Domestic Violence Young People Outreach

Domestic violence is a crime that affects every member of the Purpose In order to help in a proactive capacity; as well as, be a catalyst that will spur on legislature and rights for children in a domestic violence situation, Lighted Pathways is a program that will be implemented in order to support children who live with violence and ensure a better tomorrow. Though it is said that children are resilient, it is imperative for them to be given an opportunity to thrive. Opportunities that allow for the child to create healthy bonds with adult, secure activities with peers, and gain a voice for themselves in a secure and protective environment will be provided. It is the purpose of Lighted Pathways to help the child that was either a witness, or a victim of abuse themselves to, gain extended support through various activities, create lasting bonds with supportive individuals; such as, Big Brother/ Sisters and a familial type unit, extend educational opportunities, introduce the child to community resources and opportunities otherwise unavailable to them, create a peer connection, and obtain free or affordable, long-term counseling. Lighted Pathways is set to create all of these programs utilizing resources from the, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). Funds will also be rendered from the community, stakeholders, donations, and local funding and volunteerism. It is Lighted Pathways intention to assist

Domestic Violence Presentation Doreen Lesane – What is Domestic Violence? Tools and Technique The first guest speaker to present was Doreen Lesane, an Advocate against Domestic Violence. She gave a general power point presentation on what domestic violence is and how to properly assist a client in that predicament. She goes on to explain that domestic abuse and domestic violence are consider two different forms under the law. The law does not recognize domestic abuse as a criminal act and is categorize as nonphysical form of abuse. As a social worker our goals is not to get the client to flea an abuse relationship but to provided serveries to better Accommodate client by helping them create safety nets. Prof. Elaine Reid makes a startling claim, woman are more likely to be murder when they are trying to leave an abuse spouse, and this is also refer as separation violence. Nevertheless it is important not to judge these individual and to handle the case in a professional matter. As social workers it is essential that we safety guide our client with their approval, out of domestic situation by providing resource, support, understanding and professional services.

arrested on the grounds of questionable violence (proof should be established in the court of law). The value that directly correlates with domestic violence from a social work perspective would be the importance of human relationships, the social worker has to comprehend that cultivating a healthy and supporting relationship between

Agency University of North Carolina Wilmington AGENCY Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc. (DVSS) is a nonprofit agency located in Wilmington North Carolina. DVSS provide support services, shelter, public education, and prevention services to citizens of New Hanover County. The agency has two locations, the Open Gate located at 2901 Market Street, and a women and children’s shelter located in an undisclosed location. DVSS operates three for profit resale stores. Vintage Values stores are located at 413 South College Road #9, 5226 South College Road #10, and 609 Castle Street. All proceeds support the operation of the shelter and its programs (M. Lama, personal communication, November 8, 2013).

Within the field of human services there are so many details that cannot be overlooked, there are many variables that should not be ignored. There are also expectations from stakeholders that most definitely must be entertained by all participants and staff that are involved with the program. Typically all human service programs depend on a source or sources of funding to provide services to countless individuals within a community. So many variables are present and necessary to ensure that the program will be able to function correctly and efficiently. The stakeholders are a major contributor as well as a part on how the program will proceed. Stakeholders are not just groups; they can be a person, staff member, group, community or an organization that has impact on the operations of an agency or a human resources program. During an evaluation process they can be involved to examine the data collected. Then this can in turn assist the stakeholder to come up with ideas, this would then influence board members as to how the agency or the program should change to ensure that it will reach its objectives and goals as well as to follow its mission. Stakeholders can have a negative or positive impact on the program, in which it can affect economics, funding and accounting as well as other business related decisions such as staff, community, volunteers, administration, and also the target population related decisions. Primarily the administration department will oversee the

The PEACE Domestic Violence Agency Summary Pamela Vanderpool HSM/270 July 13, 2014 Dennis Cooper The PEACE Domestic Violence Agency Summary Introduction It was not that long ago that what transpired at home was considered a secretive, a personal matter and was not looked at by the public. Within the last few years, there has been an rise in awareness of the importance of child abuse and negligence, spouse/partner mistreatment, and elder cruelty not only as serious societal problems but also as crimes. The PEACE Domestic Violence Agency was step up to help individuals break through the barriers.

