Campaign for Full Funding to End Domestic and Sexual Violence

April 26, 2011

Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd. Atlanta, GA 30333 Dear Dr. Frieden: We are all gravely concerned about the Fiscal Year 2011 cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention budget, particularly its potential impact on programs that seek to prevent and address violence against women. On behalf of the following organizations and hundreds of thousands of adults and children who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault, we urge you to protect the following programs that support research, education, prevention and intervention to stop this violence. CDC Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Sexual Assault: As you know, the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG) allow states, tribes, and territories to address their own unique public health needs and challenges with innovative and community driven methods. Out of FY10’s $102 million budget for PHHSBG, approximately $7.5 million was used to support sexual assault services and prevention efforts. This focus directly responds to the goal of the Center in reducing chronic disease and its impact. In addition to the immediate trauma caused by abuse, the violence contributes to a number of chronic health problems, including depression, chronic pain, alcohol and substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and often limits the ability of women to manage other chronic illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension. Without addressing sexual assault, chronic health prevention efforts will be limited.

The importance of this funding to local programs as they seek to achieve healthy communities by addressing sexual assault cannot be overstated. In some states, such as Louisiana, they do not have any state funding for sexual assault services, and PHHSBG funding is an important source of direct service dollars available to help victims. We have heard from other states that this funding is the only source of funding for a 24/7 hotline as well as legal and health advocacy services. As another example, in California, the PHHSBBG goes to the Department of Public Health who uses the funds to support local rape crisis centers to provide prevention services and statewide training and technical assistance to California’s 63 rape crisis centers to increase their capacity for primary prevention. The need can clearly be seen through a 2010 survey of rape crisis centers by the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, which found 72 percent of programs have experienced a reduction in funding over 2009 levels, 56 percent have experienced a reduction in staffing, 23 percent have a waiting list for services, and funding and staffing cuts have resulted in an overall 50 percent reduction in the provision of institutional

advocacy services. A cut or elimination of the sexual assault funding through PHHSBG would be devastating to communities. CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control In addition to PHHSBG, the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is a critical component within HHS for preventing teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault. As you know, teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault are serious public health issues that begin with immediate and untenable trauma and injuries and persist to impact victims’ long-term health needs. Reduced funding for the CDC’s violence prevention efforts would undermine the critical advances made by CDC’s successful private-public collaborative with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the 33 Statewide Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions which have actively encouraged and supported this work. As significantly, the CDC’s failure to continue support for prevention work would tragically eliminate the country’s most critical public health leadership voice from the prevention discussion. Eradication of the CDC’s voice would also risk the complete loss of the CDC’s unique role in evaluating certain promising strategies and directing the prevention field’s evidence-based approach to prevention analysis. Lastly, where other sectors, such as justice and social services, focus on the critical need for responses to violence after it occurs, the CDC’s prevention efforts to structure the public health infrastructure to focus on violence prevention work has been a crucial lynchpin in the prevention community’s efforts to prevent even the initial occurrence of violence. Teen Dating Violence: A funding cut to this area would essentially end Dating Matters, a new teen dating violence prevention initiative. It is aimed at developing and evaluating comprehensive, community prevention programs for middle-school-aged youth in urban, risk communities to help adolescents learn healthy relationship skills that they can use to form positive relationships with others throughout their lifetimes. In addition to the burden on the populations that would have been served, an elimination of the initiative would prevent the identification of new effective strategies, particularly for underserved populations. This work focused on underserved populations is a key gap in the teen dating violence field and serves to further understand the overlap with bullying behavior.

Domestic Violence: The Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership through Alliances (DELTA) Program currently supports 14 states to build capacity and state leadership to prevent IPV before it happens through prevention-focused training and technical assistance. Due to CDC funding, many efforts to prevent intimate partner violence have been successful with many states implementing more than 100 organizational changes to integrate primary prevention within traditional IPV victim service work. For example, Delaware now requires IPV prevention programs for grades K-12. Schools use a model instructional unit designed by the Delaware DELTA program. DELTA PREP, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supports another 19 states to begin to incorporate DELTA prevention strategies into their Coalitions and to provide information about prevention to local member agencies. DELTA funding is a critical source of prevention funding to state coalitions that we ask you to protect.

