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SFTS February 2008 Newsletter
Kudos to Local Trainers and Collaboratives!
San Diego County, a multi-agency committee recently completed the 2008 update to the San Diego County“Domestic Violence and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Law Enforcement Protocol.” The original protocol was developed in 1990 and updated in 1998 by the Law Enforcement Committee of the San Diego Domestic Violence Council. The 2008 revision specifically addresses children exposed to domestic violence and the removal of firearms from domestic violence incidents. The San Diego County Protocol begins with a strong policy statement which sets the tone for implementation of the protocol. The document is signed by over twenty San Diego law enforcement agency leaders including police chiefs, the sheriff, the district attorney, the city attorney, the probation chief, and numerous military and border patrol agencies. If you’d like a copy of the San Diego protocol, email your request to sfts@doj.ca.gov.
SFTS February NEWS:
The Safe from the Start "Children and Domestic Violence – Training for Criminal Justice Professionals” is scheduled for March 10 th in Los Angeles , Monterey Park and March 11 th in Riverside . The course is P.O.S.T certified and gives priority registration to criminal justice first responders. The course was recently held in San Diego and Stockton . For more information, contact Sandra Gaarder.
The Orange County Department of Education Counseling Network, along with their partners, OC Safe from the Start, OC Health Care Agency, OC Social Services Agency, Westminster Police Department, and the CA Attorney General's Safe from the Start Initiative, invite you to attend a presentation by Dr. Linda Chamberlain, PhD, MPH on "Childhood Exposure to Violence and Implications for Brain Development" on March 12th at the Rose Center in Westminster, CA. The presentation will be from 8:00 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. The $45 fee includes lunch. Advance registration is required. For more information, contact sfts@doj.ca.gov or call the Orange County Department of Education at (714) 327-1072.
This Center works with programd that enhance learning opportunities for low-income children, birth to age 5.It also serves as a national contact for Head Start and Child Care programs across the country. Online resources include training modules and "What Works" briefs. Check out their website at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/.
An article on the Zero to Three website describes an innovative treatment program for abused and neglected children. During the sessions, the therapist is the “voice” of the infant in infant-parent psychotherapy. For information on this program, click on
http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/P_MH_Interventions.pdf?docID=2501.
The yearly report by the Children’s Initiative monitors how well San Diego County ’s children and youth are doing in terms of health, education, safety and economic security. One of the important items included is data on Violent Crime Victimization of Children. To view the report, go to www.thechildrensinitiative.org .
This website has several publications related to Children and Domestic Violence and the courts. Check them out at http://www.ncjfcj.org/content/blogcategory/356/425/.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Name of Grant:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Funding Source: California Council for the Humanities
Deadline: Ongoing
Brief Description of the Funding: This foundation funds initiatives that have significant potential to demonstrate innovative policy, service delivery and community supports for children and families.
Information on Grant: For more information call 410.547.6600 or
www.aecf.org.
Name of Grant/Funding: Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement Grant Program
Funding Source: Office of Violence Against Women
Deadline: February 26, 2008
Brief Description of the Funding: To develop programs that enhance the safety of child, youth and adult victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural jurisdictions.
Information on Grant/Funding Provider: For additional information call Kara Moller @ 202.307.6026,
E-Mail Rural or visit:
 UPCOMING TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
February 24-26, 2008
Location: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento
Keynote: Dr. Linda Chamberlain, sponsored by the Safe from the Start Initiative
Information: http://www.cippp.org/conf-08/conf08.htm
March 10, 2008
Location:
Los Angeles County
Presenters: Dr. Linda Chamberlain & David Love, MFT
Contact: Sandra Gaarder
March 11, 2008
Location:
Riverside County
Presenters: Dr. Linda Chamberlain & David Love, MFT
Contact:Sandra Gaarder
March 12, 2008
Location: Orange County, City of Westminster
Contact:
Orange County Department of Education, 714.327.1072 or Safe from the Start
March 13-15, 2008
Location:
Long Beach
Presented by: Association of Batterer’s Intervention Programs
Contact:
Maria Vasquez at 626.968.1925
March 26-27, 2008
Location:
San Diego
Contact:
Chesley Blevins: San Diego SafeStart
April 3-4, 2008
Location: Long Beach
Presenters: Dr. Linda Chamberlain & David Love, MFT
Information: www.caeyc.org
April 21, 2008
Location: Sacramento
Speakers: Dr. Bruce Perry, MD, PhD and Lt. Mark Wynn, Nashville Police Department (retired)
Additional information will be posted soon.
April 22-24, 2008
Location:
Westin Hotel, San Diego
Information:
www.familyjusticecenter.org
For more information on reducing children’s exposure to violence,
go to www.safefromthestart.org or call the Attorney General’s Crime and Violence Prevention Center at (916) 324-7863.
The California Attorney General’s Safe from the Start initiative
is funded, in part, by
First 5 California.
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