Domestic Violence: Helping Survivors Obtain Economic Freedom

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Dr. Ludy Green is an expert on U.S. domestic violence and human trafficking issues, as well as an internationally acclaimed speaker. Drawing on her 18 years of experience in the human resources field, Ludy Green founded Second Chance Employment Services to help women at risk find stable employment, assisting them in achieving financial independence. An advocate for women and children for over 20 years, Green has served as a U.S. delegate to Vietnam, Chile and most recently as a Cultural Ambassador to Syria and Jordan. Green has been appointed to prestigious boards, commissions, and advisory positions. She has also been the recipient of numerous awards for her work as a champion of women-at-risk and in the human resources and advocacy sectors. Green's recent trips to Jordan and Syria focused on financial empowerment of women as a necessary solution to global economic inequality. Dr. Green was appointed by the U.S. Department of State to serve as Cultural Ambassador of the United States in Human Trafficking to Jordan and Syria in 2009. She served as a U.S. Delegate to Malaysia (2013), Turkey (2011), Chile (2009), and at the Global Summit of Women Vietnam (2008). November 2013, she was a presenter at the Qatar International Business Women Forum in Qatar. In 2006 she was appointed by the U.S. Attorney General to the Advisory Council of Domestic Violence Against Women. Dr. Green was also appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Family and Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia; elected to serve on the Commission of the Status of Women in Virginia; and elected to the Economic Development Commission in the District of Columbia.

Ludy Green President and CEO, Womanpower, Inc.

Domestic violence: Helping Survivors Obtain Economic

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What Participants Will Learn Participants in this webinar will learn:

• Three Primary Types of Domestic Violence (DV) • Three Stages of Abuse • Impact of DV on Society and Business • Guide for Clinicians and Advocates • Establishing Workplace DV Programs • SCES Model for Combatting Economic Abuse • Program Documentation and Tracking • Advocating for Victims


TYPES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE


Three Types of Domestic Violence

• Physical • Verbal • Economic


Physical Abuse

•Most commonly known form of abuse.

•A Criminal Act. •Often Hidden by Victims Themselves.

Criminal conduct legally defined as battery: shoving, slapping, pinching, punching, strangling, suffocating, burning, and cutting.


Verbal Abuse

•Beating down of the victim’s looks and intelligence. •Protracted conditioning

with intent to gain control. •Damage often longer

lasting than Physical Abuse.

Using words to undermine victim’s value and identity.


Economic Abuse Deprivation of economic well-being and subsequent dependence of the victim on the abuser for financial resources. •Types of economic abuse:

– Denial of acquisition of resources – Prevention from using resources – Exploitation and depletion of resources

= A PRIMARY REASON VICTIMS RETURN TO THEIR ABUSER


STAGES OF ABUSE


Three Stages of Abuse

1. Prince Charming 2. Abuse 3. Captivity


Stage 1: Prince Charming Phase

•Deception and false pretenses.

•Victim showered with affection, approval, and emotional support.


Stage 2: Abuse • Initially: seldom and sporadic. • Later: escalation in frequency

and severity of abuse- “walking on eggshells.”

• Victim’s focus shifts: Avoiding

abuse higher priority than breaking free.


Stage 3: Captivity • Domestic captivity: condition of a

person deprived of power to terminate an abusive, violent intimate relationship.

• System of Domestic tyranny. • Domestic disempowerment:

– Loss of basic freedoms – Via pre-captivity – Incremental, unpredictable, intermittent


DV IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND BUSINESS


National Statistics on DV • One-fourth of all women have been victim of severe

physical violence perpetrated by husband or boyfriend. - 25% of women (vs 12% of men) have been affected by

domestic violence

• On average, 24 people/minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States. - More than 12 million men and women over a year

• About 60% of females hospitalized in psychiatric units have been abused as child or adult.


National Statistics on DV (cont.)

• Between 2003 and 2008, 142 women were murdered in their workplace as a result of intimate partner violence.

• 21% - 60% of victims of intimate partner violence lose their jobs due to the consequences of domestic violence.