Sexual Assault: The Rape Prevention Education (RPE) program is authorized and funded through the Violence Against Women Act to provide base funding to every state and territorial health department to raise awareness of the problem of sexual assault, support efforts to prevent first-time perpetration and victimization, and bring together diverse partners to develop, implement, and evaluate statewide sexual assault prevention plans. The RPE program engages boys and men as partners, supports interdisciplinary research collaborations, fosters cross-cultural approaches to prevention, promotes healthy relationships, and funds the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). In 2008-2009,

RPE grants enabled prevention educators and their partners to reach approximately 16 million community members. The 2010 National Prevention Needs Assessment found that RPE funds equip prevention education staff with greater capacities and skills to design, deliver, and evaluate prevention programs (NSVRC, 2010). One recent success is California implementing a statewide social marketing initiative called the MyStrength Campaign, which has improved respectful attitudes and created healthier social climates in high schools. We appreciate your hard work in this budget climate of competing priorities. The programs above are making practical and short-term gains in the fight to end violence against women. Again, we strongly urge you to consider our request to protect these CDC programs that promote healthy, respectful relationships, prevent violence against women, and build healthy communities. If you have any questions, please contact Sally Schaeffer with Futures Without Violence, formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund, at sschaeffer@futureswithoutviolence.org; 202.595.7384. Sincerely, American Psychological Association

Futures Without Violence, formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund Legal Momentum

National Alliance to End Sexual Violence

National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards

National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators

National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence

Supporting DELTA and DELTA PREP States

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

National Council of Jewish Women

National Network to End Domestic Violence

Representing State Domestic Violence Coalitions

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

The National Center for Victims of Crime

YWCA USA

Peggy Brown Executive Director Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Juneau AK 99801 Allie Bones Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence Phoenix, AZ 85004 Sandra Henriquez Executive Director California Coalition Against Sexual Assault Sacramento, CA 95814 Erin Jemison, MPA Executive Director Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault Denver, CO 80203 Nancy Kushins Executive Director Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services East Hartford, CT 06108 Terri Poore Public Affairs Director Florida Council Against Sexual Violence Tallahassee, FL 32301-2874 Kelly Miller Executive Director Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence Boise, ID 83642 Lyn Schollett General Counsel Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault Springfield, IL 62703

Anita M. Carpenter, MA CEO Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault Indianapolis, IN 46201 Elizabeth Barnhill Executive Director Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault Des Moines, IA 50312 Eileen A. Recktenwald, MSW Executive Director Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. Frankfort, KY 40604 Judy Benitez Executive Director Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault Hammond LA 70403 Elizabeth Ward Saxi Executive Director Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault Augusta, ME 04330 Lisae C. Jordan General Counsel Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault Silver Springs, MD 20907 Donna Dunn Executive Director Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault St. Paul, MN 55103 Levette K. Johnson

Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault Jackson, MS 39296 Andrea L. Spencer-Linzie Executive Director New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Trenton, NJ 08619 Kim Alaburda Executive Director New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. Albuquerque, NM 87111 Joanne Zannoni, MSW Executive Director New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault Albany, NY Monika Johnson Hostler Executive Director North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault Raleigh, NC 27609 Janelle Moos Executive Director North Dakota Council on Abused Women's Services Bismarck, ND 58501 Jennifer A. Yoder Victim Services Coordinator Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence Columbus, OH 43215 Jessica Gilbertson Sexual Violence Program Coordinator Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Portland, Oregon 97211 Delilah Rumburg CEO Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape Enola, PA 17025 Kathy Walsh Executive Director Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Nashville, TN 37217 Annette Burrhus-Clay Executive Director Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Karen Tronsgard-Scott Executive Director Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Montpelier VT 05601 Jeanie Kurka Reimer Executive Director Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault Madison, WI 53703 Suzan Pauling Public Policy Director Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Laramie WY 82073 Sharon O. Richardson, MNPM Director Abuse and Rape Crisis Shelter Lebanon, OH Janet Hoffman Executive Director

