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Brief History of the Network (aka DVAC, SADVAC) 1995 to 2013

Brief History of the Network (aka DVAC, SADVAC) 1995 to 2013. Connie Monahan, MPH Current Network Steering Committee Member Past Co-Chair of DVAC Active Network member since inception. The early years… 1995. Injury Prevention Successes

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Brief History of the Network (aka DVAC, SADVAC) 1995 to 2013

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  1. Brief History of the Network(aka DVAC, SADVAC)1995 to 2013 Connie Monahan, MPH Current Network Steering Committee Member Past Co-Chair of DVAC Active Network member since inception

  2. The early years… 1995 • Injury Prevention Successes • DWI, adult seat belts, child car seats, flammable sleepwear, helmet laws, pedestrian safety, falls among elderly, poison safety, etc… • Strategies that were effective for Unintentional Injuries – would they work for Intentional or Violence-Related Injuries? • Former Surgeon General C Everett Koop (1991) focus: “identifying violence as a public health issue…” • Violence Against Women Act (1994) • Systems Change/Multi-Disciplinary Teams for Public Health issues: getting different disciplines to share, cross-train, and problem solve based on how the victim moves through the multiple systems. • NM: DV Special commissioners, DV Tsar, IPV Death Review Team…

  3. People who helped start… Victor LaCerva, MD Tom Rutledge, JD DOH staff: Barak Wolff, Tress Schnell, Sandra Cashman, Frieda Brady UNM Center for Injury Prevention: Cameron Crandall, Lenora Olson DV Special Commissioners: Debra Seeley, Stan Whitaker, Nan Nash Governor’s DV Tsar: Sandra Gardner and later, Sharon Pino CVRC: Sheila Allen, VAWA Grant Manager Other State agencies: CYFD, AGO, DPS… Women’s Agenda: Susan Loubet Leaders with Native DV: Peggy Bird, Eleana Giacci, Gwen Packard Rural Domestic Violence Programs/Shelters, rural/state Law Enforcement Agencies, Service Providers, DA Victim Advocates

  4. Initial Activities/Spillovers • DOH received small grants (CDC, OVW, STIPDA) to support DV cross-training, meetings, community development, Women’s Summit… • Discussion items – licensure of providers, standardizing services, jurisdiction of restraining orders, dedicated DV police units… • Activities • Tri-fold brochure (low tech!) • Letters • Action items – where individual acted with “support” from DVAC • Meetings with candidates from opposing sides… • Rural programs came, learned, and went back to their communities to replicate efforts specific to their region

  5. Products

  6. DVAC Initial format Volunteer two co-chairs with a two year term Group met last Wednesday of the month, first every month and later every other month – talk of quarterly meetings Switched meetings between Albuquerque and Santa Fe Tried regional meetings Tried to attach a specific Alb/Bernalillo County DV meeting after the statewide DVAC/Network Tried to include violence against children Tried to focus on violence against Native women

  7. Name…. Started as Domestic Violence Advisory Council – DVAC Included sexual assault – SADVAC Included stalking – and the acronym got convoluted! Became THE NETWORK in 2003

  8. Mission Statement The NETWORK works to end domestic and sexual violence in New Mexico. The NETWORK is an inclusive collaborative of multidisciplinary, multicultural domestic violence and sexual assault program providers and organizations dedicated to strengthening policies, protocols and services to reduce the incidence of sexual assault and domestic violence in state and tribal communities. This mission will be accomplished through information and resource sharing; cross-training; identifying gaps, critical needs and/or duplications of services; fostering new partnerships; and collaborating on and supporting legislative efforts.

  9. Facilitator/Steering Committee • Deb Hall (2003-2011) • Anne Lightsey (2012 – current) • Idea was to have outside facilitator to allow for healthy discussion with diverse opinions among members • Steering Committee – volunteer team of 6 to 10 members with two year terms, with representation from both DV and SA • Responsibilities/application on website • Funds from NMCSAP and NMCADV for facilitator & food • In-kind support from DOH

  10. How do we measure success? Meeting the objectives of the Mission Statement Participation at the meetings – both numbers and diversity Dialogue at the meetings – including disagreement/discord List the topics covered by panel presentation as a indirect measure of shared information and new learning Development of our website: www.thenetwork-dvsa.org People don’t sleep during the meeting and food gets eaten…

  11. Frustrations/Learning Curves • Desire to DO something instead of JUST learning/talking • With inconsistent participation/attendance, we often have to start at square 1 again and again • Losing the diversity of attendance • CEU’s for counselors/social workers is good but… • Reluctance to get involved/take a position when legislation is issue • Need the safety to allow diverse opinion • Technology – website, list serve, conference call, minutes • The more public our outreach, the more sanitized the content…

  12. Wrapping Up • Do others remember differently or have something else to add? • Where do we go from here – • If we know where we’ve come from, would we DO things differently now? • Time and money is involved and with limited resources and work overload – is the Network worthwhile?

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