Brighter Tomorrows: Agency Analysis

Confidentiality and safety are only the first step in the process that these types of programs use to help survivors of domestic violence begin their recovery process. Psychiatric counseling, a victim advocate, and social worker are required as well as a variety of classes focused on helping the victim make a transition into a life that is safe and empowered. Physical needs of the victim are addressed with donations from Salvation Army as well as many other sources led by people who simply want to help. Clothes, makeup, toiletries, books, and food are provided while the victim follows the outlined plan for recovery and shows a desire to rebuild their life.

Domestic violence seems to be a never-ending problem from state to state with every state having its fair share of domestic violence. The Texas Council on Family Violence was formed to serve three focal points when dealing with domestic violence in the State of Texas implementing prevention programs that are focused in ending the root cause of domestic violence, providing victim services of domestic violence and promoting support to victims and the violent offenders to help them deal with their issues in domestic violence.

The PEACE Domestic Violence agency’s mission is to “reduce victim trauma, empower survivors, and promote recovery through direct services” (University of Phoenix, 2012, para. 9). Also, according to University of Phoenix  Appendix B (2012),PEACE also strives to reducing the occurrence of sexual assault and domestic violence by educating the abused and the community and proposing ways to fight against social norms and beliefs. It will reside in the city of Portland, a large metropolitan city, that has been experiencing a rise in reports of not only domestic, spousal, and child abuse, but also youth violence, assault, and road rage over the last five

The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV, n.d.) provides training for advocates of domestic violence (DV) survivors and their families. This paper reflects my experiences as I worked through the first three sections of training: the history of the DV movement; the key requirements of DV advocacy; and safety planning. The primary thread throughout the training sections is the importance of providing advocacy based on survivor-empowerment and meeting clients where they are. In this paper, I also explore my role as a mental health counselor in an interdisciplinary response team working with survivors of domestic violence.

At my agency I work with victims of domestic violence. In training with Chesterfield County Domestic Violence Resource Center I learned a lot about how this growing problem has affected them. This county is one of two that had been recognized for efforts to ending domestic violence. They believe that effective intervention in assaults and sexual violence occurs when the agency and service coordinates their policies and practice to meet community intervention.

The goals of the battered women’s in jail group were sampled from The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women and would include educating women about the dynamics of domestic violence, supporting domestic violence survivors healing from the effects of trauma, supporting survivors of abuse in developing strategies and identifying resources to help prevent them from experiencing abuse again in the future, helping survivors plan and prepare for being released, including developing comprehensive strategies for enhancing their safety while in the community (Bible, 2011).

The company aims to raise awareness about sexual/domestic violence and available resources, as well as educate members of the healthcare community about the critical importance of assessing for domestic violence. For example the company hosts what is called The Safe Homes Clothesline Project in partnership with Safe Homes and Orange County’s agency for prevention of domestic violence and support for victims of violence. The project is a tribute to women and girls in Orange County that have experienced domestic and sexual violence. Over the generations the clothesline has been where information has been exchanged, a place where women might gather quietly and hopefully safely, to share the news of their households and sometimes their hidden secrets with their neighbors and

The Community Abuse Prevention Service Agency or CAPSA as they are more formally known, works with men, women, children, and families to provide them with a safe place to go in the case of domestic violence, abuse, and hardship. They provide an emergency shelter that is a safe space for victims of abuse (M. Thatcher, personal communication, May 3, 2018). Clients can stay for 30 days and receive a place to stay and counseling and therapies. They also have a 24-hour support line that people can call into for help or to get help to others. CAPSA offers advocacy and support services and a 24-hour response team of community members who are willing to be there to support and help people through their court processes and their crises. Therapy services are offered to community members as well there and there are plenty of children’s activities and a daycare facility to provide a safe space for children to go while their parent(s)

PEACE Domestic Violence Agency provides a variety of ways to improve the efficiency of domesticated issues, servicing victims of sexual assaults and domestic violence. Their central focus is derived from a strategic mission statement, consequential approach, which essentially regulates the business’ calculated goals.

Donna Bracewell is currently the Statewide Project Coordinator for the Georgia Coalition against Domestic Violence. While she is new to this role Donna has been part of the domestic violence movement for over 20 years. Prior to joining the staff at GCADV Donna worked with Project Safe, a domestic violence organization in Athens, GA for 17 years. Donna was hired as Project Safe’s Case Manager in 1999 and was promoted to Assistant Director in 2003. In 2005, Donna had a key role in developing, implementing, and directing Project Safe’s first Transitional Housing program. She spent the next 12 years assisting survivors with their journey to housing stability, independence, and a violence-free future. After advocating for survivors on the frontlines

Millions of women in the United States are physically, and emotionally abused by an intimate partner each year. Domestic violence is a situation that harms and kills most particularly women, children, and families members. As a result, battering of women is one of the foremost causes of injury to women. The growing awareness of how pervasive and destructive this situation is in our society, and the violence that accompanies it, has created a wide variety of programs, shelters, educational endeavors, law enforcement initiatives, and other efforts to prevent the development of this well-known trend. Fortunately, most victims of domestic violence today have one or more ways out, if they know there are available opportunities exist and able to use them accordingly.

Million of women in the United States are physically, and emotionally abuse by an intimate partner each year. Domestic violence is a situation that harms and kills most particularly women, children, and families members. As a result, battering of women is one of the foremost causes of injury to women. The growing awareness of how pervasive and destructive this situation is in our society, and the violence that accompanies it, has created a wide variety of programs, shelters, educational endeavors, law enforcement initiatives, and other efforts to prevent the development of this well-known trend. Fortunately, most victims of domestic violence today have one or more ways out, if they know there are available opportunities exist and able to use them accordingly.

Beginning in 1994, the U.S. acknowledged domestic violence and laid the foundation to combat this uncontrolled issue. The Violence Against Women Act is America's first Federal action taken in order to gain control. As you can probably tell, twenty years later, America is out of control when concerning domestic violence, but has made some noteworthy changes. The most recent authorization of the VAWA attempts to provide services to all whom are affected by domestic violence. There are many resources provided for victims who are affected directly and indirectly. The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence seeks to addresses this situation from a legal perspective. Alianza is a network

An agency in Stuart, Florida that helps women in cases of domestic abuse is called SafeSpace Shelter Program. This agency offers victims of domestic violence and their dependents a safe housing to escape the violence in their home. While in this program residents can attend individual and group advocacy, develop individualized safety and action plans which assists them in staying safe and setting and achieving personal goals. Initial steps that this agency takes with victims are to bring them to a secure and confidential shelter. They assess their immediate needs and help to meet these needs; this is called the acute phase. SafeSpace advocates then work with the victims to obtain employment, childcare, legal services and safe housing.

Katrina Brown and Elizabeth Westaway (2011) argue that the way a person responds to change can be determined by looking at their level of human agency. Research suggests that beyond agency, it is also one's access to resources and infrastructures that helps to determine their level of adaptability (Brown & Westaway, 2011). Charles Cooley builds on the foundation of agency (how we react to situations that may arise in our lives) and self-development (the process that teaches us the proper ways to react) by suggesting that who we are, in part, is the result of the appraisal of people, “primarily attached figures,” or family (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015, p. 170). He goes on to argue that this process of development is constructed when the following