Mecklenburg County

Domestic Violence Advisory Board2012 Annual Report

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Domestic ViolenceAdvisory Board

Charge: Review and evaluate Mecklenburg County and Charlotte domestic violence services and make appropriate recommendations to the BOCC and Charlotte City Council on the need for additional services to victims of domestic violence.

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2012 Accomplishments

• Supervised visit custody exchange program • Recommendations 2011 DV Fatality Review

• CPS workers supported by DV CSS/WOC liaisons

• Capacity of battered women’s shelter now 80

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2012 Accomplishments

• DVAB presented to CMS BOE in January 2013

• Evidence Based Lethality Assessment by CMPD

• eNOugh Domestic Violence campaign

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Concerns: Domestic Violence Crimes

• 7 DV Homicides• Domestic 911 calls up• DV arrests by CMPD up • Protection orders percent served down

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Concerns: Child Victim Services•Community Policing Program (CD-CP)-% DV increasing yearly•DSS/CPS - DV increased as primary cause child maltreatment•CMS need to track dating violence

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Adult Victim Services

•Legal Services •Adult DV Counseling by CSS/WOC •Safe Alliance •The Clyde and Ethel Dickson Shelter

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Abuser Intervention

• NOVA• IMPACT

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Community Resources

•Domestic Violence Speakers' Bureau•Domestic Violence Advocacy Council • Programs focusing on Men •Faith-Based Ministries/Collaborative Events

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Domestic Violence Advisory Board

Recommendations1. Continue to identify Domestic Violence (DV) as

a priority safety and health issue on the Mecklenburg County Balanced Scorecard.

2. Continue to support annual update of DV Warehouse

3. Continue to financially support the Safe Alliance Clyde and Ethel Dickson’s Domestic Violence Shelter

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Recommendations

• 4. Support continuation of lethality assessment by police to determine predominant aggressor and referrals to DV services.

• 5. Utilize media technology to support access to a Magistrate in North Mecklenburg

• 6. Expand CD/CP response program to child witnesses of trauma to all CMPD divisions

• 7. Implement all Fatality Review Team recommendations.

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Thank You for Making OurCommunity Safer