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SFTS November 2003 News
Congratulations to the Westminster Police Department SHIELD Program, one of the winners of the Orange County Human Relations Commission Community-Oriented Policing Award. The Community-Oriented Policing Award recognizes residents and law enforcement personnel who are outstanding models of community policing in their areas. Westminster Police Chief Andy Hall and his staff have been long-time supporters of Safe from the Start. The SHIELD Program has been featured at numerous local SFTS events and in the SFTS Promising Strategies and Programs Guidebook. For more information on the SHIELD Program, check out
www.preventviolence.org/whatworks/strategies/shield.html
NEW RESEARCH
Police can play a pivotal role in assisting children exposed to domestic violence. This study examines promising strategies that utilize community-oriented policing practices.
For more information, check out
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/rr/vol4_2/sum.html
Early childhood home visitation has been used for a wide range of public health goals for both adults and children. These goals include violence reduction, educational achievement, problem-solving skills, and access to social services and other resources. A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control evaluating early childhood home visitation, found strong evidence of effectiveness and recommends home visitation to prevent child abuse and neglect in families at risk for maltreatment.
For more information, check out
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5214a1.htm
NEW RESOURCES
This new resource is a seven-part series featuring Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and hosted by Art Linkletter. Comprehensive information is presented by Dr. Perry on the primary problems facing maltreated children and dynamic approaches for effective care giving for professionals and lay people alike. According to Dr. Perry, "One of the purposes of this video series is to try and provide some of the baseline information for frontline providers-like teachers, caseworkers, mental health workers, and professionals-so they can better understand these children and really begin to think about how to intervene in different ways." The video series can be ordered by visiting the ChildTrauma Web site at www.childtrauma.org
The National Crime Prevention Council has developed a new database of effective crime prevention strategies. It features a growing online collection of more than 500 crime prevention programs and practices from the field. The contents of the web-based Effective Strategies Database are updated daily-responding immediately to world events and current best practice research findings. This collection has been created as a resource for organizations, city leaders, and community members who are interested in learning from the experiences of others as they design their crime prevention programs.
Mentoring is one of the best ways to help kids live healthy, happy lives. For children without positive role models, mentors offer valuable guidance, support and friendship. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) plays a key role in keeping children healthy and safe through its Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP). JUMP supports one-on-one mentoring projects for youth at risk of failing in school, dropping out of school, or becoming involved in delinquent behavior, including gang activity and substance abuse.
For more information, check out www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/jump/oview.html
Child abuse and domestic violence are linked in a number of important ways that have serious consequences for the safety of children. Effective interventions and a coordinated response to child abuse and domestic violence can help keep families safer. A new Web site from the Family Violence Prevention Fund contains a toolbox on children and domestic violence.
For more information, check out endabuse.org/programs/children
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
A new program will fund 12 communities to develop Family Justice Centers and applicants are encouraged to use the models of Family Justice Centers in San Diego and Indianapolis. The Family Justice Centers would be staffed with forensic medical professionals, civil attorneys, chaplains, and representatives from community-based organizations. Domestic violence victims would be able to receive access to medical care, counseling, law-enforcement assistance, social services, employment assistance and housing assistance. The grants are open to large urban cities, small-medium urban cities, rural counties, suburban/urban counties, tribal lands, and military-base communities.
For more information, check out www.ojp.usdoj.gov/pressreleases/FJCIfacts.htm.
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