Prevalence of Economic Abuse

• In Postmus 2012 study of 120 survivors of interpersonal violence: – 94% with some type of

economic abuse – 78% with employment

sabotage


The Cost of DV to the U.S. Economy is 8.3 Billion Annually


• Work performance affected: - Absenteeism - Impaired concentration

• Special concerns: - Security - Liability - Management issues - Productivity - Job performance - Focus and concentration

Effect of Domestic Abuse in the Workplace


Cost to Corporations: Managing

Decline in Productivity: • Victim • Management • HR Department • Other Colleagues • Legal advisors

• Cost of Domestic Violence Specific to Corporations $727.8 million.

• Published reports and research demonstrate the scope of the problem as a major issue for human resource professionals and other corporate officials.

Rise in Healthcare Cost: • Injuries and illnesses • Crisis intervention • Group and individual

counseling for victims, witnesses and their families


Cost to Corporations: Leave

• Days of Paid Leave Lost to Domestic Violence: $8 Million.

• “U.S. employers lose between $3 billion and $13 billion a year as a result of domestic violence.”


SUGGESTIONS FOR CLINICIANS AND ADVOCATES


Clinicians Detecting Common Psychosomatic Symptoms

• Most common presenting complaints: – Headaches – Abdominal pain – Atypical chest pain


Clinicians: Educating

• Intervene and educate before violence happens.

• Role of pediatricians.

• Identify at-risk individuals.


Clinicians: Addressing

• Counseling services.

• Referrals to mental health or social service agencies.

• Testifying in court on behalf of the victim of violence.


• Empowerment: overcoming imbalance of power.

• Clarify resources/who victim can talk to.

• Emphasize that domestic violence is not the victim’s fault.

• Encourage seeking help before the crisis point.

Clinicians: Empowering


ESTABLISHING WORKPLACE DV PROGRAMS


Corporate Domestic Violence Policy • Stop inappropriate responses. • Promote appropriate

response. • Designate trained HR

contact. • Create awareness with top

management support.


Support Victims • Display domestic violence posters. • Respect survivor choices. • Remain non-judgmental. • Maintain confidentiality to extent permitted by law. • Avoid giving advice, encourage contact with local

domestic violence programs. • Consider flexible schedules, granting leave or

relocating survivor.


Best Procedures and Practices • Create and use a code word for help. • Include “intruder” drills. • Update emergency contacts. • Use sign in / out board, checks for remote staff. • Install caller ID on work phones. • Program all phones in the office to call 911 in speaker-

phone mode. • Use storage room or closet as a safe room, complete with

cell phone, flashlight, kit.


Workplace Training and Education

• Invite advocates. • Training with emphasis

on safety planning. • Display literature. • Role of law enforcement

officials.


Safe and Secure Facilities • Install exterior lighting around building and

parking areas. • Cut back hedges or trees that may obstruct view

from inside. • Limit access to office entrance. • Strategically position furniture. • Install solid core doors, heavy-duty locks. • Display alarm system decals. • Remove survivor from directory, screen calls.


SCES MODEL FOR COMBATTING ECONOMIC ABUSE


SCES Mission

Promote financial security for domestic violence victims and their dependents through comprehensive employment placement services.

Presented at first board meeting in 2011



• Encouragement • Working with HR professionals • Utilization of client services to build

confidence and erase physical scars of abuse

• Maintaining ties with families/ friends • Encouraging the development and gaining

of employment skills • Updating resumes • Proactive Interviewing Support

Best practices


SCES

Client

Service Partner

Sponsor

Employer

SCES Approach:



SCES

Client

Service Partner

Sponsor

Employer

Our Approach…Collaboration is Key



SCES

Client

Service Partner

Sponsor

Employer

Our Approach…Collaboration is Key



Web-based Tracking System (W-track)

Program Documentation & Reporting


W-track Integrated Global Reporting

• Client service providers know collaboration is key to delivering effective client services. Yet, information networks integrating the total picture of services provided by multiple partners to a single client is not readily available.

• Womanpower developed W-track for SCES clients, a state of the art web-based

application that connects the dots between multiple providers of services in geographically disbursed locations.