Abuse and Rape Crisis Shelter of Warren County Lebanon, Ohio 45036 Jennifer L. Benton CEO Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc. Fort Myers, Florida 33906 Rick Azzaro, LCSW Chief Services Officer ACCESS-York/VAC Programs of the YWCA-York York, PA Margaret Morrison ADV & SAS Streator, IL 61364 Loretta L. Golden Alachua County Victim Services & Rape Crisis Center Gainesville, Florida Brittany Little Alternatives to Violence Loveland, CO Kimberly Kroh American Red Cross Rape Crisis Services Canton, Ohio 44702-1545 Gloria Day Executive Director Atascosa Family Crisis Center Pleasanton, TX 78064 Carmen Wyatt Executive Director Avalon Center Crossville, TN 38557 Lisa Luttrell

Advocate Avalon Center Crossville, TN 38557 Marcia Blackstock Executive Director Bay Area Women Against Rape Oakland, CA Carole Sher, LCSW Victim Services Coordinator Beth Israel Medical Center Joyce Mahr Executive Director Betty Griffin House St. Augustine, Fl 32084 Ann Emmerling Executive Director Blackburn Center Against Domestic & Sexual Violence Greensburg, PA 15601 Lynnette D. Brim President Business and Professional Women of Ohio Blacklink, OH 43004 Kelly Parsley Carroll College Helena, MT 59625 Christi Bell Executive Director Center Against Sexual Assault Hemet, CA Elizabeth Sewell Executive Director Center for a Non-Violent Community Sonora, CA 95370

Kay E. Tvaroch Center for Abuse and Rape Emergencies, Inc. Punta Gorda, FL 33951-0234 Verna Griffin-Tabor Executive Director Center for Community Solutions San Diego, CA 92109 Sophia Marandino Program Coordinator Center for Family Services, SERV Program Camden, NJ 08103 Anne K. Ard, Ph.D. Executive Director Centre County Women's Resource Center State College, PA 16801 Elizabeth Sandman, M.A. Child Protection Center of Ross County Chillicothe OH, 45601 JoAnne Weyant Executive Director Citizens Against Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse, Inc. Ridgway, PA 15853 Kara Porter External Affairs Manager Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Cleveland, OH Tina Figueroa Program Manager Community Action Partnership of Madera County Madera, CA

Paul A. Lukach, MSW LSW Executive Director Crime Victim Center of Erie Co. Erie, PA 16501 Kay Harris Executive Director Crisis Center of the Plains Plainview, TX 79073 Johna Sullivan Executive Director Crisis Intervention & Advocacy Center Adel, Iowa 50003 Nancy L. Robertson, J.D. Executive Director Crisis Intervention Services Oskaloosa, IA 52577 Ronnetta J. Johnson, M.A. Director CSP Sexual Assault Victim Services Santa Ana, CA 92705 Jana Barker Executive Director Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center Dallas, TX 75379 Marlene Roberti Director of Policy & Education Day One, the Rhode Island Sexual Assault Coalition Providence, RI 02906 Jeanne Ronayne Program Manager DFO Community Corrections Rochester, MN Dotti Thompson

Executive Director Domestic Violence Alternatives/Sexual Assault Center, Inc Marshalltown, Iowa 50158 Maggie Fronk Executive Director Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services of Saratoga County Saratoga Springs, NY Niko Johnson Executive Director Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition (DVSAC) Grass Valley, CA Terri Ward Director Sexual Assault Services Domestic Violence Prevention, Inc. Texarkana, TX 75501 Connie Harris Executive Director Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center Fort Dodge, IA 50501 Ashley Hester Rape Prevention Education Coordinator Durham Crisis Response Center Durham, NC 27701 Glenn D. Stockard Executive Director Eastland County Crisi Center, Inc. Eastland, TX 76448 Sherry Murphy

Executive Director Family Crisis Center Bastrop, TX 78602 Shari Kastein Executive Director Family Crisis Centers of NW Iowa Sioux Center, IA 51250 Rhonda Smith Family Services, Inc. Altoona, PA Susan Lockwood, LCSW Director Family Servies of Northeast Wisconsin Green Bay, WI 54305-2308 Geri Segal Executive Director Family Support Center Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 Adeer Monem Director of Programs Fort Bend County Women's Center Rosenberg, TX 77471 Catherine A. Tietjen Executive Director Freedom House Weatherford, TX 76086 Lisa Krenke Executive Director Friends of Abused Families Washington County, Wisconsin Lyndia Allen Executive Director Gateway Family Services, Inc.

