What Domestic Violence Advocates Need to Know About How New Health Policy Changes Can Help Survivors of Domestic Violence

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

Title: What Domestic Violence Advocates Need to Know About How New Health Policy Changes Can Help Survivors of Domestic Violence

Date Recorded: October 29, 2013

Description: Did you know that there are new health policy changes that benefit millions of girls and women who are experiencing abuse? This webinar will provide a basic overview of the new health policy changes that support screening and response to domestic violence (DV) by health care providers including a discussion of a key provision of the ACA that requires most insurance policies to cover screening and brief counseling for DV.

What do these new health policy changes on DV mean for domestic/sexual violence advocates? They offer opportunities for deeper collaborations and coalition building with health providers, stronger referrals, and the potential for better outcomes for women. They may also likely lead to increased demands for training, coalition building and referrals over time. Millions of women, covered by employer-sponsored insurance, the new Insurance Marketplace, and Medicaid will be eligible to receive these services. Speakers will discuss who will be able to access these services, as well as how DV advocates can work with health care providers to screen and respond to women as safely and effectively as possible.

This webinar is co-sponsored by Futures Without Violence’s National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence and the Family Violence Prevention & Services Program, Family & Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. DHHS.

Building A Health Care Response to Human Trafficking

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

Title: Building A Health Care Response to Human Trafficking

Date Recorded: November 19, 2013

Description: As the health care system increasingly recognizes the impact of domestic and sexual violence on women’s health, there have been many efforts to improve the public health response to violence against women. Until recently, human trafficking has been largely seen as a legal issue. However, human trafﬁcking is also a health care issue: victims of trafﬁcking suffer a host of health-related problems and are at high risk of injury, illness and even death from the circumstances of their forced treatment and bondage. As one of the few people who come into direct contact with trafficking victims, healthcare providers have the unique opportunity to assess for trafficking, as well as offer links to much-needed community resources. As part of a comprehensive approach to all victimization, health care providers need education about the prevalence and dynamics of trafﬁcking and how to effectively assess and intervene on behalf of trafﬁcked victims.

Learning Objectives:

List three similarities between IPV and human trafficking
Identify and respond to human trafficking victims in health settings
Initiate multi-disciplinary collaborative strategies in responding to human trafficking
Access local, state and national anti-trafficking resources

This webinar is co-sponsored by Futures Without Violence’s National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence and the Family Violence Prevention & Services Program, Family & Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. DHHS.

Speakers:
Erica Monasterio, MN, FNP-BC is a Clinical Professor on faculty in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Family Health Care in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco since 1997. She is the Nurse Faculty in the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Program and the coordinator of the Nursing Leadership in Adolescent and Young Adult Health (NLAYAH) Program. Ms. Monasterio has over 27 years of clinical experience working with youth and families in primary care, both at UCSF and in the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and is the co-founder of the Cole Street Youth Clinic, part of the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Community Health Network.

Debra Seltzer, MPA is the Program Administrator for the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention Program, Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, Ohio Department of Health. Debra began working as a volunteer for the Columbus Rape Crisis Center in 1984, and served as Rape Crisis Coordinator and Prevention Coordinator for Women Against Rape. In 1989, Debra began work as the Director of the Ohio Coalition On Sexual Assault (OCOSA). She left OCOSA in the spring of 1997 to accept a position as a Rape Prevention Coordinator with the Ohio Department of Health. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Ohio State University.

Beth Malchus is the Rape Prevention Coordinator for the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention Program, Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, Ohio Department of Health. She assisted in the development of the ODH Human Trafficking Protocol Template and Training that have been implemented with Ohio’s Health Surveyors and School Nurses.

Resources:
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
(888) 373-7888
nhtrc@polarisproject.org

Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS)
(212) 926-8089

Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE)
(415) 905-5050
info@sagesf.org

Improving existing, and creating new gendered violence prevention programs and policies on college campuses

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

Title: Improving Existing, and Creating New Gendered Violence Prevention Programs and Policies on College Campuses: An Organizing Approach

Date Recorded: May 1, 2014

Description: In January 2014, President Obama announced the launch of a new task force to prevent sexual violence on college campuses. Citing that 1 in 5 women on college campuses have experienced some form of sevual violence during their academic careers, but only 12 percent of student victims report the assault. The President has called this epidemic “totally unacceptable.”

