May 19 Community Coordinated Response to Domestic Violence

Note: The date for this seminar is changed to May 19.

On May 19 there will be aCommunity Coordinated Response Conference in South Bend, presented by Family & Children’s Center, YWCA North Central Indiana and the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

An effective Coordinated Community Response provides a process for practitioners and advocates to analyze problems in domestic violence cases and implement meaningful practice changes. This training will be valuable for law enforcement, advocates, probation officers, judges, prosecutors, social workers, counselors, and organizers who want to enhance their Community Coordinated Response.

The conference will be led by trainers from The Duluth Model. The Duluth Model provides a method for communities to coordinate their responses to domestic violence through an inter-agency approach that brings the justice and human service interventions together with the primary goal of protecting victims from ongoing abuse. The Duluth Model engages legal systems and human service agencies to create a distinctive form of organized public responses to domestic violence.

Learning Objectives:
1.Describe the key elements of a “Duluth-Model” coordinated community response to domestic violence

2. Identify strategies to address complex problems faced by agencies, and how to implement best-practice solutions

3. Develop a local plan that will increase the safety of victims and the accountability of offenders.