Snyder, TX Mona S. Mason Executive Director Haven of Hope TN 37349-1271 Dr. Mary A. Cox Vice President of Educational Development Health Promotions, Inc. Washington DC Erica Staab Director HOPE Center Faribault, MN Jewel West Program Director Hunt County Children's Advocacy Center Greenville, TX 75404 Kathy Whalen Executive Director Huntingdon House Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 16652 Josephine Hughes Indiana Chapter of National Association of Social Workers Indianapolis, Indiana, 46208 Tony Tatman, Ph.D ICASA Board Member Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault Des Moines, IA 50312 Diane Patton Board Member Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault Rockwell City IA 50579 Donald Hall

Board Member Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault Angie Schreck Board Member Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault Ames, IA Michelle Kurz Rape Prevention Educator Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Muscatine, Iowa Gerry Sea Council Coordinator Jackson County Council Against Domestic & Sexual Violence Medford OR 97501 Marcie Sheridan Executive Director Kankakee County Center Against Sexual Assault Kankakee, IL 60901 Imelda Sanchez La Pinon Sexual Assault Recovery Services Las Cuces, NM Gloria Salgado-Gonzales Advocate Coordinator La Pinon Sexual Assault Recovery Services Las Cruces, NM 88005 Donna Richmond Executive Director La Pinon Sexual Assault Recovery Services of Southern New Mexico

Las Cruces, NM 88005 Mack Barrett Moore Assistant Director Victim Services and Crisis Lines Lakeview Center, Inc. Rape Crisis/Trauma Recovery Pensacola, FL Adriana Flores Executive Director Latinas Unidas por Un Nuevo Amanecer (L.U.N.A.) Des Moines, IA 50321 Chris Fowler Assistance Director Margarat Sloss Women's Center Ames, IA 50011 Toby Strout Executive Director Middle Way House, Inc. Bloomington, IN 47402-0095 Suzanne Koepplinger Executive Director Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center Minneapolis, MN 55404 Mira Yusef Executive Director Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa Des Moines, Iowa 50312-5259 Clare Mounteer Monterey County Rape Crisis Center Monterey, CA 93940

Ron Mullen Warden Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility Mount Pleasant, IA Neusa Gaytan Program Director Mujeres Latinas en Accion Chicago, IL. 60608 Kimber J. Nicoletti Director Multicultural Efforts to end Sexual Assault (MESA) Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 Julie H. Dugery Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) Jamison, PA 18929 Patrina Pelton-Smith Executive Director New Horizon Family Center Baytown TX 77520 Harriet Lessel Executive Director New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault New York, NY 10004 Shannon Rose Chavez Executive Director North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center Lompoc, CA 93438 Jim Huenick Executive Director Northwest Coalition Against Sexual Assault Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Kirsten Schuricht

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections Columbus, Ohio 43222 Rebecca Cline, LISW-S, ACSW Prevention Programs Director Ohio Domestic Violence Network Columbus, OH 43229 Shamecca Q. Bryant Executive Director Orange County Rape Crisis Center Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Christine Herrman, JD Executive Director Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force Salem OR 97301 Regina McDevitt, M.Ed. Director of Crisis and Homeless Services Partnership for Families Children and Adults Chattanooga, TN 37404 Carmen Quezada Assistant Director of Crisis Services Partnership for Families, Children and Adults Chattanooga, TN 37404 Joanne Rausch Executive Director Passages Richland Center, WI 53581 Diana Kuntz Executive Director PASSAGES, Inc.

