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The DVCC embraces creative/innovative methods of programming to enhance
the knowledge, skill and attitude of those serving victims of DV as
these examples illustrate and demonstrate the impact of the DVCC on the
community in 2007 alone:
Silence
Stops Here Campaign (Ceremonial flag raising at courthouse)
Celebrate
Hope Annual Award Ceremony with Keynote speaker, Denise Brown (Over 400
in attendance) thanks to the generous support of the Women's Fund.
Group
Hope brings domestic violence to a personal level, helping partners
understand the application of policies, practices and techniques for
improvement.
A
comprehensive training video and manual illustrates the plight of
battered women and clearly demonstrated the need for a Family Justice
Center.
In
2007, Meals to End Domestic Violence doubled its participating
restaurants.
Medical
Student Elective Program (MSTEP) is a nationally recognized model.
Sixty medical students have completed the program since 2004 and the
program is being adapted for nursing schools.
Take
Care of Me is a five-week interactive program for incarcerated females,
engaging voluntary participants in their own sense of health and
well-being.
Training
and education on DV and development of DV in the workplace policies.
Public/ private entitles include: Douglas County, Union Pacific, Alegent
Health, Skinner Baking Company.
Evidence-Based
practice methods for nursing scholars in research development.
Partnered
with RESPECT2 to provide a communication workshop for incarcerated women
and their daughters presented at York Women's Correctional Facility.
The
DVCC was represented by Sue Michalski at the Sigma Theta Tau
International Conference in Vienna Austria. Sue presented at the
conference on the adaptability of the medical elective to a nursing
elective. The nursing elective is being developed and will be
initiated through Nebraska Methodist College Nursing program in
2008.
The
DVCC was represented in Baltimore Maryland for the 39th Sigma Theta Tau
International Nursing Association.
Strangulation
training in collaboration with the Nebraska Attorney General's Office.
Expert
Witness Testimony on DV and Strangulation.
Statewide
training CD for Legal Aid of Nebraska (Representing Victims of Domestic
Abuse: Understanding Intimate Partner Violence).
Legislative
efforts and collaboration that directly affects victims of DV is
ongoing.
Discussions
with area judges regarding DV training within their discipline.
Case
Reviews examine the community response and obtain feedback regarding the
coordinated response. Members locate and collect data from files
and official agency record. The information is shared "lessons
learned" in domestic violence cases.
Domestic
Violence Information Sharing System (DVISS) is a computer tracking
systems to ensure communication between police, prosecutors, parole and
probation officers, criminal and family courts. The DVCC initiated
this project with the City of Omaha and partner agencies. The
DVISS will launch in January 2008.
Bench
Guides, Anger Management vs. Batterers Intervention and Tip Five Things
Judges Need to Know About Domestic Violence are ding disseminated.
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Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of Greater Omaha, All Rights Reserved
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