1. What services are being provided? - Housing - Counselling - Training, etc. - Employment

2. Who are the services being provided to? - Key Demographics

3. What are the outcomes services? - Documentation and tracking of program objectives - Documentation and tracking of Client objectives

Effective Programs Answer the Following Questions:

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W-track: Hundreds of Detailed Reports in Real-time

Course Name Client Name

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Mary

Second Chance Services in Action:

Inputs Challenges SCES Services Results

• Referred by a Client Referral P artner (Carpenter ’ s Shelter)

• Education up to 10 th grade

• No work experience

• No work experience

• Mother of two small children

• Suffered acute physical abuse by her ex - husband and was left with a badly scarred face and missing front teeth

• Low self - esteem due to disfigurement from abuse

• Completed need s checklist to profile client job readiness

• Emergency Cash

• I nterview training, skills training , resume writing

• P rofessional make - over, legal assistance, daycare, temporary housing

• After several interviews, Client did NOT receive a job offer

( Additional Services ) • Employed at Second

Chance to obtain office skills

• Improved self - esteem and confidence

• Dental reconstructive surgery to repair teeth

• Plastic surgery to soften facial scars

• Secured employment position paying $32,000 per year + full health benefits for herself and children


Second Chance Services in Action:

Emily

Inputs Challenges SCES Services Results

• Referred by a partner shelter (Arlington County Temporary Shelter)

• Masters Degree In I nternational Relations

• Previously employed as a h igh - level public servant with the State Department

• Quit job to raise three children

• Abused by husband and isolated at home

• Out of the marketplace for several years , employment network non - existent

• Lack of confidence to re - enter the workforce

• Financially bankrupt

• Completed need s checklist to profile client job readiness

• Emergency Cash

• R esume writing , interview skills enhancement, business clothing

• Daycare, housing, mental healthcare

• Arranged job interviews

• Secured employment position as Director of Development paying $ 8 2,000 per year + full health benefits for herself and children


ADVOCATING FOR VICTIMS


Advisory Council of Domestic Violence Against Women • US Department of Justice. • Worked with transitional

housing in preparing women for SCES.

• Teen dating and violence: prevention.

• Technical Innovation Award.


US and International Advocate State DV Coalitions, Interest Groups, Think Tanks…


US and International Advocate Europe, Asia, Middle East…


• Two-Year Advocacy Effort.

• Passed March 2013.

• Second Chance Provision.

• Funds employment related services.

--- National Journal, March 11, 2013


VAWA: Second Chance Provision


“shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles”

Survivors of Domestic Violence


References 1. *unless otherwise specified, all material from Green, Ludy. Ending Domestic Violence

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1984;141(3):378-83. 3. Domestic Tyranny: The Making of American Social Policy Against Family Violence from

Colonial to the Present, (Oxford University Press 1984, reprinted, University of Illinois Press 2004).

4. Flitcraft, Anne H. "Clinical Violence Intervention: Lessons from Battered Women." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 6.2 (1995): 187-95. Web.

5. “Intimate Partner Violence: Risk and Protective Factors." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 20 Dec. 2014

6. Letter dated December 14, 2011 from Linda C. Degutis, Director, CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.


References (continued) 7. National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. National Center for Disease Control

and Prevention, 2011 8. Postmus, J. L., S.-B. Plummer, S. Mcmahon, N. S. Murshid, and M. S. Kim. Understanding

Economic Abuse in the Lives of Survivors." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 27.3 (2012): 411-30. Web.

9. Rice, Max W, E. Finklestein, R.A. Bardwell, and S. Leadbetter. “The Economic Toll of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States.” Violence and Victims. Vol. 19, no. 3 (2004):259-72. The cost includes medical care, mental health services, and lost productivity. Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States (CDS Atlanta: March 2003). www.cdc.gov.violenceprevention/pdf/IPVBook-a-pdf.

10. Rosenberg, Mark, Mary Ann Fenley, Denise Johnson, and Lynn Short. "Bridging Prevention and Practice: Public Health and Family Violence." Academic Medicine 71.1 (1997).

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Among U.S. Women: The Role of Intimate Partner Violence. Annals of Epidemiology, 22(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.02.009

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Key Take-Away Applications • Recognize various types of domestic violence including

economic abuse. • Identify common psychosomatic symptoms of survivors and

stages of abuse. • Understand the impact of domestic violence on society and

in the work place. • Discover tips for clinicians and advocates to implement and

work with families.


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