Brookville, PA 15825 Melissa Hoffman Bodin Executive Director Pathways of West Central MN, Inc. Montevideo MN 56265 Michelle Coleman Executive Director PEACE for Families Auburn, CA 95604 Patti Occhiuzzo Giggans Executive Director Peace Over Violence Los Angeles, CA 90017 Deidre Ragan RRRC Coordinator Peace River Center Bartow, FL 33831-1559 Dene' Hambrick Primary Prevention Coordinator Peace River Center Bartow, FL 3383 Lynn Siegel, LCSW Vice President of Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Pillars La Grange Park, IL. 60526 Alison Hall Pittsburch Action Against Rape Allegheny County, PA Sandra L. McGee, Ph.D, LMSW CAS Supervisor Polk County Crisis and Advocacy Services Des Moines, IA 50310 Dina Polkinghorne Executive Director

Project Sanctuary Ukiah, CA 95482 Julie Boynton, LCSW Executive Director Project Sister Family Services Pomona, CA 91769-1369 Sharon Youngerman Executive Director Quigley House, Inc. Orange Park, Florida 32067-0142 Carol McFall Executive Director Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 87112 Hope Aguirre Executive Director Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention Chico, CA 95973 Lynn Bilal, LSW, MsEd. Program Director Rape Information and Counseling Program Youngstown, Ohio 44502 Sarah Jarvis Director Rape Trauma Services: A Center for Healing & Violence Prevention Burlingame, CA 94010 Abby Widmer, MSW Director REACT Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Shirley Sanchez Executive Director

Resource Center for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Family Violence Fresno, CA 93701 Josh M. Jasper, M.S.W. President/CEO Riverview Center Dubuque, IA 52003 Stacie Speirs-Pfeiffer, MA, LMHC Vice President Riverview Center Dubuque, Iowa 52003 Maureen Mostacci, LCSW Director Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling Rockford, Illinois 61115 Vickie Hodge Executive Director Rural Iowa Crisis Center Creston, IA 50801 Kari Ohnermus RPE Funded Prevention Educator Rural Iowa Crisis Center Creston, IA 50801 Dorothy Strachman Safe Against Violence Hamden, NY 13782 Stacey Cicero Executive Director Safe Haven Shawano, WI 54166 Violet Barton Executive Director SafeQuest Solano Fairfield, CA 94533 Van M. Wolfe SafeSpace

Sevierville, TN 37862 Janelle White, Ph.D Executive Director San Francisco Women Against Rape San Francisco, CA 94110 Janet Huerta Executive Director Saving Grace Bend, OR 97701 Mindy Saak Seeds of Hope Grundy Center, IA 50638 Lynnette Irlmeier Executive Director Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center Woodland, CA 95695 Rachel Freeman, LCSW Vice President, Clinical Services Sexual Assault Center of Nashville Nashville, TN 37228 Bonnie Buckley Executive Director Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service Charleston IL 61920 Marty McIntyre Executive Director Sexual Assault Crisis Center Auburn, Maine 04212 Emily Bowles Sexual Assault Crisis Center - Fox Cities Appleton, WI 54914 Kristy McCray

Executive Director Sexual Assault Recovery & Prevention Center of San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-7353 Anna Johnson Program Director Sexual Assault Recovery Program Beloit, WI 53511 Sue Wismar Education and Prevention Coordinator Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio Columbus, OH 43212 Amber Hamilton Sexual Assault Services of East New Mexico Portales, NM Jan GreenRiver Director of Prevention Sexual Assault Task Force of Licking County Newark, OH 43055 Judy Rawlings Executive Director Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Services (SAVES) Farmington, ME 04938 Rachel Riley Smock Program Director Sexual Assault/Domestic Abuse Advocacy Program Muscatine IA 52761 Judy Yates Sexual Assault/Domestic Abuse Advocacy Program

Muscatine Iowa 52761 Pamela Zeller Executive Director Sexual Violence Center Minneapolis, MN 55412 Jill Robertson Grant Administrator Sheltering Wings Danville, IN 46122 Colleen Boyd Coordinator Silver Regional Sexual Assault Support Services Silver City, NM Susan Xenarios Director St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, NY 10025 DiAnn Baxley CEO Susquehanna Valley Women In Transition Lewisburg, PA Carol Callaghan Executive Director T.E.A.C.H., Inc. Alturas, CA 96101 Elizabeth Edmondson Program Director Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Nashville, TN 37217 Corrine Sanchez Tewa Women United Espanola, NM

