COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER

SAFETY SERVICES EVERY PERSON DESERVES TO LIVE A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE.1) CRISIS SERVICES: 996 ADULTS WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH TIMES OF CRISIS, INCLUDING 840 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND 156 VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. ADVOCATES ON THE CRISIS LINE ANSWERED 385 CALLS AND ADVOCATES ASSISTED CLIENTS IN OBTAINING 17 ORDERS FOR PROTECTION. 98% OF CLIENTS REPORTED FEELING SAFER AND MORE AWARE OF WAYS TO PLAN FOR SAFETY AS A RESULT OF CVIC SERVICES. BRE (NAME AND SOME DETAILS CHANGED) FOUND OUT ABOUT CVIC THROUGH OUR EXPANDED RURAL OUTREACH PROGRAM SHE RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT CVIC'S SERVICES FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT WHERE SHE CALLED LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR HELP AFTER EXPERIENCING ABUSE. BRE MET WITH OUR RURAL ADVOCATE AT A SAFE LOCATION IN HER COMMUNITY. CVIC'S ADVOCATE HELPED BRE OBTAIN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDER AND SAFETY PLAN. THE ADVOCATE HELPED BRE FIND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, PROVIDED A REFERRAL TO THERAPY SERVICES, AND HELPED BRE APPLY FOR BENEFITS. LATER, AFTER CVIC WAS NOTIFIED THAT A PARTNER WANTED TO DONATE AN ELECTRIC OVEN RANGE, THE RURAL ADVOCATE IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF BRE. HER OVEN HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY HER ABUSER, AND CVIC'S ADVOCATE REMEMBERED BRE TALKING ABOUT WISHING SHE COULD COOK AGAIN BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO FIX HER STOVE. BRE WAS THRILLED TO RECEIVE THE OVEN AND THANKED CVIC FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP HER. THEN IN DECEMBER, CVIC NOMINATED BRE FOR THE ANGELS ON WHEELS PROGRAM, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH RYDELL CARS, THAT DONATES USED CARS TO SURVIVORS WHO NEED THEM. WITH HER NEW CAR, BRE WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MISSING HER MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.2) SAFE SHELTER: 109 PEOPLE WERE SHELTERED FOR 4,328 NIGHTS AT MARY'S PLACE WHILE THEY WORKED TOWARD SAFE AND INDEPENDENT LIVES.LIZ (NAME AND SOME DETAILS CHANGED) CAME TO MARY'S PLACE FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER AFTER EXPERIENCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IN ADDITION TO NEEDING A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, LIZ NEEDED HELP RECLAIMING HER PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION, WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN BY HER TRAFFICKER. BECAUSE OF THIS, LIZ HAD BEEN UNABLE TO ACCESS SAFETY NET SERVICES, AND SOME SERVICES SHE HAD BEEN ENROLLED TO RECEIVE LIKE DISABILITY PAYMENTS, WERE BEING DIRECTED TO HER TRAFFICKER AND STOLEN. CVIC WORKED WITH LIZ TO REPLACE HER IDENTIFICATION AND GAIN ACCESS TO CRUCIAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES.3) SELF-SUFFICIENCY: 15 FAMILIES WITH 18 CHILDREN RECEIVED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SERVICES/RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 332 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, OR EDUCATION GOALS.4) CRIME VICTIM ADVOCACY: 1,379 VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF CRIMES RECEIVED CASE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT THROUGH CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. CVIC'S VICTIM WITNESS SPECIALISTS ATTENDED 1,765 COURT HEARINGS WITH OR ON BEHALF OF CRIME VICTIMS AND ARRANGED AND ATTENDED 284 MEETINGS BETWEEN CRIME VICTIMS AND PROSECUTORS. 