Urging a fundamental shift in attitudes around sexual violence, the President’s actions are timely considering the work of Futures Without Violence Campus Fellows across the country. Launched in the Fall of 2013, the Campus Leadership Program aimed to spur creative, student-led action to change university policy, enhance curriculum, raise awareness and shift campus culture.

In this interactive webinar, we will share what our Campus Fellows have accomplished this year within their diverse academic fields. Additionally, we will open the forum to students with experience or interest in this work, and brainstorm programatic, policy-oriented, curricular, institutional, legal, and subversive tactics to improve prevention and intervention programs on your college campus.

Speakers:

Jane Pomeroy, MSW Candidate, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
Angela Catena, PhD Counselor in Education and Supervision with focus in Women’s Studies, University of New Mexico
Alishka Elliott, Doctor of Medicine, Saint Louis University
Natalia Truszczynski, Master of Public Health, University of Kentucky
Kate Jae Sun Sim, Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality and Social Studies, Harvard College

Extended ACA Enrollment Period and Hardship Exemptions for Victims of Domestic Violence

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

Title: Extended ACA Enrollment Period and Hardship Exemptions for Victims of Domestic Violence

Date Recorded: May 9, 2014

Description: Did you know that there is a health care enrollment extension for victims of domestic violence until the end of May? This webinar will offer advocates information about the enrollment extension, as well as information about how survivors can access a “hardship” exemption to avoid paying penalties if they are not able to enroll this year.

Please join us to learn more about how you can help your client’s access health care or avoid penalties in the future, as well as other genreal health policy updates related to health and domestic violence.

This webinar is being co-sponsored by Futures Without Violence’s National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence and the Family Violence Prevention & Services Progra, Family & Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. DHHS.

Resources: Here is a list of resources that were mentioned in this webinar.

Health Cares About IPV
Futures Without Violence
HealthCare.gov
The Marketplace Call Center: 1-800-318-2596
For free local, in-person help with enrollment, visit https://localhelp.healthcare.gov/ and enter the zip code for a list of in-person help in your area
National Immigration Law Center

Better Coalitions: 8 Steps to Building and Maintaining Collaborative Networks that Support Our Children’s Safety

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

Title: Better Coalitions: 8 Steps to Building and Maintaining Collaborative Networks that Support Our Children’s Safety

Date Recorded: November 21,2013

Description: This web conference will provide leaders with practical support for skillfully managing the dynamic tension that commonly arises when people collaborate and networks whose members have varying perspectives, skills, and mandates. Topics include: Collaborative structure and decision making; reclaibrating to identify and effectively frame opportunities for network members; and maintaining a network’s vitality over time.

This webinar is presented by the Defending Childhood Initiative, in partnership with the Office on Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention and Futures Without Violence.
Learning Objectives:

Engage in discussions that highlight practical strategies to sustain effective partnerships
Understand the major considerations of effective coalition building and identify techniques by which to address the needs, interests, strengths, and diversity of the membership as well as maintain vitality of the coalition’s goals and objectives.
Problem-solve common turf issues that arise in collaborative work using a framework that limits the negative aspects of collaboration.

Speakers:

Annie Lyles, Program Manager, Prevention Institute
Ethleen Iron Cloud-Two Dogs, Native Streams Institute

The NJ and NY Initiatives on DV Advocates Co-Located in Local Child Protective Offices

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

Title: The New Jersey and New York State Initiatives on DV Advocates Co-Located in Local Child Protective Offices

Date Taped: March 26th, 2014

Description: While it is well documented that child welfare services and domestic violence (DV) providers often serve the same families, many communities lack coordination between these two systems. To improve safety for families experiencing both DV and child maltreatment and to improve case coordination, many states are now piloting collaborative initiatives with the co-location of DV advocates into child protection. In New York state, 21 counties have been funded to co-locate domestic violence advocates in child protective services. In New Jersey, 31 domestic violence liaisons are co-located in 46 local child protection service offices. How did these states begin their collaboration and what have they learned in the process? Speakers from New York and New Jersey programs will answer these questions and others, including: the impetus for change; how partnerships and collaboration were fostered; development of policies; evaluation results and anecdotal stories of success. Included are the perspectives of state administrators and evaluators, a CPS worker and DV advocate.
This webinar is presented by the Family Violence Prevention & Services Program, Family & Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Futures Without Violence.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how the co-location of a domestic violence advocate in child protective services benefits both case practice and client outcomes.
Learn factors and agreements that influence co-location implementation.
Identify 3 challenges associated with co-location programs and 3 strategies to overcome them.

