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Advocacy
We take leadership on local public policy issues related to domestic violence and, through county, city, and statewide efforts, strive to improve policies that benefit victims of domestic violence, hold abusers accountable, and teach people about domestic violence.
The Domestic Violence and Mental Health Collaboration Project
KCCADV is currently coordinating this pilot project with five partnering agencies: the City of Seattle Human Services Department’s Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Prevention Division, Consejo Counseling and Referral Service, New Beginnings, Seattle Counseling Service, and Sound Mental Health. The goals of the project are to improve services for domestic violence survivors with mental health concerns and to strengthen collaboration between domestic violence advocates and mental health service providers. The project is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women’s Disabilities Grant Program and is currently limited
to the agencies named above. There may be opportunities for other organizations to get involved in this work in the future.
MIDD Coordinator
The Chemical Dependency (CD), Domestic Violence (DV), Mental Health (MH) and Sexual Assault (SA) Systems Coordinator works to foster communication, consultation and collaboration between agencies in the CD, DV, MH and SA disciplines, so that survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault with mental health or chemical dependency concerns have access to informed and integrated services. Funded by the Mental Illness and Drug dependency Plan (MIDD), current and prospective KCCADV system coordination efforts include, but are not limited to: interdisciplinary relationship building, staff education and training, program and policy review, coordinated community response development, case staffing and consultation and strengths and gaps analysis. The Systems Coordinator welcomes contact from representatives from CD, DV, MH and SA programs in King County who are interested in exploring potential projects and collaborations.
Professional Training and Education We provide quarterly “Shop Talk” trainings free to members to help domestic violence service providers improve their skills and learn valuable information they might not find anywhere else. We also provide training to other types of professionals, such as parenting evaluators, attorneys and judges, to bridge gaps in services and allow for a greater understanding of domestic violence issues among professionals who might work with survivors.
Public Education
We strive to raise public awareness about domestic violence and encourage people to do what they can to prevent or stop it through education campaigns such as our Take Action Against Domestic Violence campaign. This campaign focuses on the fact that everyone can do something to end domestic violence in their own communities, workplaces, places of worship, or any place that people live, work, or play.
LGBTQ Victims of Crime Access Project
The LGBTQ Access Project is a strategic partnership between KCCADV and the NW Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse. The project builds on the strengths of LGBTQ community expertise in King County, while mobilizing service providers to work together to ensure LGBTQ access as a regional goal.
The objectives of the project are to:
- Build agency-level capacity to deliver relevant, culturally meaningful and proximate crime victim services through strategic planning, organizational policy change, and program-specific consultation by national experts;
- Strengthen skills and knowledge among individual service providers through training, professional development, and professional collaboration opportunities;
- Mobilize a regional commitment throughout King County by building upon existing networks and coalitions and leveraging opportunities for collaboration to ensure continuous access.