Matt Huckabay Executive Director The Center for Violence Free Relationships Placerville, CA Debra A. Greenwood CEO/President The Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County Bridgeport, CT 06604 Stacey Issacson Program Director The REACH Center Hudson, NY 12534 Karen A. Duncan The Right 2 Be Safe Greenwood, Indiana 46142 Kimberly Newell Director The Shafer Center for Crisis Intervention Hattiesburg, MS Deborah Caddy, LCSW Director The Women's Center of Tarrant County Fort Worth, TX 76110 Ann King Executive Director Tri Valley Haven Livermore, CA 94550 Shellie Holmes Executive Director Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Rhinelander, WI 54501

Cathy J. Campbell Executive Director Tri-County Help Center, Inc. St. Clairsville, OH Lauren Riley Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling Services Athens, OH 45701 Kelli Raker, MA Rape and Prevention Education Coordinator UNC Chapel Hill, Campus Health Services Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Kim Goldberg-Roth, M.S. Interim Executive Director Valley Trauma Center Northwestern Los Angles County, CA Christine Castillo Executive Director Verity Santa Rosa, California Janet MacKay, MSW LSW Executive Director Victim Resource Center Wilkes-Barre, PA Ramona R. Palmer Executive Director Victim Resources Centers of the Finger Lakes, Inc. Newark, New York 14513-1234 Stacy Malone, Esq. Executive Director Victim Rights Law Center Boston, MA 02110

Shann Courtney Victim Services of Big Spring Big Spring, TX 79721 Wanda D. Vavrek Executive Director Victim Services, Inc. Cambria and Somerset Counties, PA Erika B. Jugan, MS Supervisor of Direct Services Victim Services, Inc. Jamie P. Randolph Fiscal Manager Victim Services, Inc. Johnstown, PA Sandy Rohde Education Coordinator Victim Services, Inc. Johnstown, PA 15905 Barbara Holley Sexual Assault and Violent Crimes Counselor Victim Services, Inc. Cambria and Somerset Counties of Pennsylvania Tracy Cook CVC Coordinator Victim Services, Inc. Johnstown, PA Deesha Narichania, LMSW Program Coordinator Violence Intervention and Treatment Program Brooklyn, New York 11237

Nicole Cisne Durbin M.S.Ed., LCPC, NCC Director Violence Intervention Counseling Services Moline, IL 61265 Erin Williams Director VOICE Woodstock, IL 600698 Michael Shaw Co-Director Waypoint Services Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 Lisa K. Reel Executive Director Wild Iris Women's Services Bishop, CA Arline Hillestad Executive Director Wisconsin Rapids Family Center Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Carissa Conway Assistant Director of Prevention and Intervention Services Women and Families Center Meriden, CT 06451

Carole J. Johnson Executive Director Women Organized Against Rape Philadelphia, PA 19103 Joelle Gomez Executive Director Women's Center of San Joaquin County Stockton, CA 95202 Nina Morey Women's Resource & Rape Prevention Program Jackson, Tennesee Bruce Harlan Executive Director Women's Services, Inc. Meadville, PA 16335 Frances Wilson CEO Women's Shelter of South Texas Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Jeannee Mallow Executive Director Your Safe Haven, Inc. Everett, PA 15537 Chrisula Tasiopoulos Director

YWCA Bergen County Hackensack, NH 07601 Ronelle Clark Crisis Service Director YWCA Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault Resource Center of Clinton and Jackson Counties Clinton, IA 52732 Sara Baker YWCA Knoxville Victim Advocacy Program Knoxville, TN Robin Sharp Executive Director YWCA New Britain New Britain, CT 06051 Alva A. Moreno YWCA of Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Maureen Powers CEO YWCA of Lancaster Lancaster, PA 17602 Nancy Chesnut Program Director YWCA Victims' Resource Center Bradford, PA