Speakers:

Facilitated by Anna Marjavi, Program Manager, Futures Without Violence
Dacey Bonney, Assistant Service Director of Non-Residential Domestic Violence Services, Unity House
Lisa Gordon, Director of Program and Community Development, New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Grace Hamilton, MSW Administrator for the Office of Domestic Violence Services, NJ Department of Children and Families
Trashaun Powell, Program Specialist, Office of Domestic Violence Services, NJ Dept of Children and Families
Joanne Ruppel, Assistant Director of Research, Evaluation, and Performance Analytics, New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Andrea Sandholt, Child Protective Services, Renssealer County DSS

Making the Connection: Intimate Partner Violence and Public Health

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

How can we engage public health leaders to respond to family violence? Futures Without Violence announces an improved evidence-based tool, Making the Connection: Intimate Partner Violence and Public Health. This PowerPoint training and education tool distills the most recent data and promising practices on the health impact of violence on maternal child health, mental health, injury prevention, children and adolescents, and more. Over 300 slides present compelling data, national resources, and program and policy recommendations along with photos and graphics to engage diverse audiences. The tool is divided into downloadable chapters and includes a compendium listing the full citations for each chapter. Presenters may pick and choose which slides to include in trainings, and reference “speaker’s notes” to strengthen presentations. This updated pre-packaged tool continues to be invaluable to leaders in the fields of health and violence to help carry out effective training and education for staff.

Author: Linda Chamberlain, PhD, MPH

Presenter Slides

Note: Each of the files is available in Powerpoint 97-2003 (.ppt) format, as well as Powerpoint 2007 (.pptx). For best reults, and to take advantage of animations, use the newer Powerpoint 2007 version.

Powerpoint 2007 (.pptx)	Powerpoint 97-2003 (.ppt)
Overview (9.3MB)	Overview (8.8MB)
Regional and Local Data (6.8MB)	Regional and Local Data (6.8MB)
Medical Cost Burden and Health Care Utilization for IPV (7.2MB)	Medical Cost Burden and Health Care Utilization for IPV (6.1MB)
The Impact of IPV on Women’s Health (9.0MB)	The Impact of IPV on Women’s Health (8.1MB)
IPV and Behavioral Health (7.8MB)	IPV and Behavioral Health (7.1MB)
IPV and Family Planning, Birth Control Sabotage, Pregnancy Pressure, and Unintended Pregnancy (11.5MB)	IPV and Family Planning, Birth Control Sabotage, Pregnancy Pressure, and Unintended Pregnancy (11.8MB)
IPV and Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV (8.1MB)	IPV and Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV (7.7MB)
IPV and Perinatal Programs (9.7MB)	IPV and Perinatal Programs (9.6MB)
IPV, Breastfeeding, and Nutritional Supplement Programs (6.6MB)	IPV, Breastfeeding, and Nutritional Supplement Programs (7.0MB)
IPV and Child and Adolescent Health (10.1MB)	IPV and Child and Adolescent Health (11.7MB)
ACE Study: Leading Determinants of Health (7.4MB)	ACE Study: Leading Determinants of Health (6.5MB)
IPV and Injury Prevention (9.0MB)	IPV and Injury Prevention (8.1MB)

Bibliography (PDF)

Second Edition 2010

Student Leadership in Ending Gender Based Violence: Step-by-Step

Posted July 16, 2014 by Kyle Coleman

Students groups are leaders in reducing gender-based violence on college campuses. To support student advocate’s work, Futures Without Violence recommends six steps for effective student leadership to ensure a safe, respectful campus.