The PEACE Domestic Violence Agency (PEACE) has a mission of reducing the victim trauma, empower the survivors, and lastly, promote the recovery of the victims in the city of Portland. PEACE does this through the use of the direct services by trying to reduce the incidence of sexual assault and

If projects and funding are not inaugurated properly, the minority of low-income and young aged group victims become a higher risk of dysfunctional lifestyles who settle within hostile environments. Essentially, they force themselves to dwell in mental and physical sufferings, leaving themselves in a perpetual cycle of disorder. PEACE Domestic Violence Agency is devoted when increasing the well-being and safety of children and mothers influenced to hostile environments within their dwellings. They supply instructive guidance, coping strategies, healthier conflict resolution skills, and fostering deep bonds between parent, and child relationship, while thwarting off perpetuating violent behaviors.

* Identifying the most critical need of the clientele * Accessing our ability to satisfy that need * Planning and delivering program to address that need * Evaluating the outcome of the process Program planning is the implementation of evaluation process. It is the groundwork where priorities are decided and the results are analyzed on a measurable scale.

It is important to understand how to respond to some domestic violence victims once they ask for help. There are guidelines to ensure effective evaluation and intervention and referral. The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) has set up an efficient way to assess victims of domestic violence. FVPR first step in assess the victims immediate need for safety. The following question can be asked to assess for safety conceders. “Are you in immediate danger? Where is your partner now? Is your partner with now? Do you need to use to call the police?” The next step in assets has evaluated the pattern and the history of the abuse. Then also need assessment of the impact of the abuse had on the victims. For example, stomach ulcers from the stress of being in an abuse relationship. The need to be an assessment to see what current resources that victim’s advocacy and support group. The final step in assessment is their future risk. The goal of the assessment to provide has an effective intervention base the women responds (NASW, 2016)

Introduction Mentoring refers to a relationship whereby, an experienced person gives guidance, advice, and support to the less experienced. The Stop the Violence Mentoring Program is one that seeks help young people and to show them a more excellent way.

A range of UK agencies audited their domestic violence contacts that day. Findings indicated a disproportionate amount of violence faced by women and perpetrated by men. 86% of calls to police that day involved female victims attacked by male partners/ex-partners, 8% male victims attacked by female partners/ex-partners, 2% female victims attacked by female partners/ex-partners, and 7% male victims attacked by male partners/ex-partners. 90% of contacts made with victim support in England involving domestic violence were from women, and 100% in Wales. Further evidence of considerable disparities in male and female abusive behaviour comes from a study of cases sent for prosecution under the Protection from Harassment Act (Harris 2000). 94% of

Introduction Domestic violence is a form of gender-based assault (Hester, 2011) in which numerous children are involved as the victims of domestic attack (Laing and Humphreys, 2013). The intersectional issue between domestic violence and child abuse becomes a controversial problem for both the domestic violence workers and child protection workers. As Hester (2011) indicates, the intervention approach for domestic violence incident focuses on the men’s violence against women. It attempts to support the battered female as the center of the interventional plan, which advocates for gender equality between the male and female. However, child protection workers pay mostly focus on the children and are always been criticized for ignoring the gender inequality of the domestic violence and blame the mother of the maltreated children (Laing and Humphreys, 2013). In the first section, this essay will identify the differences and similarities

A phone interview was conducted prior to the program, then half of the families included received a program book while the other half did not, and finally, another phone interview was completed nine months after the initial phone call (p. 998). This program was effective for teens who had higher exposure to domestic violence, but those who had low exposure to intimate partner violence showed a neutral response (Foshee et al., 2015, p. 1005). The program was effective for a select group, but the other was seemingly left out, which proves to be common in many other programs as well. This is why these improvements to Dove, Inc. will be more efficient in reaching all groups of intimate partner violence victims. Bowers et al. (2016) state that

In looking to start an educational program for intimate partner or domestic violence, I would want to first want to establish a program that people would look to seek out and feel safe with. According to our reading, only 10% of domestic violence incidences are reported however there have been more then 1 million women who have sought medical treatment for injuries relating to domestic violence (Lynch, 2014). I think that through education and advertisement of the program to victims involved in these incidences, they would be more knowledgeable that there is a program that is available to them were they can seek help and counseling in a safe environment.