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Natl
Resource Center on Domestic Violence
[a
project of the PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
Phone:
800-537-2238 Fax: 717-545-9546
1.
proactively support the work of national, state, and local DV
programs;
2.
emphasis
on increasing organizational responsiveness to needs of under-served
communities;
3.
provides training and technical assistance.
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Programmatic Goals
A. enhance
safety and justice by fortifying the established foundation;
B.
inform
and influence institutional and societal response and effect social
change;
C.
identify emerging research and policy issues, shape agendas, and
assist actors in the field
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Battered
Womens Justice Project (BWJP)
Phone:
800-903-0111 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.vaw.umn.edu
1.
provides training and technical assistance and resources on DV
related to: civil court access and representation; criminal justice
response; and battered womens self-defense issues;
2.
assists legal advocates, law enforcement, corrections officers,
judges, attorneys (does not handle individual legal cases).
3
Program Components
A.
Criminal
Justice Component (Minneapolis, MN): Focus on inter-agency coordination
and policy development. Handles requests regarding DV and the military
and Native American communities;
B.
Natl Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women (Philadelphia,
PA): Provide resources to support attorneys, expert witnesses, advocates,
etc. when battered women are charged with crimes.
C.
Civil Justice Component (Housed in the PA Coalition Against DV):
Provides leadership to enhance justice in the civil arena by improving
battered womens access to and legal representation in civil
court processes (e.g., protection orders, separation violence, arbitration,
mediation, confidentiality of shelter records, etc.)
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Health
Resource Center on Domestic Violence
[a
project of the Family Violence Prevention Fund]
Phone:
888-792-2873 Email:
[email protected]
Web: Find the site at www.igc.org/fund/healthcare/
1.
provides
support to organizations developing a comprehensive health care
response to DV in all health care settings. Resources include:
- resource
manuals
- multidisciplinary
screening and identification protocols
- assistance
with training programs
- network
of experts
- models
for local, state, and national programs
- educational
materials for health care and DV professionals
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Resource
Center on D.V.:
Child Protection & Custody
[Family
Violence Project of the Natl Council of Juvenile & Family
Court Judges]
Phone:
800-527-3223 Web:
www.ncjfcj.unr.edu
1.
identifies and develops model policies, protocols, and programs
that are sensitive to the legal and psychological dynamics of child
protection and custody cases involving family violence
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