For help with how to answer questions on the reporting forms, call 1-800-922-VAWA or email at vawamei@usm.maine.edu

For help with downloading and submitting reporting forms online on the GMS system, call the GMS Hotline at 1-888-549-9901. Click here to go to the GMS System

Home
Whats New?
Report Forms
Site Visit
Training Calendar
Videos
About Us
Staff
Resources & Links
Reports
How to open and Download Documents
Benefits of Data collection

 

VIDEOS EXAMINING PROGRAMS BENEFITED FROM VAWA FUNDING

In April 2000, the Center for Educational Media, in conjunction with the Muskie School, was funded to develop a series of videos documenting highlights from six different communities across the country. These six videos are the basis of a longer composite version examining an array of programs that have benefited from VAWA funding. Together the state profiles and videos tell the story of the Violence Against Women Act, its impact and how it has transformed communities in the last five years.

The six 12-15 minute videos focus on the following programs:

  • San Diego: The San Diego Domestic Violence Council is a grassroots organization made up of 600 individuals from over 200 organizations with many active committees focused on creating a coordinated community response.
  • Vermont: Have Justice Will Travel serves rural victims of domestic violence working with attorneys from the South Royalton Legal Clinic, a teaching and practicing clinic at Vermont Law School.
  • Utah: Using a Sexual Assault Response Team and a specialized unit within the County Attorney’s office, officials in Cache County have prioritized the prosecution of sexual assaults and other crimes against women.
  • Westchester County: The Westchester County Department of Probation’s “Probation Against Violence” unit uses a model of victim-focused supervision, augmented by high offender accountability and field-oriented offender supervision.
  • Chicago: The Cook County, Illinois Target Abuser Call (TAC) program targets high risk cases at the misdemeanor level. TAC is a multi-agency, prosecution-based unit of prosecutors, investigators, and advocates who develop each case and support each victim as a team.
  • Detroit: The Women’s Justice Center in Detroit, Michigan works cooperatively with two other domestic violence service providers to strengthen civil legal services for battered women with the primary goal of increasing availability of, and access to, free legal representation, shelter, advocacy, job training and more.

Snapshots of Success: Leadership, Commitment and Change: This 30-minute video highlights the six programs described above (closed-captioned).

For more information or to order materials, email us at: vawamei@usm.maine.edu.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


___Please send a State Profile Packet ($5.00)

Please send me the following video:
___Snapshots of Success: Leadership, Commitment and Change ($10.00)
___Snapshots of Success: San Diego, California ($7.00)
___Snapshots of Success: Detroit, Michigan ($7.00)
___Snapshots of Success: Westchester County, New York ($7.00)
___Snapshots of Success: Cache County, Utah ($7.00)
___Snapshots of Success: Cook County, Illinois ($7.00)
___Snapshots of Success: South Royalton, Vermont ($7.00)

Please ship: ___regular mail ___overnight delivery (add $4.00)

If you need more than one copy, please call us at 207-780-5810.

Name: _______________________________________________________________

Agency:_______________________________________________________________

Address:______________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip__________________________________________________________

Telephone:_____________________________ Fax: ___________________________

Email:________________________________________________________________

^top
A project of the Cutler Institute for Child and Family Policy, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine Funded by the U.S. Office of Justice Programs', Office on Violence Against Women. Points of view in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
updated on 04/09/2008
Muskie School Logo