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Title V (Sec. 592) of
the National Defense Authorization Act of FY2000 requires the Office
of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to establish a program to provide
funds and other incentives for collaborative projects within military
installations and between military installations and civilian
communities to “improve, strengthen, or coordinate prevention and
response efforts to domestic violence involving members of the Armed
Forces, military family members, and others.”
Applications were
disseminated to all United States military installations.
Proposals were submitted to both individual and peer review by
representatives from the Armed Forces, the Department of Justice, the
Department of Health and Human Services, and organizations with a
demonstrated expertise in the areas of domestic violence and
victims’ safety.
Projects selected for
implementation in FY2002 and FY2003 include the following:
Joining
Forces: A Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence (Alaska)
The
Joining Forces project, submitted jointly by Fort Richardson Army Base
and Elmendorf Air Force Base, includes a series of trainings for
command leadership, military and civilian law enforcement
representatives, medical and mental health professionals, and judicial
and legal personnel. The trainings will culminate in a three-day
conference focused on a multidisciplinary, coordinated intervention
and case management approach to domestic violence.
Military
Liaison at the San Diego Family Justice Center (California)
This
project, submitted jointly by the Commander Navy Region Southwest,
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, and Marine Corps Air Station
Miramar aims to improve the military community’s response to victims
of domestic violence. The project supports military liaisons to
provide services to the three submitting installations. The
installations will also work together to develop informational
brochures for victims.
Combined
Efforts to Assertively Stop and Eliminate Domestic Violence (CEASE DV)
(Fort Bragg, NC)
The
project’s primary task is to develop and pilot a state-of-the-art
assessment and treatment protocol for responding to cases of domestic
violence in the military community. The screening instruments
will help the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) to identify and
proactively treat those at risk for further domestic violence,
substance abuse, depression and other mental health issues. A
Community Liaison Representative will provide training to the
surrounding seven counties on the new protocol and on services
generally available through the FAP.
Safe
Connections (Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania)
The
Tobyhanna Army Depot plans to use Incentive Program funding to improve
services for domestic violence survivors and to provide training for
installation security enforcement, local civilian law enforcement, and
unit Commanders. In collaboration with a civilian domestic
violence service provider, Tobyhanna will offer a “Women’s Health
Issues and Concerns” group to adult survivors of domestic violence
in conjunction with a children’s support group. The training
component is designed to improve coordination between military and
civilian law enforcement in policies, training, and responding to
cases of domestic violence.
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