99% OF CLIENTS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVED. CLIENTS SHARED THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, "HOW CAN WE EXPRESS OUR THANKS FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR US THIS PAST YEAR? YOU HAVE ANSWERED QUESTIONS WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW TO ASK YOU HAVE LISTENED TO US HELD OUR HANDS AND CALMED OUR NERVES. WE NEVER FELT ALONE BUT, ALWAYS SUPPORTED AND TAKEN CARE OF. WE CAN'T PRAISE THE JOB THAT YOU DO ENOUGH AND "[MY ADVOCATE] WAS PHENOMENAL AND HAS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THE VARIOUS SITUATIONS I DEALT HER. I AM INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR HER HELP AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. HER IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND MY CHILDREN'S LIFE IS IMMENSE. I DIDN'T FEEL SO LOST OR ALONE IN NAVIGATING THIS SITUATION. WE ARE DOING MUCH BETTER NOW AND HOPEFULLY WITH TIME AND COUNSELING WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET BETTER."5) LETHALITY ASSESSMENT: 122 INDIVIDUALS WERE SCREENED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH 55% FOUND TO BE IN HIGH DANGER. 24 VICTIMS SPOKE WITH A CVIC ADVOCATE ABOUT WHAT SERVICES AREA AVAILABLE TO KEEP THEM SAFE.6) SUPERVISED VISITATION: 86 FAMILIES WERE SUPPORTED DURING 1,002 SUPERVISED VISITS AND 606 SUPERVISED EXCHANGES. 95% OF ADULT PARTICIPANTS SURVEYED AGREED THEY FELT THAT THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE SAFE WHILE USING THESE SERVICES.JANE (NAME AND SOME DETAILS CHANGED) CAME TO KIDS FIRST TO SET UP A VISITATION SCHEDULE WITH HER EX-PARTNER, WHO HAD NOT SEEN THEIR CHILD IN TWO YEARS. JANE WAS MENTALLY AND VERBALLY ABUSED DURING HER PREGNANCY AND LEFT THE RELATIONSHIP BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THEIR LITTLE GIRL. COPARENTING HAD NOT WORKED BETWEEN JANE AND HER EX-PARTNER, JOHN (NAME AND SOME DETAILS CHANGED), DUE TO HIS CONTINUED ABUSE OF JANE AS WELL AS SUBSTANCE USE WHILE THEIR DAUGHTER WAS IN HIS CARE. KIDS FIRST STAFF PROVIDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO JANE AND REVIEWED SOME OF THE SAFETY FEATURES OF KIDS FIRSTSTAGGERED ENTRANCE AND EXITS TIMES, SEPARATE ENTRANCES, STAFF SUPERVISION, ETC.TO REASSURE JANE THAT HER DAUGHTER WOULD BE SAFE DURING HER VISIT WITH JOHN. 7) VIOLENCE INTERVENTION: 150 NEW MEN AND WOMEN WERE SERVED IN THE NEW CHOICES PROGRAM, ADDRESSING THEIR USE OF VIOLENCE AND PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE HARM THEY HAVE CAUSED TO OTHERS. 65 PARTICIPANTS WERE ALSO ORDERED INTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT, THE SPECIALIZED POST-SENTENCING REVIEW COURT THAT WORKS TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE, MONITOR SENTENCING PROGRESS, AND ENCOURAGE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION. THE NEW CHOICES PARTNER CONTACT REACHED OUT TO 119 PARTNERS OF NEW CHOICES PARTICIPANTS TO KEEP THEM INFORMED OF THE PARTICIPANT'S STATUS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT CVIC SERVICES. NEW CHOICE CLIENTS SHARED THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, "GROUP WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME. I LEARNED BOUNDARIES. HOW TO COPE WITH DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, JUST BEING WITH WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN IN KIND OF THE SAME SITUATION REALLY HELPS THINGS AND "I USED TO THINK THAT MY ACTIONS WRE JUSTIFIED, BUT THE PROGRAM HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE ACCOUNTABLE."

HEALING SERVICES SPECIALIZED SUPPORT HEALS THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA SO INDIVIDUALS CAN THRIVE. 1) YOUTH THERAPY: 162 CHILDREN IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE RECEIVED THERAPY TO ADDRESS TRAUMA. 117 PARENTS RECEIVED EDUCATION ABOUT PARENTING NEEDS OF CHILDREN LIVING IN VIOLENT HOMES AND THE EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE/TRAUMA ON CHILDREN. 2) ADULT THERAPY: 109 ADULTS RECEIVED THERAPY SERVICES, INCLUDING 101 ADULTS WHO RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL THERAPY, 5 IN RESTORATIVE THERAPY, AND 15 ADULTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT GROUP SESSIONS. 91% OF ADULT CLIENTS SURVEYED SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN EMOTIONAL CONDITION. ONE CLIENT REPORTED, "THERAPY IS HARD BUT WORTH IT. CURRENTLY I AM LEARNING TO SILENCE THE OLD ABUSIVE VOICES AND FIND KINDNESS FOR MYSELF WITHIN MYSELF."