shelter • Information and Referral • Outreach • Primary Prevention Programming • Professional Training • Safety Planning • Support Groups

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CERTIFIED CENTER SERVICES

In A Single Day

Received 600 hotline calls

Sheltered 2,336 in emergency shelter or transitional housing

Provided 980 adults and children with outreach services

In A Single Year

Received 109,997 hotline calls

Sheltered 14,394 in emergency shelter

Provided 37,025 adults and children with outreach services

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Domestic Violence Services Provided 2016-2017

14,394 individuals received emergency shelter at a certified domestic violence center (14% increase from the previous year)

Domestic violence survivors and their children spent 682,311 nights in emergency shelter

Advocates received 84,457 hotline calls

145,327 safety plans were completed with survivors

37,025 women, children, and men received outreach services

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Local Advocacy

InVEST Advocates

Co-located Child Welfare Advocate

Shelter Advocates

Outreach: Legal/Courthouse Advocates

IFP Attorneys

Housing Advocates

Rural Projects

Community Education

Economic Empowerment

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Coordinated Community Response (CCR)

Linkage between agencies that recognizes the roles and responsibilities AND aims to increase the ease in which victims of domestic violence receive services and navigate the system

Recognizes that the batterer is responsible for the violence and holds the batterer accountable for the violence.

We all have a place in a CCR.

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Thank You

For more information about FCADV please contact: www.fcadv.org