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AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – November 2015
Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA& OVW Date: Monday, November 2, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley, Program Managers Kim Galvan, Omar Mohammed, and Kevin Sweeney AVA Board Members: MaryEllen Garcia, Michelle Bynum AVA Exec. Dir.: Dorene Whitworth TOPICS DISCUSSED: STOP Administrators’ […]
New PA Law Strengthens Protection from Harrassment
Updated: NOVEMBER 29, 2015 — 1:08 AM EST CLEM MURRAY / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan on Nov. 12, 2015, discusses a sexting case uncovered in the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District. by Michaelle Bond, Inquirer Staff Writer. After three boys harassed and distributed explicit photos of a 13-year-old classmate, her life as a freshman at […]
Settlement in New York Domestic Violence Case May Set Broader Precedent
Settlement in New York Domestic Violence Case May Set Broader Precedent By NOAM SCHEIBERNOV. 18, 2015 Photo Jodi Porter was sent home from work as a saleswoman at Bon-Ton and told not to return until she had a protective order against her husband. CreditBrendan Bannon for The New York Times The New York State attorney general has […]
STOP and SASP Tentative Release Dates for 2016
SASP Formula Anticipated Solicitation Release Date: March 10, 2016 Application Due Date: April 26, 2016 STOP Anticipated Solicitation Release Date: March 30, 2016 Application Due Date May 10, 2016
AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – October 2015
Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA& OVW Date: Monday, October 5, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley, Program Managers Kim Galvan, Omar Mohammed, and Paule Tessier, Debbie Bright, Cathy Posten, Ginger Baran. AVA Board Members:, Cecilia Miller, Julia Fuller-Wilson, MaryEllen Garcia AVA Exec. […]
PREA Information – Updated as of 10/15
PREA Emails from Michelle Brickley PREA Workbook Instructions PREA Workbook Guide PREA Fact Sheet
Domestic Violence Awareness Month – October 2015
Below are photographs and news stories submitted from Administrators around the country celebrating Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Send us your photos – we want to include them! Arizona The University of Phoenix Stadium goes Purple Kentucky Safe Harbor of Northeast Kentucky will hold its annual Candlelight Vigil on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 5 […]
National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) Surveys on Law Enforcement Response
Recently the National Domestic Violence Hotline conducted a survey about law enforcement responses to partner abuse with survivors who used the Hotline’s chat services. They surveyed 637 victims, 328 of whom had not yet interacted with law enforcement and 309 who had. Both the women who had called the police and the women who hadn’t […]
National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life – Update
To recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2015 and honor older survivors of domestic violence, NCALL plans to participate in a number of events throughout the month
Sexual Assault Justice Initiative
SEXUAL ASSAULT JUSTICE INITIATIVE The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women recently announced the Sexual Assault Justice Initiative (SAJI), an initiative that involves the development and implementation of performance measures that look beyond conviction rates and reflect promising practices for prosecuting sexual assault. SAJI is intended to support enhanced community responses to […]